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IBM Food Trust Expands Blockchain Network to Foster a Safer, More Transparent and Efficient Global Food System

By Guest PostOctober 8, 2018Technologyblockchain, carrefour, food trust, global food system, ibm, laurent vallee

IBM Announces General Availability of IBM Food Trust as Carrefour Joins Major Supermarkets and Consumer Goods Leaders

Momentum Grows Among Users and Third-Party Data Suppliers on the Network

ARMONK, N.Y. and PARIS, Oct. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced growing adoption of its food supply chain network, IBM Food Trust. The blockchain-based cloud network offers participating retailers, suppliers, growers and food industry providers with data from across the food ecosystem to enable greater traceability, transparency and efficiency. (more…)

Meteorite That Doomed Dinosaurs Remade Forests

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The impact decimated slow-growing evergreens and made way for fast-growing, deciduous plants, UA researchers say, and that provides an explanation for those fall colors.

The meteorite impact that spelled doom for the dinosaurs 66 million years ago decimated the evergreens among the flowering plants to a much greater extent than their deciduous peers, according to a study led by UA researchers. The results are published in the journal PLoS Biology. (more…)