Jennifer Nichols

2 months ago | today.tamu.edu | Jennifer Nichols |Caitlin Clark

For autonomous vehicles (AVs) to travel safely, they require up-to-date, high-definition maps that accurately reflect their changing surroundings. If not continually revised, these maps quickly become outdated, increasing the risk of accidents and stalling the development of fully self-driving vehicles.

Nov 7, 2024 | abc.net.au | Jennifer Nichols

Riley and Lachlan Hughes bucked the trend when they left the treadmill of their careers to become full-time market gardeners. For decades their family's land at Woombye in Queensland's Sunshine Coast hinterland hadn't run much more than a few cows. But Riley, a 35-year-old former electrical engineer, and his 33-year-old brother Lachlan, who worked as an urban forester in local government, have returned to their family's farming roots.

Aug 29, 2024 | abc.net.au | Jennifer Nichols

A plant producing a supersized new Australian avocado variety — four times the size of a store-bought fruit — is tipped to be a sell-out, ahead of its first release to retail nurseries and home gardeners. Lorna Spackman married into a pioneering citrus farming family on the Sunshine Coast. But the 81-year-old never expected to create a legacy with Jala, a prolific new avocado variety producing enormous slow-oxidising fruit.

Aug 4, 2024 | abc.net.au | Jennifer Nichols

From a smelly serial escapee to a mob on the run, goats with attitude are living up to their reputation as Houdini on Australian farms. It took station manager Richard Bulley three days to track down 26 adult and three baby goats after they escaped from a Woodstock horse yard near Townsville. The animals travelled 31 kilometres after flipping up an electric fence to break out of the yard.

Jun 6, 2024 | abc.net.au | Matt Brann |Jennifer Nichols

In short: Blueberry prices have surged around the nation and strawberry prices look set to follow. The ABC has been sent a picture from Fitzroy Crossing in WA showing blueberries selling for $20 a punnet. What's next? Prices are set to ease in the next few weeks as production ramps up in Queensland. If blueberries have seemed expensive this week — you're right.