Multidisciplinary research sheds light on sustainable solutions for agriculture and material reuse. Chinese Academy of Sciences released Africa’s first high-resolution rice distribution map, aiding yield optimization to combat food insecurity. Penn State and collaborators identified how microclimate variability affects bee behavior and blueberry pollination efficiency, informing precision agriculture under climate change. Flinders University developed a green method to extract gold from electronic waste, minimizing toxic byproducts compared to conventional mining. KAIST researchers engineered a novel dual-catalyst system to recycle vulcanized rubber tires chemically into valuable cyclic alkenes, overcoming current environmental and economic limitations.