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ABOR extends Regents' Grant to develop technology that listens for bark beetles hiding ...

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5 November 2026

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Fusion42 · 5 November 2026 · Fusion42 review

The Arizona Board of Regents has extended a grant to allow NAU researchers to advance acoustic technology that detects bark beetles inside living trees, aiming to protect Arizona's forests through early infestation detection and containment.

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You can leverage this extended validation window to pilot detection tech with forest managers and secure early adopters in environmental monitoring. Missing this may hand the edge to established inspection methods reliant on visible decay rather than predictive signals.

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