Katherine Sizov is only two years out of the University of Pennsylvania, but her high-tech sensors — which monitor ethylene, a gas key to the ripening of fruits and vegetables — are keeping watch over 15 percent of U.S. apples.
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Katherine Sizov is only two years out of the University of Pennsylvania, but her high-tech sensors — which monitor ethylene, a gas key to the ripening of fruits and vegetables — are keeping watch over 15 percent of U.S. apples.