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Combining Indigenous and scientific knowledge enhances fire management in the Sahel

The Sahel is an unforgivingly hot and arid belt stretching across the African continent, from Senegal to Chad. It marks the transitional zone between the Sahara Desert to the north and the humid savannahs to the south. This zone is characterized by i.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgMar 22nd, 2021

Tiled window management comes to macOS Sequoia, but it"s hidden

Apple has introduced yet another way to help manage overlapping windows on the Mac, but you have to know where it is on macOS Sequoia — and it doesn't seem to be complete.Example of tiling windows into four corners (Source: Apple)It was Steve Jobs.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsJun 11th, 2024

Chemists discover spontaneous nanoparticle formation in charged microdroplets

A team of chemists at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, working with a pair of colleagues from the Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research, both in India, has found that particles of minerals sometimes break down spontaneous.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 11th, 2024

"Smart" chemistry allows recycling of networked rubbery materials

Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists ingeniously created a sustainable, soft material by combining rubber with woody reinforcements and incorporating "smart" linkages between the components that unlock on demand. The smart linkages allow heat to.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

Mapping soil health: New index enhances soil organic carbon prediction

A cutting-edge machine learning model has been developed to predict soil organic carbon (SOC) levels, a critical factor for soil health and crop productivity. The innovative approach utilizes hyperspectral data to identify key spectral bands, offerin.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

KELA’s TPRM module identifies software supply chain risks

KELA launched the Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) module, fully integrated into its threat intelligence platform. This new offering is specifically designed to strengthen organizational defenses by focusing on software supply chain risks. KELAR.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

Compliance Scorecard enhances its CaaS platform to improve MSPs’ cybersecurity posture

Compliance Scorecard has unveiled the latest version of its Compliance-as-a Service (CaaS) platform. The updated platform now includes advanced risk management tools, improved asset management capabilities, and new compliance reporting methods design.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

Siberia"s "mammoth graveyard" reveals 800-year human interactions with woolly beasts

Woolly mammoths are evocative of a bygone era, when Earth was gripped within an Ice Age. Current knowledge places early mammoth ancestors in the Pliocene (2.58–5.33 million years ago, Ma) before their populations expanded in the Pleistocene (2.58 M.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

Anker recalls several products over fire safety risks

Anker has announced that they will be recalling several of their products after discovering potential fire safety risks. The post Anker recalls several products over fire safety risks appeared first on Phandroid. Anker makes some pretty gr.....»»

Category: asiaSource:  phandroidRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

Entrust Citizen Identity Orchestration enhances citizen adoption of digital public services

Entrust launched Citizen Identity Orchestration solution. Governments now can streamline the delivery of public services through secure digital identities, embedding trust in every citizen interaction. The innovative and modular solution from Entrust.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

AI’s role in accelerating vulnerability management

With its capability to analyze, predict, and automate, AI stands to reshape many corners of business, most notably cybersecurity. In the field of vulnerability management specifically, AI is poised to have a profound impact, enhancing two key areas:.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

How giant earthworms have transformed the Isle of Rum"s landscape

Renowned for a thriving and intricately studied population of around 900 red deer, the Isle of Rum, part of Scotland's Inner Hebrides, is often considered an outdoor laboratory for scientific research. But the earthworms on Rum are equally remarkable.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 9th, 2024

Scientists and Indigenous leaders team up to conserve seals and an ancestral way of life at Yakutat, Alaska

Five hundred years ago, in a mountain-rimmed ocean fjord in southeast Alaska, Tlingit hunters armed with bone-tipped harpoons eased their canoes through chunks of floating ice, stalking seals near Sít Tlein (Hubbard) glacier. They must have glanced.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 9th, 2024

As leaks on the space station worsen, there’s no clear plan to deal with them

"We heard that basically the program office had a runaway fire on their hands." Launched in 2000, the Zvezda Service Module provides living quarters and performs some life-support system functions. (credit: NASA) NASA an.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024

Wildfire smoke reached 99% of US lakes in 2019–2021: Study introduces "lake-smoke day" metric

Where there's smoke, there's not necessarily fire. Wildfire smoke, sometimes drifting from hundreds of miles away, touched nearly every lake in North America for at least one day per year from 2019 to 2021, according to a study from the University of.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024

On the space station, Band-Aid fixes for systemic problems

"We heard that basically the program office had a runaway fire on their hands." Launched in 2000, the Zvezda Service Module provides living quarters and performs some life support system functions. (credit: NASA) NASA an.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024

Adobe has clarified controversial shrinkwrap license terms, but the damage may have already been done

After a terms of service update that infuriated artists, and an initial statement that poured gasoline on the fire, Adobe has made a clear statement about its new use terms.Adobe Creative Cloud logoThe last 48 hours have been tumultuous for Adobe. Ea.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024

How the 1901 Discovery expedition"s polar explorers stayed healthy during their Antarctic journey

Antarctica is the most inhospitable continent on earth. It's dry, cold, and completely dark for months of the year. Edwardian explorers were some of the first to brave the Antarctic winter, developing new knowledge still drawn upon by scientists toda.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 6th, 2024

Chimeric nanomicelles show promise as alternative treatment for solid tumors

An article published in the Journal of Controlled Release details the results of a cross-border scientific collaboration that has developed an alternative for the treatment of solid tumors based on inhibition of the inflammatory tumor microenvironmen.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 6th, 2024

The first example of cellular origami discovered in protist

Combining a deep curiosity and "recreational biology," Stanford researchers have discovered how a simple cell produces remarkably complex behavior, all without a nervous system. It's origami, they say......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 6th, 2024

A novel spray device helps researchers capture fast-moving cell processes

Cells are the basic units of life—but many of their fundamental processes happen so fast and at such small length scales that current scientific tools and methods can't keep up, preventing us from developing a deeper understanding......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 6th, 2024