Four new caladium cultivars for containers and landscapes
Caladiums are ornamental aroids highly valued for their attractive foliage that rivals the display of many flowers. Aroid is a common name for a large species of plants in the Araceae family. This family of plants is also often called the Philodendro.....»»
Effect of cultivar, cropping on female/male asparagus yields
Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) is a dioecious perennial plant. Male plants have a higher yield than female plants; therefore, all-male cultivars are more commonly produced. In contrast, female plants have a higher spear weight than that of male.....»»
Landscapes need a diversity of flower colors to maximize therapeutic benefits, according to research
In a new article, the Department of Landscape Architecture's Professor Ross Cameron and Ph.D. student Liwen Zhang describe their study, "Flowers—Sunshine for the soul! How does floral color influence preference, feelings of relaxation and positive.....»»
Is "fear" driving bias in environmental scholarship?
Scientists understand that fear of predation affects animal behavior within landscapes. Now, Yale School of the Environment researchers are using a similar hypothesis—which they are calling "social-ecological landscapes of fear"—to outline the de.....»»
Research shows how historic landscapes shape biodiversity and its protection
Researchers have shown how historic estates, such as Castle Howard and Duncombe Park, have helped shape biodiversity and the role they continue to play in the protection of nature......»»
Animals found to encounter each other more often when living closer to humans
Human presence and influence on landscapes change the way other animals interact by bringing them close together more frequently than happens in wilder places......»»
France bans disposable packaging, utensils in fast-food restaurants
Fast-food eateries in France will soon no longer be able to use disposable containers, plates, cups and tableware for clients eating in, the latest measure from a 2020 law to combat waste and encourage recycling......»»
Mapping the middle ground: Balancing mining activities with survival of Utah"s rare plants
It can be easy to assume that the vast stretches of desert in southeastern Utah and southwestern Colorado are mostly barren landscapes—but in truth, the sagebrush-strewn Colorado Plateau is awash with treasure......»»
What to do with 18 shipping containers of rotting cabbages
The cargo salvage industry has a key role in global trade by dealing with unwanted containers......»»
Researchers solve pre-harvest sprouting in rice and wheat
Seed dormancy is an important survival tool for plants because it allows them to weather conditions not conducive to survival. At the same time, excessive dormancy may lessen cultivation time. In response, farmers often plant low dormancy cultivars o.....»»
Bolstering ecology by overcoming social-ecological landscapes of fear
In recent years, many ecologists have broadened their focus from "natural" systems to an understanding of landscapes that includes social factors alongside their biophysical counterparts......»»
Here’s the deal: Uptycs for all of 2023 for $1
Customers are shifting their cybersecurity up with Uptycs. Now, for only a buck, you can shift up, too: Automate security and connect insights across your enterprise—cloud, data centers, containers, and workforce Reduce MTTD and MTTR to breaches an.....»»
The world"s roots are getting shallower: Study provides the first estimate of global changes
Plant roots act as engineers for Earth's surface, breaking up bedrock, transporting water and nutrients, and stabilizing landscapes. They're so important that scientists have hypothesized that their evolution, beginning around 415 million years ago,.....»»
Container ship accidents are a little-understood but emerging threat to marine ecosystems, new study shows
An estimated 80 percent of the world's cargo is transported via ship-borne containers—a method that has soared in use in the decades after World War II. The efficient, cost-effective method of packaging and moving goods across the world's oceans bo.....»»
DH2i unveils DxEnterprise v22 featuring a new container sidecar
DH2i launches DxEnterprise (DxE) version 22 (v22) featuring a new container sidecar to enable application-level high availability (HA) clustering for stateful containers in Kubernetes (K8s). Today, Kubernetes is one of the world’s leading open-.....»»
Climate change to impact mountains on a global scale
Under the threat of climate change, mountain landscapes all over the world have the risk of becoming more hazardous to communities surrounding them, while their accelerated evolution may bring further environmental risks to surrounding areas......»»
Summer mechanical hedging to prune eight cider apple cultivars
The results of a study by researchers at Washington State University published in the journal HortTechnology, show that summer mechanical hedging could significantly reduce pruning labor time and costs in cider apples. To date, cider apple orchard ma.....»»
eSentire collaborates with Lacework to reduce cloud security risk
eSentire partners with Lacework, advancing its protection of cloud workloads, containers, applications, and Kubernetes with 24/7 Multi-Signal MDR and Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) services, utilizing the Lacework Polygraph Data Platform. e.....»»
Learning-based strategy to predict gene expression and identify regulatory sequences
The research team led by Prof. Guo Guoji and Prof. Han Xiaoping at the Zhejiang University School of Medicine have published an article titled "Deep learning of cross-species single cell landscapes identifies conserved regulatory programs underlying.....»»
Slow Roads offers a chill, endless driving experience in your browser
Free, meditative driving game with no strings attached might help you escape the grind. Enlarge / Slow Roads lets you drive through infinite dynamically generated landscapes in an easy-going way. (credit: Ars Technica) A few d.....»»
The drums of war are beating louder: Media coverage of brown bears in Romania
With more than 7,000 individuals populating the Carpathian Mountains and neighboring areas, Romania has the highest density of brown bears in Europe. As they often inhabit human-dominated landscapes, conflicts with people are not uncommon......»»