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GM supplier to invest $390M in new Michigan plant, factory expansions

Gestamp is building a $64.5 million, 450,000-square-foot plant in suburban Detroit to support GM. The plant is expected to create 390 jobs......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsJul 10th, 2024

Chip supplier for GM, Mercedes qualifies for $750 million U.S. grant

The preliminary funding agreement requires Wolfspeed "to take additional steps to strengthen its balance sheet to better protect taxpayer funds," it said......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsOct 15th, 2024

New salicylic acid-based strategy could balance disease resistance with plant growth

Researchers at the University of Georgia have identified a promising approach to addressing a longstanding challenge for plant geneticists: balancing disease resistance and growth in plants......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 14th, 2024

Disruption or adaptation: Three questions for the right digitalization strategy

Does every company need to focus on disruption with its digital strategy or should it wait for disruptions from others before reacting and adapting its processes? A new study by Jan Recker, Murat Tarakci and Fabian J. Sting uses simulations to invest.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 14th, 2024

Changing watering practices to improve tomato plant health

Some people believe that talking to your plants makes them thrive. While there's limited scientific support for sound improving plant health, there's a growing amount of evidence about the benefits of mechanical stimulation, like touch, wind or rain......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 14th, 2024

Compound drought–heat wave events under-recognized in global soils, finds study

Soil is essential for life and plays a crucial role in the Earth's ecosystem, providing support for plant roots and hosting countless microorganisms. In a warming world, it is important to understand how soil hydrothermal conditions, particularly the.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 14th, 2024

New TSMC chip manufacturing plants planned for Europe

TSMC’s new Dresden plant will be operational by the end of 2027, but its plans don’t stop there......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 14th, 2024

GM launches PowerBank, a battery that could rival Tesla’s PowerWall

General Motor’s unit GM Energy has just released PowerBank, a stationary energy storage battery pack, which gives electric vehicles (EV) owners the ability to store and transfer energy from the electric grid, and the option of integrating with sola.....»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 13th, 2024

AI empowers iNaturalist to map California plants with unprecedented precision

Utilizing advanced artificial intelligence and citizen science data from the iNaturalist app, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed some of the most detailed maps yet showcasing the distribution of California plant spe.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 12th, 2024

GM touts broad profitability to build investor confidence amid EV shift

CFO Paul Jacobson said GM expects flat financial results in 2025 even if pricing declines and that the automaker's outlook should inspire confidence about its earnings potential......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsOct 11th, 2024

Top 5 stories of the week: Stellantis executive shuffle; GM expects to pare EV losses

A quick look at the top automotive stories of the week as determined by reader interest......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsOct 11th, 2024

One-third of European plant species could be in trouble due to declining seed disperser populations

A team of ecologists at the University of Coimbra, Aarhus University and the University of Bristol has found that approximately one-third of plant species in Europe are under threat of population reduction as the number of seed dispersals declines......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 11th, 2024

Plant stem cells: Understanding the biological mechanism of growth control

Researchers from the University of Freiburg have identified the HAN molecule as an important regulator that controls plant growth in conjunction with WOX5. Understanding this mechanism is relevant for breeding more resilient or higher-yielding crops......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 11th, 2024

New plant-based glitter shows no harm to soil organisms

Plastic pollution is everywhere. Each year, over 368 million metric tons of plastics are produced with over 13 million metric tons of it ending up in the soil where it can be toxic to wildlife......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 11th, 2024

Researchers develop technique that enables breeding of genetically identical hybrid plants

When different varieties of one plant species are crossed with each other, their hybrid offspring are often more robust and grow more quickly than their parents. However, in the next generation, this effect disappears again......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

Phytoplankton community shifts after wastewater treatment plant closure

A study by the UPV/EHU's Department of Plant Biology and Ecology has evaluated the response of Urdaibai estuary phytoplankton to the changes brought about after the closing-down of the Gernika wastewater treatment plant; a novel tool based on pigment.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

Red milkweed beetle genome offers evolutionary insights into plant-insect interactions

Studying the secrets of how the common red milkweed beetle can safely feed on a toxic plant helps illuminate the ecological, evolutionary and economic impact of insect-plant interactions from a genomic perspective......»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

Increasing plant diversity in agriculture can promote soil carbon sequestration

A study carried out at the University of Helsinki demonstrates that boosting plant diversity in agriculture can increase plant biomass and improve plant–microbe interactions, both of which promote the storage of carbon in the soil......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

Declines in plant resilience threaten carbon storage in the Arctic

Rapid warming has impacted the northern ecosystem so significantly that scientists are concerned the region's vegetation is losing the ability to recover from climate shocks, suggests a new study......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

China has detained four employees from the world’s largest iPhone plant

China has detained four Taiwanese employees at Foxconn’s Zhengzhou plant, the largest iPhone production facility in the world, responsible for around 80% of global production. The employees were detained using powers the Chinese government last.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

GM says simplifying gasoline vehicles has made them more profitable

Earnings from the Chevrolet Trax subcompact crossover have increased roughly 20 percentage points over the previous model, General Motors President Mark Reuss said......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024