Prescribed burns encourage foul-smelling invaders
Though prescribed burns reduce wildfire threats and even improve habitat for some animals, new research shows these fires also spread stinknet, an aptly named weed currently invading superblooms across the Southwestern U.S......»»
PC manufacturers argue against fresh investment clause under India"s revised incentive scheme
India is looking to amend its incentive scheme for IT hardware to encourage investments in manufacturing laptops and tablets in India. However, manufacturers argue against the fresh investment clause amid a declining PC market......»»
Apple pushes tech careers for women in developer interview feature
Apple is attempting to encourage more women into a career in technology, by publishing a feature on four women who are attempting to "create change and drive culture" via the App Store.[Apple]Tuesday's feature piece, arriving one week after Internati.....»»
Taiwan government to encourage telecom carriers to adopt more local-made equipment
The Taiwan government will push Taiwan-based telecom carriers to raise the ratio of made-in-Taiwan equipment adoption to 40% for their new 5G base station construction and will form a 5G national team to assist Taiwan's suppliers in forming partnersh.....»»
Teachers change lives—but what makes a great teacher?
Excellent teachers can change our lives. Researchers have shown that good teachers encourage us to think critically, reflect and learn across disciplines. These are all skills that can set us up for life......»»
Apple supplier in India burns through $12M in factory fire that burned half its machinery
Apple has been investing a lot recently to increase its production capacity in India, although the company still faces many challenges in the country. However, a massive fire at Foxlink’s facilities in India has forced the company, which is one of.....»»
Cultural burns can help protect koalas
Research into koala numbers before and after cultural burns on the world's second largest sand island has fueled a push to merge Aboriginal knowledge with cutting-edge science to mitigate the dangers of bushfires across Australia......»»
Handset EMS providers eye opportunities from India MII initiative, says DIGITIMES
Witnessing the ongoing tech war between the US and China, a slew of electronics brands have flocked to India to establish production bases, driven by the local government's Make in India (MII) initiative, which was launched in 2014 to encourage inves.....»»
Mercedes chief warns against U.S. EV incentives turning into protectionism
Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Källenius said the American Inflation Reduction Act will encourage the automaker to invest in the U.S......»»
Private forest landowners in Pennsylvania want to use controlled fire to manage their woods
Managers of public forests in Pennsylvania have been using controlled burns to manage state-owned tracts to promote tree species such as oak, reduce the growth of invasive plant species and even reduce tick populations, for more than a decade......»»
McIntosh SEED program aims to promote racial justice, and fight climate change – with Apple’s help
Apple has explained how it worked with The Conservation Fund to support McIntosh SEED, a forestry program designed to promote racial justice, encourage sustainable forestry, and help fight climate change. “To promote justice and address climate.....»»
Climate change drama "Extrapolations" coming to Apple TV+ on March 17
Apple has unveiled its star-studded trailer for "Extrapolations," a climate change drama by "Inconvenient Truth" creator Scott Z. Burns.Image Credit: Apple"Extrapolations" will tell intimate stories of how the upcoming changes to the planet will affe.....»»
Reign of invasive rusty crayfish in Wisconsin lakes may be ending, according to 33-year study
Just how hard should natural resource managers fight invasive species after they establish? A new University of Illinois study suggests some invaders—even highly successful ones—can die off naturally, leaving native communities to rebound with mi.....»»
Pok Pok iOS app for kids gets a fresh world to explore, create, and learn with new Islands toy
Continuing on with monthly major updates, the award-winning kids’ app Pok Pok Playroom is out today with its latest big release, the Islands toy. The new ocean world is designed to encourage growth with creative thinking, storytelling, curiosity,.....»»
"We"re not all that different": Study IDs bacterial weapons that could be harnessed to treat human disease
When it comes to fighting off invaders, bacteria operate in a remarkably similar way to human cells, possessing the same core machinery required to switch immune pathways on and off, according to new University of Colorado Boulder research......»»
Snail mucus yields natural adhesive for wound healing
Land snails and their mucus were used in ancient times by Hippocrates and Pliny to treat pain associated with burns, abscesses and other wounds. Inspired by this ancient therapy, Prof. Wu Mingyi and his team at the Kunming Institute of Botany (KIB) o.....»»
Research demonstrates need for student loan policies that encourage college enrollment
On February 28, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear arguments in two cases challenging the legality of the Biden administration's student loan debt relief program, which, if it prevailed, would cancel about $400 million in debt for about.....»»
New principles to encourage transparency and prevent greenwashing in financial sector
New practical principles will encourage transparency and prevent greenwashing in the financial sector. It is hoped the recommendations will lead to enhanced governance and genuine and lasting improvements in securities finance......»»
Apple eases COVID-19 policies to encourage returning to the office
Apple is changing its corporate worker COVID-19 policy and will no longer require employees to get tested before entering the office.Apple will ease its COVID-19 policies for employeesThe company's measures during earlier stages of the COVID-19 pande.....»»
The best ergonomic keyboards for 2023
If extensive typing hurts your wrists, an ergonomic keyboard can make all the difference. They offer a more natural typing position and encourage good posture......»»
Physicist encourages continuing the search for life in Venus" atmosphere
In a recent paper accepted to Contemporary Physics, a physicist from Imperial College London uses past missions and recent findings to encourage the importance of searching for life in the atmosphere of the solar system's most inhospitable planet, Ve.....»»