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Report: England has more food banks inside schools than regular food banks nationwide

Research shows schools have increasingly stepped in as a fourth emergency service and are now the biggest source of charitable food and household aid for families struggling with the cost-of-living crisis......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgApr 17th, 2024

Report: iOS 18 will tint iPhone app icons in dark mode, allow users to lock apps behind Face ID

On the day before WWDC, we have a couple more reports about some non AI-related iPhone software, which Apple will officially announce tomorrow as part of iOS 18. MacRumors reports that app icons will change color in Dark Mode for the first time, w.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsJun 9th, 2024

Will food chains break as seasons become more unpredictable?

"There are really four dimensions," begins the narrator of The Time Machine, H. G. Wells's classic Victorian adventure novel. "Three which we call the three planes of space and a fourth, time." Humans cannot help but think of time as somehow differen.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 8th, 2024

With So Much Bird Flu Around, Are Eggs, Chicken, and Milk Still Safe to Consume?

A food microbiologist explains why you shouldn’t worry about consuming poultry or dairy—so long as you take the right precautions......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredRelated NewsJun 8th, 2024

Aquaculture overtakes wild fisheries for first time: UN report

Aquaculture is playing an increasingly important role in meeting the world's food needs, surpassing wild fisheries in aquatic animal production for the first time, according to a report published Friday......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 8th, 2024

iOS 18 & macOS 15 are going to look to the past for new wallpapers

Not everything will be new at WWDC — Apple is planning to revisit some of its iconic iPhone and Mac wallpapers as part of the latest updates.The original iPhone clownfish wallpaper came back for iOS 16The report of retro wallpapers comes from Bloom.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024

Report: New “Apple Intelligence” AI features will be opt-in by default

Apple reportedly plans to announce its first big wave of AI features at WWDC. Enlarge (credit: Apple) Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off on Monday, and per usual, the company is expected to detail most of.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024

First ever report of two ancient ape species cohabiting in Miocene Europe 11 million years ago

Ancient apes in Germany co-existed by partitioning resources in their environment, according to a study published June 7, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Madelaine Böhme of Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany and David R. Beg.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024

Research team uses CRISPR/Cas9 to alter photosynthesis for the first time

A team from the Innovative Genomics Institute at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) has produced an increase in gene expression in a food crop by changing its upstream regulatory DNA. While other studies have used CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing t.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024

Basic income can double global GDP while reducing carbon emissions, analysis suggests

Giving a regular cash payment to the entire world population has the potential to increase global gross domestic product (GDP) by 130%, according to a new analysis published June 7 in the journal Cell Reports Sustainability. Researchers suggest that.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024

Untapped power: Logical operations using RNA droplets

RNA droplets can now be used to perform logical operations that take microRNA sequences as inputs, report scientists from Tokyo Tech. By self-assembling into network-like structures, RNA molecules form liquid-state droplets. These RNA droplets disper.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024

Colonialism and gender inequality: The case of political representation in Nigeria

Nigeria ranked 130th out of 146 countries in the Global Gender Gap report. Neoliberal tropes have posited this as a regional problem, whereby gender inequalities have prevailed as intrinsic to a 'one-size-fits-all' African culture. In turn, Western i.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024

The Apple Watch is about to get significant new health features

Apple's set to announce watchOS 11 at WWDC next week. According to one new report, it'll include some fairly significant health features......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024

New insights into how cyanobacterial proteins cycle carbon in changing conditions

The products of photosynthesis are easy to point out. Plants, algae and cyanobacteria create the air we breathe and the fuel for food webs as they turn carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and sugars. How photosynthesis works, though, is much harder.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024

Scientists develop new method to estimate electrical parameters of regular pulse bursts in lightning

The phenomenon of regular pulse bursts in lightning research is characterized by continuous pulses occurring at regular intervals, resulting in intermittent rapid changes in the electric field at ground level. The individual pulses last for microseco.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024

Apple’s most impactful watchOS 11 feature will require this fall’s new Apple Watch

Next week’s WWDC is going to be all about software. iOS 18 will introduce a host of new AI capabilities dubbed ‘Apple Intelligence’ that are sure to be the star of the show. Per a new report, however, watchOS 11 is surprisingly set to offer.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024

Rocket Report: Starliner soars to space station; Starship’s wild flight

"This powerful rocket is the culmination of many years of dedication and ingenuity." Enlarge / The fourth full-scale test flight of SpaceX's Starship rocket took off from Starbase, the company's privately-owned spaceport near Bro.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024

Report: Apple to launch iOS 18 AI features marketed as ‘Apple Intelligence’

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman today reports that Apple will launch its upcoming AI initiatives in iOS 18 and other operating systems under the brand name ‘Apple Intelligence’, which is obviously a convenient twist on the ‘AI’ acronym. The company.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024

Bloomberg: iOS 18 to include a dedicated Passwords app

iOS 18, macOS 15, and iPadOS 18 will include a dedicated Passwords app for the first time, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The new app will make it “easier for customers to log in to websites and software” and comes after years of Apple.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsJun 6th, 2024

Desert hero unveiled: Cissus quadrangularis genome decodes drought survival tactics

As water scarcity looms as a major threat to global ecosystems and food production, the quest to understand how plants like Cissus quadrangularis conquer arid landscapes is more critical than ever. The genetic blueprint of such species could hold the.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 6th, 2024

Sustainable business models infused with agri-innovation systems can reduce post-harvest food loss and waste

Reducing post-harvest food loss and waste is a major sustainability challenge in low- and middle-income countries, some of which are major agrarian economies supplying global value chains. However, there is insufficient research in this field even to.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 6th, 2024