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Scientists seek a balance between crop production and protecting the environment

Scientists at the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory (NPARL), in Sidney, Montana, completed a study that shows the use of continuous cropping systems can better sustain crop yields while reduc.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgSep 19th, 2024

New insights into the Denisovans—the hominin group that interbred with modern day humans

Scientists believe individuals of the most recently discovered hominin group (the Denisovans) that interbred with modern day humans passed on some of their genes via multiple, distinct interbreeding events that helped shape early human history......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated News7 hr. 17 min. ago

Implementing topologically ordered time crystals on quantum processors

In a new study published in Nature Communications, scientists have implemented the topologically ordered time crystal on a quantum processor for the first time......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated News7 hr. 17 min. ago

Heat hardiness: Scientists identify key phase for tomato heat tolerance

By studying tomato varieties that produce fruit in exceptionally hot growing seasons, biologists at Brown University identified the growth cycle phase when tomatoes are most vulnerable to extreme heat, as well as the molecular mechanisms that make th.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated News14 hr. 17 min. ago

Mitochondrial study offers new insights into how our cells process RNA for energy production

Researchers at the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet have made a major discovery in how human cells produce energy. Their study, published in The EMBO Journal, reveals the detailed mechanisms of how mitochondria process.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsNov 8th, 2024

Report: Countries must dramatically increase climate adaptation efforts and bridge the finance gap

As climate impacts intensify and hit the world's most vulnerable hardest, the "Adaptation Gap Report 2024: Come hell and high water," from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), finds that nations must dramatically increase climate adaptation.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsNov 8th, 2024

Mirantis provides support offerings for Harbor Registry and KubeVirt

Mirantis launched Mirantis Harbor Registry Support and Mirantis KubeVirt Support offerings, providing support for managing container image registries and virtual machine workloads within any Kubernetes environment, irrespective of the underlying infr.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsNov 8th, 2024

2024 Mac Buyer"s Guide -- Which desktop Mac you should buy?

Following the introduction of new Mac models in October, Apple has shaken up its desktop Mac roster. Here's what you should buy, at just about any price point.Apple's current crop of desktop MacsPrice is an important factor when choosing your next Ma.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsNov 8th, 2024

TSMC will stop making 7 nm chips for Chinese customers

US restrictions on semiconductor tech are spurring the move. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has notified Chinese chip design companies that it will suspend production.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsNov 8th, 2024

Philippines cleans up after Typhoon Yinxing slams north coast

Authorities cleared uprooted trees and debris in the northern Philippines on Friday as Typhoon Yinxing blew out to sea after pounding the coast overnight, ripping roofs from homes and forcing thousands to seek shelter......»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsNov 8th, 2024

A green, scalable synthesis approach addresses the challenges of semiconductor-based photocatalysis

Solar-driven photocatalytic water splitting offers a sustainable route for hydrogen production. Researchers have explored various semiconductors, but challenges like bandgap limitations and carrier recombination persist......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsNov 7th, 2024

How prisons fall short in protecting the incarcerated from climate disasters

Blistering heat, freezing cold, and overflowing sewage water: These were the living conditions that formerly incarcerated people in Colorado said they suffered inside the state's prisons and jails......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsNov 7th, 2024

Scientists reveal strigolactone perception mechanism and role in tillering responses to nitrogen

"How is plant growth controlled?" and "What is the basis of variation in stress tolerance in plants?" were among the 125 most challenging scientific questions, according to the journal Science in 2016......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 7th, 2024

How do brains coordinate activity? From fruit flies to monkeys, scientists discover a universal principle

The brain is a marvel of efficiency, honed by thousands of years of evolution so it can adapt and thrive in a rapidly changing world. Yet, despite decades of research, the mystery of how the brain achieves this has remained elusive......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 7th, 2024

The natural environment is declining—are companies doing their part to save it?

The natural environment across the globe is deteriorating, leading to crises like climate change, biodiversity loss, and water scarcity. Companies and industries play a major role in this decline, and they are expected to take responsibility for thei.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 7th, 2024

Mysterious Sydney beach blobs: Scientists uncover their complex composition

A multi-disciplinary team of scientists have made significant progress in understanding the origins of the mysterious black balls washing ashore on Sydney beaches......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 6th, 2024

Scientists calculate predictions for meson measurements

Nuclear physics theorists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have demonstrated that complex calculations run on supercomputers can accurately predict the distribution of electric charges in mesons, particles made.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 6th, 2024

Climate change is contributing to drought in the American West even without rainfall deficits, scientists find

Higher temperatures caused by anthropogenic climate change made an ordinary drought into an exceptional drought that parched the American West from 2020–2022. A study by UCLA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration climate scientists ha.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 6th, 2024

Biologists discover how plants evolved multiple ways to override genetic instructions

Biologists at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered the origin of a curious duplication that gives plants multiple ways to override instructions that are coded into their DNA. This research could help scientists exploit a plant's existin.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 6th, 2024

Scientists use high-energy heavy ion collisions as a new tool to reveal subtleties of nuclear structure

Scientists have demonstrated a new way to use high-energy particle smashups at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)—a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science user facility for nuclear physics research at DOE's Brookhaven National La.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 6th, 2024

Bioinspired hydrogels harness sunlight: A step closer to artificial photosynthesis

Mimicking how plants convert sunlight into energy has long been a dream for scientists aiming to create renewable energy solutions. Artificial photosynthesis is a process that seeks to replicate nature's method, using sunlight to drive chemical react.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 6th, 2024