Swiss mired in poisonous row over pesticides
The idyllic image of peaceful Swiss Alpine pastures is being shattered by upcoming votes on pesticides which have sharply divided opinion in rural Switzerland......»»
Silkworms Spin a Potential Microplastics Substitute
“Intentionally added microplastics” in pesticides and cosmetics could be made from silk instead.....»»
To Ditch Pesticides, Scientists Are Hacking Insects’ Sex Signals
It’s now possible to mass-produce pheromones that keep insects from breeding near crops—protecting cereals and other staples with fewer chemicals......»»
Fertilizers limit pollination by changing how bumblebees sense flowers
Pollinators are less likely to land on flowers sprayed with fertilizers or pesticides as they can detect electric field changes around the flower, researchers at the University of Bristol have found......»»
pCloud Pass keeps your passwords safe and secure, available on all of your devices
pCloud brings the best universal password manager to keep your passwords safe and secure across all of your devices, using pCloud Pass. The renowned Swiss cloud storage service pCloud has entered the password manager area with a very compelling offe.....»»
Audi partners with Swiss Sauber for Formula One
Audi said in August that it would enter Formula One under new engine rules coming in for 2026, with its own power unit to be built in Neuburg, Bavaria......»»
Europe"s bees stung by climate, pesticides and parasites
Bees pollinate 71 of the 100 crop species that provide 90 percent of food worldwide. They also pollinate wild plants, helping sustain biodiversity and the beauty of the natural world......»»
Using spray drones in agriculture
It's a familiar sight for many—a ground sprayer slowly making rounds in a field, applying pesticides to row crops to give producers the best chance of protecting crops from pests and seeing high yields at harvest. These ground sprayers, with booms.....»»
Ohio foragers are accidentally poisoning themselves with lethal mushrooms
The morel of the story: Don't forage for mushrooms. Enlarge / Deadly poisonous mushroom Destroying Angel (Amanita virosa) is seen in Otomin, Poland on September 29. In Poland, there are several hundred mycelial poisonings every year. (.....»»
The surprising Swiss-army-knife-like functions of a powerful enzyme
Blue-green algae (AKA cyanobacteria) have a superpower which likely helps them be highly successful as invaders of waterways. They have an extraordinary ability to store energy and nitrogen in their cells for times of need. But how exactly they do so.....»»
Study: Heat wave led to unprecedented melt of Swiss glaciers
Switzerland's glaciers are melting like never before, an academic study released Wednesday found, with their ice volume declining by 6% this year amid rising concerns about global warming and a summer heat wave that swept across Europe......»»
Study: Heatwave led to unprecedented melt of Swiss glaciers
Switzerland's glaciers are melting like never before, an academic study released Wednesday shows, with their ice volume declining by 6 percent in a "disastrous" 2022 amid rising concerns about global warming and a summer heat wave that swept across E.....»»
Scientists fabricate acid/alkali dual PH-responsive smart pesticide delivery system
Light, electric field, alternating magnetic field, and pH have been used as triggers to boost the release of pesticides, among which the pH-responsive type attracts broad interest due to simple operation and low cost......»»
Strawberries are smaller when bees ingest pesticides, study finds
Solitary bees that ingested the pesticide clothianidin when foraging from rapeseed flowers became slower. In addition, the strawberries pollinated by these bees were smaller. This is shown by a new study from Lund University in Sweden......»»
Store-bought milkweed plants can expose monarch caterpillars to harmful pesticides
Milkweed plants purchased at retail nurseries across the United States were contaminated with pesticides harmful to monarch caterpillars that rely on milkweed, a study led by researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno found. Every plant sampled wa.....»»
Inventory in U.S. inches up to 1.21M
After seven months of being mired in a narrow band, new vehicle inventory in the United States climbed to 1.2 million units last month, the highest levels since June 2021......»»
Study: Already shrunk by half, Swiss glaciers melting faster
Switzerland's 1,400 glaciers have lost more than half their total volume since the early 1930s, a new study has found, and researchers say the ice retreat is accelerating at a time of growing concerns about climate change......»»
Weather whiplash: Summer lurches from drought to flood
Parts of northern Texas, mired in a drought labeled as extreme and exceptional, are flooding under torrential rain. In a drought......»»
Modern pesticides damage the brain of bees so they can"t move in a straight line
The challenge to let people walk back and forth in a straight line isn't just used by police to test if drivers are intoxicated: it's also used by neurologists to diagnose neurological disorders like ataxia, where parts of the brain that coordinate m.....»»
HomeKit Weekly: Fibaro Multi-Sensor is your swiss army knife for HomeKit automations
A whole subset of HomeKit device categories often goes under notice. When you think about smart home devices, you will generally think about cameras, lights, speakers, or a switch. The real genius of a smart home is when things can happen without yo.....»»
Swiss mountain pass set to lose all ice within weeks
The thick layer of ice that has covered a Swiss mountain pass for centuries will have melted away completely within a few weeks, a ski resort said Thursday......»»