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The Noah"s Ark for plants beneath the English countryside

Inside bomb-proof frozen vaults underneath the English countryside hides a treasure trove of 40,000 species of wild plant seeds from around the world, many of which are in danger of disappearing......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgMay 19th, 2023

Soybean domestication linked to higher mesophyll conductance for increased photosynthesis

In a new study conducted by the Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) project, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign looked back in time at soybean growth and discovered that modern plants have increased mesophyll.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 29th, 2024

Uranus" moon Miranda may have an ocean beneath its surface, study finds

A new study suggests Uranus' moon Miranda may harbor a water ocean beneath its surface, a finding that would challenge many assumptions about the moon's history and composition and could put it in the company of the few select worlds in our solar sys.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 29th, 2024

Apple Intelligence is coming to these languages in April

Apple Intelligence, where available, is only offered with U.S. English. That's expected to change over the coming months as more languages get added......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 29th, 2024

Invasive plants drive homogenization of soil microbial communities across US, new study finds

Invasive plants are doing more than just taking over landscapes—they're also changing the soil beneath them. A new study co-authored by Matthew McCary, assistant professor of biosciences at Rice University, reveals that these species are reshaping.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 28th, 2024

Apple confirms expanded language support for Apple Intelligence coming in April 2025 and beyond

Apple has just released iOS 18.1 and macOS 15.1 with the first set of Apple Intelligence tools. However, they are only available in English for now. Although the company had previously said it will add more languages in 2025, Apple has just confirmed.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  9to5macRelated NewsOct 28th, 2024

Are we drowning out the sounds of the sea?

The sound of waves gently crashing is one of the most relaxing noises. But beneath the surface, things are far less peaceful......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 28th, 2024

Apple confirms expanded language support for Apple Intelligence coming in April 2025

Apple has just released iOS 18.1 and macOS 15.1 with the first set of Apple Intelligence tools. However, they are only available in English for now. Although the company had previously said it will add more languages in 2025, Apple has just confirmed.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  9to5macRelated NewsOct 28th, 2024

Apple Intelligence will gain expanded language support in April 2025

Apple Intelligence is currently available in U.S. English only but will expand to support several other languages in the early second quarter of 2025, including several not previously announced.Apple IntelligenceApple Intelligence has rolled out for.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsOct 28th, 2024

Researchers warn against weakening Clean Air Act regulations

A new commentary published in the American Journal of Public Health has found that power plants' use of air pollution control devices saved up to 9,100 lives and up to $100 billion in health costs in 2023. These estimates reveal the substantial healt.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 25th, 2024

Study shows weak external electric fields may protect crops from infection

Research from Dr. Giovanni Sena's group in the Department of Life Sciences highlights an intriguing method to help protect plants from pathogen attacks using weak electric fields......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 25th, 2024

Peacock getting multiview for Election Day, with Premier League to follow

Peacock is rolling out a three-view multiview experience on Election Day, and it'll revive it in December for the English Premier League football matches......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 24th, 2024

China automakers to double overseas capacity to dodge tariffs, study finds

Chinese carmakers have built and commissioned complete manufacturing plants across nine countries, with annual capacity of 1.2 million units as of 2023, a figure set to more than double to 2.7 million in over a dozen countries by 2026, Bloomberg foun.....»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsOct 23rd, 2024

How bioacoustics and AI can help study animal populations in the forest and beneath the waves

Animal sounds combined with artificial intelligence (AI) can revolutionize biodiversity monitoring both on land and in aquatic settings according to researchers from the University of Copenhagen. By analyzing wildlife sounds, AI can now identify spec.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 23rd, 2024

New chemical treatment reduces number of plant pores that regulate water loss

Researchers from Nagoya University Institute of Transformative Biomolecules (WPI-ITbM) in Japan and their colleagues have identified and derivatized a chemical compound that effectively regulates the density of stomata in model plants. Stomata are cr.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 23rd, 2024

Enhancing recombinant protein expression in lettuce

Recombinant proteins are crucial in pharmaceutical and other industries. A production method uses plants as hosts in transient protein expression systems. Researchers at the University of Tsukuba developed a technique to increase recombinant protein.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

Exploring the authenticity of a pair of storied gloves rumored to belong to Shakespeare

The leather gloves, embroidered at the wrists, rest on a tufted pillow of red satin in a glassed wooden box, a fitting place for artifacts that have a history tied to the English-speaking world's most-famous playwright......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

A blueprint for mapping melting ice sheets: Open-source tool can help make radar systems at a fraction of the cost

Researchers in the Stanford Radio Glaciology lab use radio waves to understand rapidly changing ice sheets and their contributions to global sea-level rise. This technique has revealed groundwater beneath Greenland, the long-term impacts of extreme m.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

Photosynthesis is under threat in an increasingly warm world, says researcher

The basis of all life on Earth is photosynthesis. So, what happens if it is disrupted? Today, advanced measurement tools can reveal how climate change is affecting plants' ability to process the energy from sunlight......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 21st, 2024

Study combines woodchips and biochar to clean water of pharmaceuticals, nutrients

What happens to ibuprofen after it eases your throbbing headache? Like many pharmaceuticals, it can remain in an active form when our bodies flush it out. That's a problem, because although wastewater treatment plants are good at reducing nutrient po.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 21st, 2024

How plants compete for light: Researchers discover new mechanism in shade avoidance

Plants that are close together do everything they can to intercept light. This "shade avoidance" response has been extensively researched. It is therefore even more remarkable that researchers from the laboratory of Molecular Biology at Wageningen Un.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 21st, 2024