AI is a modern mantra for solving most of our problems. Researchers at the University of Bonn, Germany, have developed software that can simulate the growth of field crops. Thousands of photos from field experiments were fed into a learning algorithm in order to simulate the growth of field crops. The algorithm was able to learn how to visualize the future development of cultivated plants based on a single initial image. Using
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A 40-foot Sitka spruce known as the Tree of Life at Olympic National Park has
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A collaborative study published in PLOS ONE (December 19, 2024) analyzed 515 giraffe skulls –
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Ventana Surfboards and Supplies based in Santa Cruz, California, create hollow &
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Research teams from UWE Bristol and University of Southampton have engineered electronic textiles (e-textiles) that decompose naturally while maintaining medical-grade monitoring capabilities.
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Japanese researchers have achieved 18 MPa flexural strength from Chinese cabbage waste—creating construction-grade materials four times stronger than concrete. The achievement emerged
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Indian scientists have found a way to turn potato peels into fuel for cars. This discovery at IIT-BHU offers a new sustainable fuel source that reduces waste. Dr Abhishek Suresh Dhoble, who led the team, said they make ethanol fuel from leftover potato peels that usually get thrown away. He mentioned this is important because
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In Chigasaki, south of Tokyo, 42-year-old manicurist Naomi Arimoto has developed an unconventional response to marine pollution: turning beach plastic into nail
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Gbenga Adeku, a prominent upcycle artist from south western Nigeria creates awareness about plastic pollution and its effects on earth through his
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Two climate protesters painted Charles Darwin’s grave orange to warn that Earth is getting dangerously hot. The Just Stop Oil activists wrote “1.5 is dead” on the white marble grave at Westminster Abbey on Monday morning. Their message points to
The TROTAMAR III crew rescued an 11-year-old girl from Sierra Leone at 3:20 a.m. on December 11, after she set sail with others on a metal boat fromTunisian coast. The girl kept herself afloat using two tire tubes alone in the Mediterranean
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Toyota’s truck division Hino Motors cheated on pollution tests for over a decade. Now they must pay $1.6 billion in fines for these serious violations. From 2010 to 2022, Hino lied about how much pollution their truck engines released. They
A new study from the University of Houston shows how tiny organisms living on hemp plants could transform farming practices. The research, published in Nature, examines how different types of hemp plants work with specific microbes to grow better and
A bright visitor from space is giving Australia and New Zealand a special light show this week. This space traveler, called Comet G3 ATLAS, hasn’t passed by Earth for 160,000 years. Just like ice melts in sunshine, this giant space
The U.S. government is stepping up its fight against bird flu by investing $590 million in Moderna’s vaccine development program. This latest funding, announced Friday, builds on an earlier $176 million investment made in July 2024. “Avian flu variants have
