Wheat is crucial for global food security, and panicle number per unit ground area (PNPA) is key to its yield. Traditional manual counting methods are accurate but inefficient, prompting a shift towards remote sensing and ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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This Hubble Picture of the Week features a richness of spiral galaxies: the large, prominent spiral galaxy on the right side of the image is NGC 1356; the two apparently smaller spiral galaxies flanking it are LEDA 467699 ...
Astronomy
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NASA's Juno spacecraft will on Saturday, Dec. 30, make the closest flyby of Jupiter's moon Io that any spacecraft has made in over 20 years. Coming within roughly 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) from the surface of the most ...
Astronomy
Dec 29, 2023
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In traditional fruit production, formidable challenges arise from labor costs and shortages, prompting extensive research into agricultural automation and the use of intelligent robots for tasks like fruit picking and branch ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Dec 29, 2023
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The quest for efficient 3D plant shoot segmentation, vital for extracting plant phenotypic traits, has driven the integration of deep learning with point clouds. Traditional 2D methods, while prevalent, encounter challenges ...
Biotechnology
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Climate change is the biggest global health threat in the 21st century, and the rising temperatures have undermined the health and safety of the working population, as well as caused labor losses, which are closely tied to ...
Environment
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Recent efforts to improve on the openness and transparency in science have already begun paying off towards greater integrity in the way researchers do and report science. It is now common practice for scientists to pre-register ...
Education
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In Japan, a peculiar gastropod species was discovered more than three decades ago, gaining attention upon being labeled as "vulnerable" or "near threatened" in several government and local red lists. This species, referred ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 29, 2023
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Palm Springs Downtown Park is an inviting 1.5-acre urban oasis for residents and visitors to Palm Springs, a design-forward desert destination nestled along the base of the San Jacinto Mountains along the southwestern boundary ...
Environment
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In a comprehensive review, researchers from Soochow University, Beijing Graphene Institute and Xiamen Silan Advanced Compound Semiconductor Co., Ltd. have collaborated to provide a systematic overview of the progress and ...
Nanomaterials
Dec 29, 2023
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