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Agriculture Jun 27, 2024

Innovative UAV and deep learning method enhances maize tassel detection accuracy

A research team has developed an innovative method utilizing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and deep learning techniques to accurately identify tassel states in maize hybridization fields before and after manual detasseling. ...

Astronomy Jun 26, 2024

The surprising behavior of black holes in an expanding universe

A physicist investigating black holes has found that, in an expanding universe, Einstein's equations require that the rate of the universe's expansion at the event horizon of every black hole must be a constant, the same ...

Materials Science Jun 26, 2024

Simple new process stores carbon dioxide in concrete without compromising strength

By using a carbonated—rather than a still—water-based solution during the concrete manufacturing process, a Northwestern University-led team of engineers has discovered a new way to store carbon dioxide (CO2) in the ubiquitous ...

Archaeology Jun 26, 2024

First case of Down syndrome in Neanderthals documented in new study

A new study published by an international multidisciplinary team of researchers including faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York, documents the first case of Down syndrome in Neanderthals and reveals ...

Archaeology Jun 26, 2024

Almonds, pottery, wood help date famed Kyrenia shipwreck

Historic shipwrecks often evoke dreams of sunken riches waiting on the bottom of the ocean to be reclaimed.

Optics & Photonics Jun 26, 2024

Time-compression in electron microscopy: Terahertz light controls and characterizes electrons in space and time

Scientists at the University of Konstanz in Germany have advanced ultrafast electron microscopy to unprecedented time resolution. Reporting in Science Advances, the research team presents a method for the all-optical control, ...

Plants & Animals Jun 26, 2024

Rewriting the armadillo family tree: A new species, plus a name change for the state mammal of Texas

While their scaly armor and long claws look vaguely reptilian, armadillos belong to the same group of mammals as sloths and anteaters. There are nearly two dozen species of armadillos, from six-inch long "pink fairies" to ...

General Physics Jun 26, 2024

Researchers capture detailed picture of electron acceleration in one shot

Adjusting experimental methods achieved the first "single-shot" diagnosis of electron acceleration through a laser wakefield accelerator along a curved trajectory, according to a recent study led by University of Michigan ...

Molecular & Computational biology Jun 26, 2024

Study demonstrates that a process that turns off DNA transcription can, paradoxically, also turn it on

Researchers led by Kannosuke Yabe, Asuka Kamio, and Soichi Inagaki of the University of Tokyo have discovered that in thale cresses histone H3 lysine-9 (H3K9) methylation, conventionally thought to be a mark of turning off ...

Plants & Animals Jun 26, 2024

What happens during the first moments of butterfly scale formation

A butterfly's wing is covered in hundreds of thousands of tiny scales like miniature shingles on a paper-thin roof. A single scale is as small as a speck of dust, yet surprisingly complex, with a corrugated surface of ridges ...

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