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Summer’s most dazzling meteor shower, the Perseids, peaks soon.This post was originally published on this site

If Earthlings are ever going to colonize Mars, they won’t be able to do so on an empty stomach—and Temidayo Oniosun thinks a helping of Egusi soup, a Nigerian staple, might just hit the spot.This […]

In the wake of a wildfire, there’s often an assumption that burned landscapes will be more susceptible to landslides. But new research from the University of Oregon suggests it’s not always that simple.This post was […]

How can quantum technologies be developed responsibly? In the journal Science, researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), the University of Cambridge, Harvard University and Stanford University argue that international standards should be established […]

A new method, which uses synthetic datasets and transfer learning to overcome data scarcity and variability, significantly outperforms conventional techniques in multi-year field trials.This post was originally published on this site

By leveraging a vision foundation model called Depth Anything V2, the method can accurately segment crops across diverse environments—field, lab, and aerial—reducing both time and cost in agricultural data preparation.This post was originally published on […]

“Spill the Tea, Honey: Gossiping Predicts Well-Being in Same- and Different-Gender Couples” is the name of a new study from UC Riverside psychology researchers that found gossip within couples is associated with greater happiness and […]

Greek doctor and philosopher Hippocrates once said (loosely translated), “life is short, and art is long.” History is littered with quotes from great thinkers with the same idea: art endures. But limitations remain. Classic works […]

By integrating large-kernel convolutional blocks and a novel loss function, LKNet effectively addresses challenges such as overlapping targets, annotation bias, and variability in panicle structure across growth stages. Tested on UAV imagery and multiple crop […]

A new study led by Dr. Duo Jia from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography (XIEG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences unveils a novel and environmentally friendly approach to remediating saline-alkali soils using […]