In a vineyard in Italy’s Puglia region, rows of grapevines grew beneath something more usually associated with power stations than agriculture: photovoltaic panels. The arrangement changed the amount of sunlight reaching the vines, but it also altered what was happening much closer to the ground. Soil stayed wetter, temperatures were less extreme and the air…
A $12 million research project at Penn State is trying to give drones a new way of making decisions, drawing inspiration from the small brains of insects and other animals. Funded by the US Army’s Army Research Laboratory, the project aims to develop an onboard sensing system that can pick out useful information without sending…
Two Belgian mountaineers who disappeared in the Swiss Alps in 1992 have finally been identified after their remains emerged from a retreating glacier 34 years later. The men, who were 39 and 41 when they vanished, had set out in the Weissmies region but never reached their planned destination. Despite searches at the time, only…
PC: 3M Young Scientist Lab Dry air is not completely without water. There is moisture suspended in the atmosphere even when rainfall is scarce, and 13-year-old Aniket Sarkar wanted to find out whether some of it could be recovered for agriculture. His idea led to a low-cost atmospheric water capture system built with ordinary materials,…
A plane carrying deportees from the United States arrives at Roberts International Airport, Harbel, near Monrovia, Liberia (Picture credit: Reuters) The United States on Thursday carried out its first deportation under an agreement allowing Liberia to accept up to 1,200 people who are not Liberian nationals, marking one of the Trump administration’s largest efforts yet…
Meliza Campos-Sanchez has suddenly become the focus of widespread attention after disturbing videos allegedly posted to her social media account became part of a police investigation in Miami-Dade. The 26-year-old influencer and realtor, who built an online audience around lifestyle, family and real estate content, was arrested after authorities investigated a kitchen fire and alleged…
Sonia Bellina’s sudden death has left her family and more than 260,000 TikTok followers searching for answers after her body was discovered burned in a French vineyard. The 29-year-old creator had built a following through lip-sync videos and personal content, but her final days have now become the focus of a murder investigation. Two men…
In August 1990, Utah wildlife officials carried out one of the largest chemical fish-removal projects in fisheries history, wiping out almost every fish in Utah’s Strawberry Reservoir to save its collapsing ecosystem. The operation, led by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (UDWR) and described in publications from the American Fisheries Society and UDWR research…
Imran Khan’s transfer follows months of health concerns, including a dispute over worsening vision in his right eye Imprisoned former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was shifted from Adiala prison to a private hospital in Islamabad after midnight Thursday for a medical examination, news agency AP reported citing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party’s statement.Khan was taken…
Crew of 10 includes six Indian nationals; vessel was carrying arms and security equipment Six Indians were among the 10-member crew of a Cameroon-flagged cargo ship hijacked by pirates off Somalia’s Puntland coast earlier this week, news agency AP reported citing a Somali official on Thursday.The M/V LUTUF was seized on Monday about 3.5 nautical…
