Existing algorithms can partially reconstruct the shape of a single tree from a clean point-cloud dataset acquired by laser-scanning technologies. Doing the same with forest data has proven far more ...

PageIndex, a new open-source framework, achieves 98.7% accuracy on complex document retrieval by using tree search instead of ...

In a significant move towards reforming British Columbia's forestry management, a government-commissioned review has proposed a comprehensive overhaul of the existing system. This review, spearheaded ...

The spiky desert succulents typically blossom beginning in late February. But this season, many started growing flowers up to ...

Published January 7 in the journal Nature, one paper tackled the age-old problem of nature’s construction with a bit of a twist: it suggests that living networks, like our brain, may use some of the ...

Federal models keep missing homes that burn. A new AI tool zooms in.

Whenever things go wrong at a condo, assigning blame can be complex and hotly contested. Condo associations often carry ...

There are cities you pass through, and then there are cities you feel yourself becoming part of. Islamabad was always the latter for me. Driving through its wide avenues, the city did not simply exist ...

A record 20,660ha of woodland were created in 2023-24, with more than 20m new trees planted across the UK. But significant ...

The study Harnessing Regenerative Agriculture, Unmanned Aerial Systems, and AI for Sustainable Cocoa Farming in West Africa, published in the journal Drones, finds that the future of sustainable cocoa ...

Sociology is often framed as disposable in ways that history or English never would be, even as the future of the humanities ...

According to new research from Rice University, while Edison’s goal was simply to create a longer-lasting electric lamp, the ...