Kenyan fig trees can literally turn parts of themselves to stone, using microbes to convert internal crystals into limestone-like deposits that lock away carbon, sweeten surrounding soils, and still ...

Abstract: Integrated beam control and RCS reduction are becoming increasingly important for modern radar and stealth applications. This work presents a binary array antenna for simultaneously and ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Researchers have confirmed Taiwan’s tallest known tree: an 84.1-meter (276-foot) Taiwania fir they named “the Heaven Sword of the Da’an River.” A ...

Abstract: This paper proposes to construct binary array codes from nonbinary codes by binary matrix dispersion. Thanks to their low-density and quasi-cyclic generator matrices, these binary dispersed ...

Burning trees to help other trees grow? It sounds counterintuitive, but using biochar to improve soil conditions is a practice that dates back centuries. On Arbor Day 2025, Cincinnati Mayor Aftab ...

If caterpillars have munched through a lot of an oak tree’s leaves one year, then, the following spring, the tree’s buds open three days later. This delay means the caterpillars don’t have food ...

If you plant a sapling for Arbor Day, this year on April 24, or Labor Day, for that matter, you can’t just expect it to grow. It needs to be watered. Actually, it needs a good soaking. According to ...

For years, conducting an urban tree inventory was a luxury only large, highly resourced cities could afford. A new AI-based approach not only brings this capability within reach to smaller cities but ...

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This may be the most New York City tree you’ll see this Christmas. A Greenwich Village couple trimming their tree last week realized that they don’t need an angel or a star because the Empire State ...