AI pinpoints aspens and standing dead trees in forests using aerial imagery

Aspens and standing dead trees, which are important to forest biodiversity, can be reliably identified from openly available ...
Science Daily

Scientists find hidden layers in brain’s memory center

Scientists uncovered a surprising four-layer structure hidden inside the hippocampal CA1 region, one of the brain’s major centers for memory, navigation, and emotion. Using advanced RNA imaging ...
Study Finds

Mystery Foot From 3.4 Million Years Ago Likely Belonged To Tree-Climbing Human Ancestor

Scientists linked a mystery fossil foot to a tree-climbing human ancestor that likely lived alongside Lucy's species 3.4 ...
The Washington Post

Climate change is coming for D.C.’s trees, and the city won’t look the same

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. The old tree had survived plenty. Branches tangled in power lines. Dogs ...
IEEE

RemapCom: Optimizing Compaction Performance of LSM Trees via Data Block Remapping in SSDs

Abstract: In LSM-based KV stores, typically deployed on systems with DRAM-SSD storage, compaction degrades write performance and SSD endurance due to significant write amplification. To address this ...
Washington City Paper

In Another Giveaway to the Commanders’ Billionaire Owner, the D.C. Council Is Set To Waive $1 Million in Fines to Chop Down Irreplaceable Heritage Trees

This story was supported with funds from SpotlightDC with reporting by participants in Hola Cultura’s Storytelling Program for Experiential Learning. The story was edited by Christine MacDonald, Hola ...
fox17online

Storm damage leaves downed trees, power lines and structure fires across Muskegon County

Multiple structure fires have also been reported within the county, according to the Muskegon Heights Fire Department. Muskegon Charter Township Police Chief Patrick Vandommelen tells FOX 17 there ...
Forbes

Samsung C&T, Partner To Build $1.3 Billion Data Center In Vietnam

Samsung C&T and Vietnam’s CMC Corp. are investing $1.3 billion to build a data center hub in Ho Chi Minh City to tap into the growing demand for cloud computing and AI in the country. The project will ...
Frontiers

Nitrogen content estimation of apple trees based on simulated satellite remote sensing data

1 College of Resources and Environment, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, China 2 National Engineering Research Center for Efficient Utilization of Soil and Fertilizer Resources, Shandong ...
Microsoft

Feature tree-driven synthesis improves training data for code LLMs

As large language models (LLMs) continue to improve at writing code, a key challenge has emerged: enabling them to generate complex, high-quality training data that actually reflects real-world ...
The New York Times

Palantir’s Collection of Disease Data at C.D.C. Stirs Privacy Concerns

U.S. and state officials say the consolidation of the public health agency’s vast trove of information could expose patients and will delay analysis of long-term trends. By Apoorva Mandavilli The ...