UC San Diego Today

Compressed Data Technique Enables Pangenomics at Scale

Engineers at the University of California have developed a new data structure and compression technique that enables the ...

Forests under climate stress: Why trees are growing less despite an early start

Climate change is causing trees to sprout earlier in spring. Nevertheless, some tree species are growing less. A study by the ...

Scientists use string theory to crack the code of natural networks

For more than a century, scientists have wondered why physical structures like blood vessels, neurons, tree branches, and ...

Vibrant’s New Title Empowers Emerging Developers With the Foundations of Efficient, Real-World Programming

Author Shawn Peters blends clarity and rigor to make data structures and algorithms accessible to all learners. COLORADO, CO, UNITED STATES, January 2, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Vibrant Publishers ...
Frontiers

Estimation of individual tree biomass for three tree species using LiDAR and multispectral data in megacity Shanghai

Urban forests constitute an important component of urban ecosystems, as they not only enhance urban ecological environments and underpin the sustainable development of urban society and economy but ...
ucdavis.edu

An Extreme Tree Hunt in the Sierra Nevada

Hugh Safford is calling out into the woods for a tree. That’s normal enough for a forest ecologist, but the tree he’s searching for — the Jeffrey pine — was not, until recently, expected to live ...
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 ...
IEEE

Minimum Information Trees for High Dimensional Data Visualization in Clustering

Abstract: Visualizing the qualitative outcomes of clustering algorithms in high-dimensional spaces remains a persistent challenge in data analysis and machine learning. Traditional dimensionality ...
Health News Florida

What the trees are telling us: USF professor uses data to identify threats to tree diversity

Brian Maitner, an assistant professor in the Department of Integrative Biology, is revolutionizing the way researchers examine and predict the impact of environmental shifts on plant diversity. His ...
Frontiers

Foraging strategy and tree structure as drivers of arboreality and suspensory behaviour in savannah-dwelling chimpanzees

Introduction: The association between an open habitat (e.g., savannah-mosaics) and increased terrestriality is central to hypotheses of hominin evolution, especially the emergence and evolution of ...
Sioux City Journal

Powerful storms hit Siouxland, knocks out power, damages structures, trees

Powerful thunderstorms ripped through parts of Siouxland on Monday night and early Tuesday morning, with heavy rains flooding some roads and high winds knocking down trees, damaging structures and ...