Research identifies farming practices that improve irrigation efficiency

Research identifies farming practices that improve irrigation efficiency
Mississippi State University Assistant Professor Dave Spencer, left, and Lane Galloway, research associate I and doctoral student, examine soybeans at the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station's Black Belt Branch in Brooksville. MSU scientists are building on two decades of irrigation research to identify production practices that help growers save water while improving crop yields. Credit: Dominique Belcher, Mississippi State University

Mississippi State scientists are building on two decades of irrigation research to identify production practices that help growers save water while improving crop yields.

New test certifies quantum measurements that simpler methods cannot mimic

Not all quantum measurements are created equal
Ion-Trap processors are among the most advanced and successful platforms of quantum technologies. Part of it is this setup at the University of Innsbruck. Credit: University of Innsbruck

Proving that one quantum measurement is more powerful than another has long been difficult. Physicists from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Lund University and the University of Innsbruck have now developed and demonstrated a simple technique to certify that a certain class of measurements has properties that cannot be mimicked by simpler means. Their paper is published in the journal PRX Quantum.

‘House of David’ Renewed for Season 3 at Amazon

“House of David” has been renewed for Season 3 at Amazon Prime Video, Variety has learned.

The Wonder Project series originally debuted on the streamer in early 2025, with Season 2 launching in October 2025.

High court rejects most of ‘dieselgate’ claims brought by 1.6m UK car owners

Car manufacturers have welcomed a high court verdict that rejected most of the allegations in a “dieselgate” claim brought on behalf of 1.6 million UK owners of polluting cars.

In her judgment, Lady Justice Cockerill said that “in the majority of instances, the court found that the relevant strategy did not constitute a prohibited defeat device” – software that enables the engine to behave differently in tests.

China is catching up to Elon Musk’s reusable rockets

China’s state-owned space company successfully launched a Long March orbital rocket and landed the booster on a seagoing recovery vessel, making it the second country to achieve the feat.

The demonstration on Friday shows that China’s Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is poised to match the advance that catapulted SpaceX to the top of the heap: reusing the same booster again and again to drive down the cost of launching spacecraft. CASC said it would attempt to reuse the booster, which can carry about as much payload as SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9, by the end of the year.

YouTuber Ben Schneider Signs With CAA (Exclusive)

Ben Schneider, the YouTube creator also known online as Reckless Ben, has signed with CAA for representation.

The move comes as Schneider and his investigative video content has gotten caught up in a viral YouTube investigation and legal dispute with the Utah-based Lego resale company Bricks & Minifigs over a missing — and allegedly stolen — Lego Star Wars collection.

Dell Outlet Has an Alienware Aurora RTX 5080 Gaming PC With 64GB of RAM and a 4TB SSD With 1 Year Warranty (Same as Buying Brand New) for $2,908

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: Jul 10, 2026 4:57pm UTC

For a limited time (most likely today only), Dell Outlet is offering a rare deal on a powerful and generously equipped prebuilt desktop computer. You can currently pick up an Alienware Aurora RTX 5080 gaming PC with 64GB of RAM and a 4TB SSD for $2,908 with free shipping. This is a "like new (scratch and dent)" unit with the same 1 year warranty as buying brand new. I specc'ed out a brand new identical system and it came out to over $5,000.