Tuning in to fluorescence to farm smarter: Monitoring plant light use saves indoor farm energy costs

• Plant owners with a so-called green thumb often seem to have a more finely tuned sense of what their plants need than the rest of us. • A new ‘smart lighting’ system for indoor v

Science · February 23, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 146 words

Plant hormone therapy could improve global food security by balancing growth with immunity

• Plants have an immune system, like people, and when it is triggered by threats like disease or pests, a plant’s defenses are activated. • But there’s a downside to this protectiv

Science · February 23, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 171 words

Pushing the right buttons: Fern guides its embryo's sense of up and down

• Ferns communicate directional cues to embryos using mechanical pressure, not chemical signals. • Pressure applied at specific sites tells the embryo which side is up. • This guid

Science · February 21, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 161 words
Oak Ridge Engineers and Plant Biologists Automate Plant Transformation for Scientific Discovery

Oak Ridge Engineers and Plant Biologists Automate Plant Transformation for Scientific Discovery

• Oak Ridge National Laboratory reports that plant scientists have teamed with manufacturing systems engineers at the lab to develop robotics and computer vision on development of

What freezing plants in blocks of ice can tell us about the future of Svalbard's plant communities

• How will a warming Arctic affect plant growth on Svalbard? • Researchers encased plant plots in a thick layer of ice during the winter and used little greenhouses to heat up thos

Science · February 19, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 99 words

Indigenous plant could have handy health benefits

• The drought-tolerant shrub affectionately known as Old Man Saltbush is mostly used as stock fodder, but can also be added to salads or cooking and has been used as bush tucker by

Science · February 18, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 120 words
Construction of Steady Energy pilot plant begins

Construction of Steady Energy pilot plant begins

• Construction of Steady Energy pilot plant begins The first concrete for the pilot was poured on 12 February in the Salmisaari B turbine hall in a ceremony attended by Finland’s M

Nuclear & Fusion · February 17, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 262 words
Germany removes radioactive heart of nuclear plant in major decommissioning milestone

Germany removes radioactive heart of nuclear plant in major decommissioning milestone

• Germany removes radioactive heart of nuclear plant in major decommissioning milestone The decomissioning team has removed a total of 764 fuel assemblies from the storage pool int

First unit at San'ao plant starts up

First unit at San'ao plant starts up

• First unit at San’ao plant starts up ‘At 12.21pm [local time] on 13 February, the first criticality control point of unit 1 of the San’ao nuclear power plant was officially relea

Nuclear & Fusion · February 16, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 306 words
Defuelling of German plant completed

Defuelling of German plant completed

• Defuelling of German plant completed The 1410 MWe pressurised water reactor was shut down on 31 December 2021. • PreussenElektra - a subsidiary of EOn Group - applied for approva

Nuclear & Fusion · February 16, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 259 words
Study examines benefits of Pallas to future power plant construction

Study examines benefits of Pallas to future power plant construction

• Study examines benefits of Pallas to future power plant construction The study -Building on Experience- examined the potential societal value of the Pallas programme for the cons

Nuclear & Fusion · February 12, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 273 words
Assessment of proposed Norwegian SMR plant to begin

Assessment of proposed Norwegian SMR plant to begin

• Assessment of proposed Norwegian SMR plant to begin Nuclear project developer Norsk Kjernekraft submitted a proposal to Norway’s Ministry of Energy in November 2023 for an assess

Nuclear & Fusion · February 12, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 359 words
Podcast: What should be the target time to build a nuclear plant?

Podcast: What should be the target time to build a nuclear plant?

• Podcast: What should be the target time to build a nuclear plant? • In an interview for theWorld Nuclear Newspodcast, Aubarbier also covered the progress of the French EPR2 progr

Nuclear & Fusion · February 10, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 239 words
ČEZ outlines USD392 million plant modernisation plans

ČEZ outlines USD392 million plant modernisation plans

• ČEZ outlines USD392 million plant modernisation plans Investment projects at Temelin - which has two VVER-1000 units which came into operation in 2000 and 2002 - will reach CZK3.

Nuclear & Fusion · February 6, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 291 words
First unit at China's Taipingling plant starts up

First unit at China's Taipingling plant starts up

• First unit at China’s Taipingling plant starts up On 1 February, workers at the unit were given permission by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment to start up the 1116 MWe (ne

Nuclear & Fusion · February 4, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 280 words
Location of second Kazakh nuclear power plant announced

Location of second Kazakh nuclear power plant announced

• Location of second Kazakh nuclear power plant announced According toa resolution publishedon the Minister of Justice’s website, a government decision was made on 26 January on th

Nuclear & Fusion · February 3, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 290 words