https://cluster-site.onrender.com/tags/plant/ Recent content in Plant on Tenu Tech Brief Hugo -- 0.146.0 en-us Wed, 25 Feb 2026 07:59:08 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/tuning-in-to-fluorescence-to-farm-smarter-monitoring-plant-light-use-saves-indoor-farm-energy-costs/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 19:34:40 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/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 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/plant-hormone-therapy-could-improve-global-food-security-by-balancing-growth-with-immunity/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 16:00:05 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/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 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/pushing-the-right-buttons-fern-guides-its-embryos-sense-of-up-and-down/ Sat, 21 Feb 2026 02:00:01 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/pushing-the-right-buttons-fern-guides-its-embryos-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 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/oak-ridge-engineers-and-plant-biologists-automate-plant-transformation-for-scientific-discovery/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 20:59:47 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/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 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/what-freezing-plants-in-blocks-of-ice-can-tell-us-about-the-future-of-svalbards-plant-communities/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 02:30:01 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/what-freezing-plants-in-blocks-of-ice-can-tell-us-about-the-future-of-svalbards-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 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/indigenous-plant-could-have-handy-health-benefits/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:57:25 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/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 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/construction-of-steady-energy-pilot-plant-begins/ Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:21:33 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/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 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/germany-removes-radioactive-heart-of-nuclear-plant-in-major-decommissioning-milestone/ Tue, 17 Feb 2026 13:41:57 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/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 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/first-unit-at-sanao-plant-starts-up/ Mon, 16 Feb 2026 15:18:43 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/first-unit-at-sanao-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 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/defuelling-of-german-plant-completed/ Mon, 16 Feb 2026 15:06:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/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 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/study-examines-benefits-of-pallas-to-future-power-plant-construction/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:57:18 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/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 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/assessment-of-proposed-norwegian-smr-plant-to-begin/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:14:43 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/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 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/podcast-what-should-be-the-target-time-to-build-a-nuclear-plant/ Tue, 10 Feb 2026 14:36:28 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/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 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/%C4%8Dez-outlines-usd392-million-plant-modernisation-plans/ Fri, 06 Feb 2026 07:05:55 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/%C4%8Dez-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. https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/first-unit-at-chinas-taipingling-plant-starts-up/ Wed, 04 Feb 2026 12:14:27 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/first-unit-at-chinas-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 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/location-of-second-kazakh-nuclear-power-plant-announced/ Tue, 03 Feb 2026 16:32:48 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/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