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Point load strength index (PLSI) and slake durability index (SDI) are two important indices of rocks used to evaluate strength and durability for various engineering applications. This research ...

Farmers evaluate soil from their farms with a slake test during a Learning Circle meeting. Using a clear jar with a wire mesh to suspend the soil sample, water is added to evaluate the stability of ...

A trial at the University of Leeds is measuring the impact of regenerative agriculture principles to plug the research gap and support evidence-based practise for farmers. An array of metrics are ...

Farmers placed clumps of soil into metal mesh baskets, submerged the baskets into jars of water, then watched to see if their soil held together. The slake test, conducted at the Soil Health Field Day ...

Katharina Ullmann, Organic Agriculture Institute training and technical assistance coordinator, left, and Andrew Brait, field day panelist from Full Belly Farm, view results of soil health test.

Hepp Farms/Sexton Farms near Rockwell City hosted a regional FFA soil judging contest on Sept. 18. There was a great turnout, with 103 students from 10 different schools participating. This event also ...

This story originally appeared on Inside Climate News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A new UC Riverside study on California agriculture and climate proposes a plan for new water ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Moore’s law is already pretty fast. It holds that computer chips pack in twice as many transistors every two years or so, producing ...

In a nutshell: Microsoft has rolled out a new update to its Edge browser, re-adding one notable feature removed from the software last year. Version 124.0.2478.80 sees the internet speed test return ...