
The articles review new research from the University of British Columbia on strategies for cooling cities through tree cover, in addition to interviews with actress Penelope Cruz about her new film “Shelter,” and director Miwa Nishikawa about her film “Children I Don’t Know.”
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Articles cover new techniques for planting trees in cities and media coverage of the Toronto Film Festival.
Cities seeking to cool their fiery streets often set public goals to increase tree cover. However, these goals may overlook the fact that not all shade is equally beneficial, and not all neighborhoods have enough space to plant more trees.
Two new studies conducted by researchers from the University of British Columbia in Canada provide a more precise and specific approach that allows monitoring “hot spots” in urban areas and identifying locations where new trees can achieve the greatest benefits.
“Cities often realize they need more tree cover, but they still have to carefully determine where there is room for planting, and where shade will make the biggest difference,” Dr. Melissa McHale, a professor of environmental stewardship at the University of British Columbia and lead author of the two studies, said in a statement Friday. ... [Content has been shortened to comply with technical limitations while maintaining the essence of the text]

The Nobel Prize announced that three medical scientists won for their research in optogenetics, and a physicist won for establishing the “Ice Cube” observatory to monitor neutrinos, with a joint focus on studying light and its scientific applications.

An international study revealed an extinct breed of cows that lived in southern Siberia during the Ice Age and continued until about 27 thousand years ago, while Australian research showed that vanillin may be promising in treating chronic wounds thanks to its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties.

The discovery of a bronze ring depicting the Lighthouse of Alexandria in the Eastern Harbour, Francis Halzen winning the Nobel Prize in Physics for developing the “Ice Cube” neutrino observatory, and an Australian study revealing the properties of vanillin in healing chronic wounds.

Francis Halzen wins the Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries of neutrinos, and Karl Deisseroth wins the Nobel Prize in Medicine for optogenetics, while Tom Cruise's film "Digger" faces a commercial failure in Saudi Arabia and the world.

The Nobel Prize Committee announced that Belgian physicist Francis Halzen has won the Nobel Prize in Physics for the year 2026, in recognition of his work related to subatomic particles and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos in the Antarctic.

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