Mysterious Mount Prospect soot is actually from an insect called cottony maple scale

Residents in Mount Prospect have been wondering about a sticky black soot-like substance coating their outdoor surfaces.
ZME Science

Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees? These Spruce Trees in Finland Are Growing Tiny Flecks of Gold in Their Needles

Scientists find bacteria inside Norway spruce needles that can turn dissolved gold into solid nanoparticles.
AlphaGalileo

Golden spruce trees: Gold forms nanoparticles in the needles – bacteria show the way

A new study has, for the first time, uncovered a connection between bacteria living in Norway spruce needles and gold nanoparticles. This discovery ...
WOOD-TV

68-foot spruce from Sault Ste. Marie picked as this year’s state tree

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The Michigan Department of Technology, Management, and Budget has selected the 2025 state Christmas tree. A 68-foot spruce from Sault Ste. Marie was chosen to light up the ...
Yahoo

Michigan's 2025 Christmas tree has been chosen. When the 68-foot spruce will reach Lansing

A 68-foot tall spruce tree from Sault Ste. Marie has been selected as Michigan's 2025 official state Christmas tree, the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget said on Thursday, Oct. 2 ...
Yahoo

68-foot spruce from Sault Ste. Marie picked as 2025 State Tree

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)– The Michigan Department of Technology, Management, and Budget (DTMB) has selected the 2025 state Christmas tree. A 68-foot spruce from Sault Ste. Marie was chosen to light up ...
upnorthlive

Sault Ste. Marie 68-foot spruce chosen for State of Michigan's 39th Christmas tree

LANSING, Mich,. (WPBN/WGTU) - - A 68-foot spruce from Sault Ste. Marie has been chosen by The Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget (DTMB) as the official 2025 State of Michigan's ...
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Spruce Power partners with Treehouse to expand into battery storage market

DENVER - Spruce Power Holding Corporation (NYSE:SPRU) announced Wednesday a strategic partnership with Treehouse to expand its offerings into the home battery storage market. The collaboration aims to ...