The wheel is getting a redesign. Electric powertrain and motor startup Conifer is developing small electric motors that don’t require the rare-earth elements such as neodymium that are critical to ...

The whirling, winged seeds of today's conifers are an engineering wonder and, as University of California, Berkeley, scientists show, a result of about 270 million years of evolution by trees ...

The Western Conifer-Seed Bug is a true bug native to the pine forests of western North America that has quickly spread eastward since the 1950s. Pest specialists surmise that these bugs were ...

A handful of engineers who worked at Lucid Motors and on Apple's electric car project have launched a new startup that puts a fresh spin on electric hub motors. The new startup, called Conifer, has ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESS Newswire / April 14, 2025 / Conifer, a trailblazing electric powertrain company, has raised $20 million in seed funding to commercialize its magnet-agnostic electric motor ...

THEY ARE OFTEN CONFUSED, THE BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG, AND THE WESTERN CONIFER SEED BUG BUT ONE THING THEY HAVE IN COMMON, THIS TIME OF YEAR, IS THEY BOTH WANT INTO YOUR HOM >> THEY ARE TRYING TO ...

Over the past several years, the invasive brown marmorated stink bug has found hospitable conditions in our houses, which are appealingly warm during Western Washington’s cold, wet winters. They’re a ...

I was settling in to answer a few emails when I heard, “Dad, some huge bug just flew into the lamp shade!” As the designated bug catch-and-releaser, I pressed into action. A western conifer seed bug ...

Western conifer seed bugs overwinter as adults, and given the opportunity, they will spend winter in your warm house. Click here for larger image. Photo by Jeff Mitton. One of the joys of living in a ...

As fall temperatures emerge, Connecticut residents are seeing brown marmorated stink bugs (BMSB) descend on their homes. But before reporting a sighting, Connecticut experts recommend doing a little ...

Whirling seeds are produced by many plants today, such as maples, but the first to try them were the conifers 270 million years ago. Fossils reveal that those early conifers had winged seeds of ...