Leo Wilson 
Credit: Eco-Environment & Health (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.eehl.2023.10.002 Air pollution significantly impacts human health. Hainan Province in China aims to achieve world-leading ambient air quality by 2035, despite already having relatively good air quality in China. The existing Ambient Air Quality Standards (AAQS) offer insufficient guidance for further enhancing air quality in Hainan, which stands at … Read more
Final preparations are under way at Cape Canaveral in Florida for a milestone mission to put a US lander on the moon, an achievement not seen in more than 50 years since the end of the Apollo project. Last-minute glitches aside, Peregrine mission one, named after the fastest animal on Earth, will roar into the … Read more
(NewsNation) — A unique cosmic tribute is set to unfold as a spaceflight company prepares to mark a symbolic journey into outer space akin to a celestial message in a bottle, honoring loved ones and commemorating American leaders. Celestis Memorial Spaceflight’s unique mission, slated for next Monday in Cape Canaveral, Florida, will launch authenticated samples … Read more
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Britain’s armed forces are facing a recruitment crisis because Generation Z is not signing up, the former defence secretary has said. Ben Wallace, who stepped down last August, said Britain needs to “do … Read more
A new study published in the journal Diabetes demonstrates that a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonist, a member of a class of medication used to treat Type 2 diabetes and obesity, can lead to a rapid improvement in insulin sensitivity. Insulin sensitivity is how responsive cells are to insulin, an essential hormone that controls blood … Read more
Credit: Vanderbilt University A front-end lens, or meta-imager, created at Vanderbilt University can potentially replace traditional imaging optics in machine-vision applications, producing images at higher speed and using less power. The nanostructuring of lens material into a meta-imager filter reduces the typically thick optical lens and enables front-end processing that encodes information more efficiently. The … Read more
Radical acceptance of ourselves opens the door to knowing and accepting that we are imperfect. This is vital because we spend so much of our lives trying to find some version of perfection. Interestingly, as soon as we build a strong enough practice of accepting ourselves, we usually become more accepting towards other people. This … Read more
Below is New York’s JFK Airport—notice the red hotspots of high subsidence against the teal of more mild elevation change. The airport’s average subsidence rate is 1.7 millimeters a year (similar to the LaGuardia and Newark airports), but across JFK that varies between 0.8 and 2.8 millimeters a year, depending on the exact spot. Courtesy … Read more
Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Tom Aspinall has played down the suggestion that he should defend the interim UFC heavyweight title, with a source telling The Independent that no contact … Read more
Autophagy, which declines with age, may hold more mysteries than researchers previously suspected. In the January 4th issue of Nature Aging, it was noted that scientists from the Buck Institute, Sanford Burnham Prebys and Rutgers University have uncovered possible novel functions for various autophagy genes, which may control different forms of disposal including misfolded proteins … Read more
