SCIENCE

Formula E’s Race to Get the Whole World Electrified

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Formula E’s Race to Get the Whole World Electrified

What sorts of offsets do you focus on? People have different opinions as to what is good enough, and they’re not all equal. We primarily focus on the creation of renewable energy, since that’s what gives the best positive impact to using electric vehicles. Where we can, it’s technology in the countries in which we … Read more

Yale’s Stephen Roach warns of global volatility, ‘whipsawed’ markets

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Yale’s Stephen Roach warns of global volatility, ‘whipsawed’ markets

01 October 2024, Israel, Tel Aviv: Missiles launched from Iran are seen in the sky over Tel Aviv. Ilia Yefimovich/dpa | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Markets are in danger of being “whipsawed” by the combination of regional conflict in the Middle East and rising unemployment in the United States, says Stephen Roach, senior fellow … Read more

Seeing double: Designing drugs that target ‘twin’ cancer proteins

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Seeing double: Designing drugs that target ‘twin’ cancer proteins

Some proteins in the human body are easy to block with a drug; they have an obvious spot in their structure where a drug can fit, like a key in a lock. But other proteins are more difficult to target, with no clear drug-binding sites. To design a drug that blocks a cancer-related protein, Scripps … Read more

Targeted grazing can be a successful, low-cost method to manage cheatgrass when timed properly

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Targeted grazing can be a successful, low-cost method to manage cheatgrass when timed properly

GPS collars worn by cattle recorded location and grazing activity. Credit: Julie Kray Targeted livestock grazing is a successful and cost-efficient method to manage cheatgrass in the U.S. western Great Plains when timed to coincide with cheatgrass growth rather than based solely on the time of year, according to a recent study published by USDA’s … Read more

Eight Scientists, a Billion Dollars, and the Moonshot Agency Trying to Make Britain Great Again

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Eight Scientists, a Billion Dollars, and the Moonshot Agency Trying to Make Britain Great Again

“It’s great that ARIA exists, and I think it’s great that there is a plants program in it,” says Langdale. “There’s no doubt about that because for far too long, people like Gates have been driving the moonshot projects, and of course they have a very specific focus on what it is they want to … Read more

Soft landing hit by minor turbulence

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Soft landing hit by minor turbulence

Dockworkers strike at the Bayport Container Terminal in Seabrook, Texas, on October 1, 2024.  Mark Felix | Afp | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you … Read more

Physicists explore possibility of life beyond Earth

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Seeing double: Designing drugs that target ‘twin’ cancer proteins

Are there planets beyond Earth where humans can live? The answer is maybe, according to a new study from University of Texas at Arlington physicists examining F-type star systems. Stars fall into seven lettered categories according to their surface temperature. They also differ in other factors including mass, luminosity, and radius. F-types are in the … Read more

Scientists find plausible geological setting that may have sparked life on Earth

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Scientists find plausible geological setting that may have sparked life on Earth

Replication at the gas-water interface. We considered a geological scenario in which water, containing biomolecules, is evaporated by a gas flow at the scale of millimeters. In volcanic porous rock, many of such settings can be imagined. The gas flow induces convective water currents and causes it to evaporate. Dissolved nucleic acids and salts accumulate … Read more