In a new study, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign tackled a thorny problem: How do nutritional stress, viral infections and exposure to pesticides together influence honey bee survival? By looking at all three stressors together, the scientists found that good nutrition enhances honey bee resilience against the other threats. Their findings are detailed … Read more
The newly-discovered GS-NDG-9422 galaxy appears as a faint blur in this James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) image. It could help astronomers better understand galaxy evolution in the early Universe. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Alex Cameron (Oxford) The discovery of a “weird” and unprecedented galaxy in the early universe could “help us understand … Read more
Northeast Greenland is home to the 79° N Glacier – the country’s largest floating glacier tongue, but also one seriously threatened by global warming: warm water from the Atlantic is melting it from below. Experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute have however now determined that the temperature of the water flowing into the glacier cavern … Read more
Credit: Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2024). DOI: 10.1002/anie.202411766 Electrochemical reduction of CO2 has long been viewed as a promising approach to utilize CO2. Selective generation is an important topic, but most efforts on controlling product selectivity have been devoted to catalyst design and modification. The impact of electrolyte composition is less studied. In a study … Read more
Moment of explosion in Lebanon as Hezbollah radio devices detonate For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sir Keir Starmer has urged Britons in Lebanon to “leave … Read more
The skeletal remains of a senior officer of Sir John Franklin’s 1845 Northwest Passage expedition have been identified by researchers from the University of Waterloo and Lakehead University using DNA and genealogical analyses. In April of 1848 James Fitzjames of HMS Erebus helped lead 105 survivors from their ice-trapped ships in an attempt to escape … Read more
Male Pacific field cricket (T. oceanicus). Credit: Jon Richardson A trio of biologists at the University of Minnesota has found that when male crickets need to save energy, they narrow their mating filter, to focus more exclusively on females. In their paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Jon Richardson, Isabelle … Read more
The race to treat snakebite patients in time to save them could be eased by the development of software powered by artificial intelligence. The medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is trialling AI snake detection in South Sudan using a database of 380,000 pictures of snakes to identify venomous species. According to the World Health … Read more
My friend Jack suffers from the most terrible migraines. But he has an unusual solution. When his migraine starts, he lays down and gently straps a vibrator to the top of his forehead. He swears that it offers instant relief from the pain. Though unconventional, Jack’s idea has historic roots. In 1892, neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot … Read more
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Members of the original Made in Chelsea cast will return for a new spin off series. The BAFTA-winning Channel 4 … Read more
