Corals in Key West, Florida in 2023 — the world is in the middle of a major coral bleaching incident. The massive coral bleaching episode signaled by US authorities last month is expanding and deepening in reefs around the globe, scientists warned Thursday. Amid record ocean temperatures, coral bleaching has been recorded in 62 countries … 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 A Panama-flagged crude oil tanker was attacked approximately 10 nautical miles southwest of Yemen’s Mocha, British security firm Ambrey said on Saturday. Ambrey said radio communication they received … Read more
The basis of the marine food web in the Arctic, the phytoplankton, responds to heatwaves much differently than to constantly elevated temperatures. This has been found by the first targeted experiments on the topic, which were recently conducted at the Alfred Wegener Institute’s AWIPEV Station. The phytoplankton’s behaviour primarily depends on the cooling phases after … Read more
French entrepreneur Sylvain Chiron says he’s excited to see the Earth from space, “in all its fragility and beauty” He arrived in Texas, tried on his flight suit for the first time, and is now preparing to live out his childhood dream. On Sunday, French entrepreneur Sylvain Chiron will board a Blue Origin rocket and … Read more
Sign up for a full digest of all the best opinions of the week in our Voices Dispatches email Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter Treating type 2 diabetes patients as early as possible by controlling blood sugar with insulin and drugs can prolong life and reduce the risk of future complications such … Read more
The rich research portfolio of the Monell Chemical Senses Center on sweet taste goes way back: Monell scientists were one of four teams in 2001 that found and described the mammalian sweet taste receptor — TAS1R2-TAS1R3. Twenty years later in 2021, a pair of papers published in Mammalian Genome by Monell researchers covered the genetics … Read more
Left: male. Right: female. Credit: Dr. Tsukasa Waki A research group led by Dr. Tsukasa Waki of Toho University and Professor Satoshi Shimanono of Hosei University have discovered a new mite species, Metanalges agachi, which is thought to clean the feathers of the endangered Okinawa rail, endemic to the northern part of Okinawa Island, Japan. … 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 Hundreds of dedicated pitmasters are sweating through the smoke as they compete to see who will be crowned “best in pork” at this year’s World Championship Barbecue Cooking … Read more
A team led by investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, used a new drug to save the life of a patient with immune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (iTTP), a rare disorder characterized by uncontrolled clotting throughout the small blood vessels. The group describes the first clinical use … Read more
The structure-performance relationship of low-dielectric systems can be explored through P-V-L theory, first-principles calculations, and lattice vibration spectroscopy. The initial application of this research can be demonstrated through the design and testing of microstrip antennas. Credit: Journal of Advanced Ceramics, Tsinghua University Press Microwave dielectric ceramics are the cornerstone of wireless communication devices, widely utilized … Read more
