Saltwater recreational fishing holds cultural significance and is a key economic driver throughout the world. In the United States in 2017, 8.6 million saltwater anglers took 202 million fishing trips generating $73.8 billion in sales impacts, $41.5 billion in value-added impacts, $24.7 billion in income impacts, and supporting 487,000 jobs (NOAA). Credit: Tri Nguyen Marine … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When deciding what material to use for infrastructure projects, metals are often selected for their durability. However, if placed in a hydrogen-rich environment, like water, metals can become brittle and fail. Since the mid-19th century, this phenomenon, known as hydrogen embrittlement, has puzzled researchers with its unpredictable nature. Now, a study … Read more
Residents wade through a street flooded by rains brought on by Hurricane Idalia, in Batabano, Cuba, Aug. 29, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File For decades, scientists warned that continued burning of oil, gas, and coal would have devastating climate impacts. Those impacts are being felt around the world. Climate change is driving extreme weather … Read more
A sculpture titled “Giant Plastic Tap” by Canadian artist Benjamin Von Wong is displayed outside the fourth session of the UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution in Ottawa, Canada, on April 23, 2024. President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday announced plans to phase out single-use plastics in all federal operations by 2035, as part … Read more
Credit: CC0 Public Domain While rain followed by sunshine produces the eye-catching sight of a rainbow, it can also mark the need for livestock owners to confront the insects and parasites that thrive in the summer season. To help owners protect their livestock, Dr. Isabelle Louge, a clinical assistant professor at the Texas A&M School … Read more
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures the dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 5238. ESA/Hubble & NASA, F. Annibali This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 5238, located 14.5 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Canes Venatici. Its unexciting, blob-like appearance seems to resemble an oversized star cluster more than … Read more
Increased levels of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the environment as a factor of human-caused global environmental change. Credit: Global Change Biology (2024). DOI: 10.1111/gcb.17419 Human-caused global change is a complex phenomenon comprising many factors such as climate change, environmental contamination with chemicals, microplastics, light pollution, and invasive plants. One of the main tasks of … Read more
DNA, which has a double-helix structure, can have many genetic mutations and variations. Credit: NIH In a study published in PNAS, a research team has resolved the first high-resolution structure of the sgc8c DNA aptamer that targets protein tyrosine kinase 7 (PTK7), engineered two optimal sgc8c variants for disease theranostics efficiently, and revealed new principles … Read more
Characterization and analysis of flow-through EM filtration for nitrate reduction. Credit: Nature Water (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s44221-024-00278-7 Nitrate contamination in water has long presented threats to the environment and human health. Now, Yale researchers have developed an efficient and effective way to remove it. Lea Winter, assistant professor of chemical & environmental engineering, proposes the use … Read more
Schematic of changes in the reaction activity associated with variation of water layer thickness on the photocatalyst surface. The H2 formation rate increases with increasing water layers up to three layers. When more than three water layers cover the surface, the liquid-like water overlayers strengthen/harden the interfacial H-bond networks. The hardened interfacial H-bond networks hinder … Read more
