“Students today have grown up in a very contentious and difficult era in which they feel like nothing ever gets done. But stuff does get done, even now,” says Professor Susan Solomon. “Looking at how we did things so far really helps you to see how we can do things in the future.” Credit: Susan … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain With so much health advice to avoid excessive sugar in our diets to reduce risks obesity and tooth decay, some people choose to use artificial sweeteners as an alternative in hot drinks and recipes. Artificial sweeteners that mimic the composition of sugar can be made in the lab from carbon, hydrogen … Read more
Credit: Pixabay from Pexels Lady beetles, also known as ladybugs, are distinct, varied and abundant, with approximately 500 species in North America and 6,000 worldwide. Their oval, dome-shaped bodies can be colorful and decorative, but the “lady” designation has nothing to do with their appearance. According to National Geographic, European farmers in the Middle Ages … Read more
Overall concept of catalyst design using MXene as an electrocatalyt support and its utilization as an electrode for an anion exchange membrane water electrolyzer. Credit: Korea Institute of Science and Technology A total of 137 countries around the world have signed a “net-zero” climate change agreement to end fossil fuel use and achieve zero carbon … Read more
This visualization provides a comprehensive picture of naturally occurring zoonotic interactions in Austria and offers valuable epidemiological insights. In the zoonotic web in Austria, each node (circle) represents an actor in the zoonotic web. Credit: Complexity Science Hub Researchers from the Complexity Science Hub and the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna have dissected the complex … Read more
The demand for water in summer is sometimes 100 times greater than in winter. After Greece’s warmest winter and earliest heat wave on record, authorities are sounding the alarm over the risk of dire water shortages in the heat of the Mediterranean summer. “Would you like some water? Turn off the tap!” one public service … Read more
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A study published in Genome Biology opens new possibilities to improve production efficiency in the cattle industry and potentially animal agriculture more broadly. A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Cornell University and the USDA discovered that, like humans, cattle have CoRSIVs. CoRSIVs are regions of the genome carrying … Read more
The Bubeng 20-ha tropical rainforest plot in Xishuangbanna. Credit: XTBG Community assembly is shaped by four main processes: selection—fitness differences between organisms; dispersal—organisms’ movement across space; drift—unpredictable variation in abundance; and diversification—new genetic variants. However, whether the dominant processes governing macro- and microbial communities are fundamentally different remains elusive. In a study published in Fungal … Read more
A 150 million year old dinosaur skeleton is displayed at the Natural History Museum’s new welcome center currently under construction on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 in Los Angeles. It’s newest resident is big, green, and 150 million years old, the 75-foot-long green dinosaur named Gnatalie which will be available for public viewing in the fall … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The need for relevant and responsive health-care that improves people’s health outcomes means that medical schools need to be accountable for what and how they teach. Medical schools are responsible for training health practitioners who can help improve the health of individuals and societies. The need for accountability also goes beyond … Read more
