Location of surveyed urban settlements in Suva (Fiji) and Port Vila (Vanuatu). Credit: npj Clean Water (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41545-024-00377-8 The Pacific Islands may evoke images of sprawling coastlines and picturesque scenery. But while this part of the world might look like paradise, many local residents are grappling with a serious public health issue. Across Pacific … Read more
Japanese authorities tell tens of thousands of people in Ishikawa to evacuate after “unprecedented” rains in the quake-hit region. One person was killed and at least seven were missing on Saturday, officials said, as “unprecedented” rains triggered floods and landslides in Japan’s quake-hit region of Ishikawa, where authorities told tens of thousands to evacuate. A … Read more
Danube waters have reached the steps of the parliament building in Budapest. The Danube peaked at a 10-year high in a heavily fortified Budapest on Saturday with the water reaching the steps of parliament, after deadly Storm Boris lashed Europe. Torrential rains and strong winds have led to widespread flooding in central and eastern Europe … Read more
More snow was expected with orange warnings in place for several parts of the country. Unusually heavy snowfall caused major disruption on South Africa’s roads Saturday with people still stranded at midday after spending the night stuck in their vehicles. The key N3 highway linking Johannesburg and the east coast city of Durban was one … Read more
The water tower in the city of Flint, Michigan, where the 2014 water crisis lingers. Turning her faucet on one day in 2014, Chanel McGee watched in disgust as a brownish trickle poured out. Today, a strong musty smell lingers. Residents of the American city of Flint are still suffering the consequences of a historic … Read more
Water flowing on the Colorado River near Moab, Utah. Credit: United States Geological Survey The Colorado River is a vital source of water in the Western United States, providing drinking water for homes and irrigation for farms in seven states, but the basin is under increasing pressure from climate change and drought. A new computational … Read more
Credit: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Eric Schreiter and Luke Lavis thought they had figured it out. In 2021, the Janelia group leaders reported that they had developed a way to combine Schreiter’s engineered protein biosensors and Lavis’s bright, fluorescent Janelia Fluor dyes. These sensors, which could track different physiological signals and brightly illuminate them in … Read more
University of Texas at Dallas researchers are studying how the movement and elimination of nanoparticles through the kidney are affected by kidney damage. The recently found that X-rays of the kidneys using gold nanoparticles as a contrast agent might be more accurate in detecting kidney disease than standard laboratory blood tests. Credit: University of Texas … Read more
The ATLAS detector under construction. Credit: CERN One of the most surprising predictions of physics is entanglement, a phenomenon where objects can be some distance apart but still linked together. The best-known examples of entanglement involve tiny chunks of light (photons), and low energies. At the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, the world’s largest particle … Read more
Credit: Suzy Hazelwood from Pexels Around 1,750 prisoners in England and Wales were recently released early, the first part of the government’s plan to solve the prison overcrowding crisis. Politicians, legal professionals and academics all agree that prisons are drastically overcrowded, leading to dangerous and poor conditions. But there has been surprisingly little discussion of … Read more
