physics

The column chart shows changes incharacteristic metabolites after BL/BRZ treatment. Credit: Horticulture Research (2024). DOI: 10.1093/hr/uhae056 Diosgenin, a secondary metabolite isolated from the Dioscorea spp. plant family, is an irreplaceable and ideal starting material for the synthesis of steroid hormone drugs. Dioscorea zingiberensis is the world’s most desirable and important plant source of steroid hormone … Read more

Northrop Grumman NGHT-1X engineering model Hall-effect thruster operating in Glenn Research Center Vacuum Facility 8. The design of the NGHT-1X is based on the NASA-H71M Hall-effect thruster. Credit: Northrop Grumman NASA has developed an advanced propulsion technology to facilitate future planetary exploration missions using small spacecraft. Not only will this technology enable new types of … Read more

Oocyst bursting – showing a bursting oocyst (looking like a dandelion seed head) with sporozoites (eyelash looking) coming out of on the surface of midgut of An. gambiae mosquito. Credit: UF/IFAS Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite that spreads from bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. If left untreated in humans, malaria … Read more

Au-BiFeO3 nanocrystals are efficient and sustainable photocatalysts for environmental purification, offering insights into advanced material design for solar energy utilization. Credit: Tokyo Tech The need for sustainable and environment-friendly solutions has accelerated the global demand for green and renewable technologies. In this regard, semiconductor photocatalysts have emerged as an attractive solution, owing to their potential … Read more

Estimated mortality and economic impacts of enhanced Siberian wildfires through air pollution for selected East Asian countries and Russian administrative districts under the present climate condition with the most extreme wildfire scenario estimated by the modeling. (Teppei J. Yasunari, et al. Earth’s Future. April 24, 2024). Credit: Teppei J. Yasunari, et al. Earth’s Future. April … Read more

Global random spatial age distribution (0–250 million years) of 34 lunar lobate scarps in this study. Credit: Credit: Earth and Planetary Science Letters (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118636 The moon’s steadfast illumination of our night sky has been a source of wonder and inspiration for millennia. Since the first satellite images of its surface were taken in … Read more

Credit: JOSE LUIS VAZQUEZ from Pexels Tens of thousands of Argentine university students took to the streets Tuesday to protest cuts to higher public education, research and science under budget-slashing new President Javier Milei. Joined by professors and alumni from the economic crisis-riddled South American country’s 57 state-run universities, they rose up “in defense of … Read more

Workers cleared debris from a flooded areas. Victims of severe floods in southern China raced on Wednesday to salvage property from the muddy waters as authorities warned of more heavy rains to come. Massive downpours have struck Guangdong province in recent days, triggering deluges that have claimed the lives of four people and forced the … Read more

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Nature-based climate solutions can help mitigate climate change, especially in forested regions capable of storing and sequestering vast amounts of carbon. New research published in Global Change Biology indicates that a single hurricane in New England, one of the most heavily forested regions in the United States, can down 4.6–9.4% of … Read more

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Locations around the globe are experiencing climate disasters on a regular basis. But some of the most marginalized populations experience disasters so often it has come to be normalized. A new study from the University of Kansas found residents of one Seoul, South Korea, neighborhood have grown so accustomed to living … Read more