An artist’s illustration of a rogue planet, dark and mysterious. Credit: NASA There’s a population of planets that drifts through space untethered to any stars. They’re called rogue planets or free-floating planets (FFPs.) Some FFPs form as loners, never having enjoyed the company of a star. But most are ejected from solar systems somehow, and … Read more
To create a new wound-care gel, researchers used a common hydrogel, Gel-MA, and created several combinations infused with platelet-rich blood plasma (PRP) and polylysine (PL). To test the gel’s ability to battle bacteria, they added E. coli and S. aureus, the bacterium that causes staph infection, and used scanning electron microscopy and plate counts to … Read more
Hundreds of schools in the Philippines suspended in-person classes on Tuesday due to dangerous levels of heat. Hundreds of schools in the Philippines, including dozens in the capital Manila, suspended in-person classes on Tuesday due to dangerous levels of heat, education officials said. The country’s heat index measures what a temperature feels like, taking into … Read more
a) Giant hailstone pictured in Gerona, Spain, during the August 2022 event. b) Sea surface temperature change for 30th August event with respect to data across the period 1940-2021. Gerona is indicated by the white X. c) Sea surface temperature anomalies averaged across the study area and period. Credit: Martin et al. 2024. Hail is … Read more
An eggshell fragment from the site of Bash Tepa, representing one of the earliest pieces of evidence for chickens on the Silk Road. Credit: Robert Spengler Chickens are one of the most economically important animals in the world today. However, the story of their origins and dispersal across the ancient world is still poorly understood. … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain More than 80 percent of EU agriculture subsidies support polluting livestock and animal product farming, undermining the bloc’s climate targets, a study published Monday found. With global food systems accounting for about a third of greenhouse gas emissions, the European Union’s Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) currently “presents an economic disincentive for … Read more
Ni single-atom catalysts with extremely low ni loading exhibit very high intrinsic activity in terms of propane conversion and decent stability in propane dehydrogenation reactions. the single ni atoms mainly play as active centers rather than promoting the formation of oxygen vacancies or coordinated unsaturated Ti ion sites of tTiO2 support. Credit: Chinese Journal of … Read more
Phylogenetic tree of Trichoderma. Newly proposed species are highlighted in red. Credit: Professor Dr. Chu-Long Zhang, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China Trichoderma spp. are globally distributed and are considered significant fungal resources. They are widely studied and applied due to their economic and ecological importance, offering numerous benefits, such as producing enzymes and antibiotics, aiding in … Read more
An eclipse-like image captured by the LASCO instrument on the SOHO spacecraft includes a picture of the moon added for scale. To see the latest image, visit https://eclipse.helioviewer.org/. Credit: NASA/Eclipse Watch Do you wish you could see a total solar eclipse every day? With a new online tool called Eclipse Watch, you can observe the … Read more
by KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. Schematic diagram of photocatalytic water decontamination mechanism. Credit: Shijie, Li et al. A challenge in promoting the industrial application of photocatalysis technology for environment remediation lies in the design of high-performance photocatalysts. These photocatalysts should be endowed with efficient photo-carrier separation and intense redox potentials to boost photocatalytic pollutant removal. … Read more
