Credit: University of Colorado at Boulder/Castalia Advisors The Mortenson Center in Global Engineering & Resilience at the University of Colorado Boulder along with Castalia Advisors were commissioned by WaterAid’s Resilient Water Accelerator (RWA), the Voluntary Carbon Market Integrity Initiative (VCMI), and HSBC to discover an achievable pathway to creating a green, resilient future for global … Read more
South Puget Sound, Washington (USA) showing intertidal survey sites, stations for monthly measurements of water temperature, and station for hourly measurements of air temperature. Credit: Frontiers in Marine Science (2024). DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2024.1292062 Pacific oysters, non-native to the United States but farmed in the U.S. for aquaculture, are an invasive species. During the Pacific Blob heat … Read more
Big eared townsend bat (Corynorhinus townsendii) Credit: Public Domain An international team of 25 scientists has proposed a roadmap for how to prevent the next pandemic by conserving natural areas and promoting biodiversity, thereby providing animals with enough food, safe havens and distance to limit contact and the transfer of pathogens to humans. Pandemics begin … Read more
A Eurasian eagle-owl named Flaco sits in a tree in New York’s Central Park, Feb. 6, 2023. Flaco, New York City’s widely-mourned celebrity owl, was suffering from a severe pigeon-borne illness and high levels of rat poison when he fatally crashed into a building last month, officials at the Bronx Zoo said on Monday, March … Read more
Microalgae-material hybrid offers great prospects in the fields of clean energy, environmental protection, and life health, which contributes to the realization of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. Credit: Science China Press Microalgae, including cyanobacteria and green algae, represent the most important biological systems for producing biomass and high-value products. It is estimated that microalgae can … Read more
In image 5, a Swedish speaker produces a representational gesture with her palms pointing down, fingers bending slightly around a loose, round shape. The gesture represents the action of pressing the molds for shaping the dough. Credit: Dr. Maria Graziano. When we talk, we often use our hands in addition to words. Gesturing is a … Read more
(a) Schematic diagram for the prepared processing of PA-DAD, (b) FTIR spectra of DAD, PA and PA-DAD, (c) 31P NMR curve of PA-DAD and PA, (d) TG curves of PA-DAD. Credit: Emergency Management Science and Technology (2023). DOI: 10.48130/EMST-2023-0021 Epoxy resin (EP), an essential material in various applications such as adhesives, coatings, and composites, faces … Read more
(A–C) Classical simulation costs, with the corresponding Schrödinger-Feynman algorithm costs shown in the legend. (D) The optimal random quantum circuit designed by the proposed method for Google’s latest quantum computational advantage experiment. Credit: He-Liang Huang et al. Imagine a world where complex calculations that currently take months for our best supercomputers to crack could be … Read more
A critically endangered Western Lowland Gorilla mother holds her baby, one of two babies born at the zoo in Jan. and Feb. this year, at London Zoo in London, Monday, March 25, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth The newest endangered baby gorilla at the London Zoo is more than six weeks old but doesn’t yet … Read more
The connotation of safety and security civilization (SSC). Credit: Emergency Management Science and Technology (2023). DOI: 10.48130/EMST-2023-0014 Safety science literature and terminology reveal a limited array of concepts to describe the comprehensive characteristics of system safety and security, including terms such as safety culture and risk. Despite these efforts, the rapid evolution of safety science … Read more
