Credit: ACS Catalysis (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c06203 Typically, beautiful white wall paint does not stay beautiful and white forever. Often, substances from the air accumulate on its surface. This can be a desired effect because it makes the air cleaner for a while—but over time, the color changes and needs to be renewed. A research team … Read more
by Peter Veth, David W. Zeanah, Fiona Hook, Kane Ditchfield and Peter Kendrick, The Conversation Barrow Island has a different rock composition from the mainland. Most artefacts from Boodie Cave were made from limestone, while most found in the open air were similar to materials from the mainland. Credit: Compiled from data in Zeanah et … Read more
In Michael Levin’s lab, multicellular robots called Anthrobots are formed of human tracheal skin cells, with hairlike projections on their surfaces (shown in yellow) that propel them. The tiny Anthrobots can move across damaged nerve cells and help them heal—and researchers say that’s just the start of what they might do. Credit: Gizem Gumuskaya Near … Read more
Washington State University researchers and students collect samples and perform honey bee colony health assessments in orchards near Modesto, CA. Every year more than 2 million honey bee hives from across the country are moved to California to pollinate almond trees in February. To manage bee health and the logistics of the move, many commercial … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New Zealand’s glaciers are shrinking as ice melts at an accelerating rate, a top government scientist warned Monday after concluding a monitoring expedition in the country’s Southern Alps. The country’s climate institute conducts a yearly aerial “snowline survey”, which helps to chart how much ice the nation’s glaciers have lost. “Overall, … Read more
In this photo provided by the Nevada Department of Wildlife, a collared cow moose and her calf are spotted in Elko County, Nev., in 2022. In what will be a very tiny hunt for some of the biggest game in North America, Nevada is planning its first-ever moose hunting season during fall 2024. State officials … Read more
Rescuers carry a girl, who had been trapped for hours under the rubble of her house that was destroyed by heavy rains in Petropolis, Brazil, on March 23, 2024. Rescuers in boats and aircraft raced against the clock Sunday to help isolated people in Brazil’s mountainous southeast after storms and heavy rains killed at least … Read more
A water-saving irrigation system revived Iraqi farmer Mohammed Sami’s crops — and hopes. After four years of drought, Iraqi farmer Mohammed Sami was about to abandon his father’s parched land, but then a water-saving irrigation system revived his crops and his hopes. He is among hundreds of farmers in the country battered by heat waves, … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Education drives economic growth and individual well-being. Secondary education, in particular, plays a crucial role. In recent decades, this recognition has encouraged several African countries to make secondary education free. One example is Ghana’s Free Public Senior High School (FreeSHS) policy, initiated in 2017. The policy aimed to remove cost barriers … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Australia has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to halt and reverse biodiversity loss through ambitious law and policy reform. The federal government is currently rewriting our national environmental laws and updating the overarching Strategy for Nature. The updated strategy will include, among other things, goals for the restoration of degraded areas. Part of … Read more
