Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Pointing out that someone else is wrong is a part of life. And journalists need to do this all the time—their job includes helping sort what’s true from what’s not. But what if people just don’t like hearing corrections? Our new research, published in the journal Communication Research, suggests that’s the … Read more
Alonso Correa, of Peru, paddles back out to the lineup as the sun rises over a protected marine reserve, or rahui, behind, during a training session before the 2024 Summer Olympics surfing competition, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, in Teahupo’o, Tahiti. Credit: AP Photo/Gregory Bull During their days on Tahiti’s turquoise ocean some years ago, fishers … Read more
A sensitive analytical method finds that removing agricultural pesticides from foods such as apples may require more than a simple wash. Credit: Adapted from Nano Letters 2024, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c01513 Pesticides and herbicides are critical to ensuring food security worldwide, but these substances can present a safety risk to people who unwittingly ingest them. Protecting human … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The composition of gut bacteria of thoroughbred racehorses at one month old can predict their future athletic performance, according to a new study from the University of Surrey. In the study, foals with lower bacterial diversity at 28 days old also had a significantly increased risk of respiratory disease later in … Read more
Pulsed laser deposition, in which a laser beam ablates a material that is deposited as a film on a substrate, was used to febriacte the HTS wires. Credit: University at Buffalo Our future energy may depend on high-temperature superconducting (HTS) wires. This technology’s ability to carry electricity without resistance at temperatures higher than those required … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Forests absorb carbon by capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, making forest carbon stocks an important resource against climate change. In research published in Ecology and Evolution, investigators examined existing tree regeneration patterns to develop an indicator of potential changes to future carbon stocks across forests in the northeastern and midwestern … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Modern commercial aircraft flying at high altitudes create longer-lived planet-warming contrails than older aircraft, a new study has found. The result means that although modern planes emit less carbon than older aircraft, they may be contributing more to climate change through contrails. Led by scientists at Imperial College London, the study … Read more
Cameras and tracking instruments were glued to small pieces of neoprene that were then glued to the fur of the sea lions. Credit: Nathan Angelakis What lies deep beneath ocean surfaces is often a mystery. In Australia, many underwater habitats have not been mapped, and researchers know little about them. Now, scientists are working to … Read more
Squaretail groupers at a spawning aggregation site. Credit: Rucha Karkarey Populations of squaretail grouper face an uncertain future as new research shows fishing that targets their spawning sites is causing males to be repeatedly scared away from their territories during their short mating meetups. By fleeing for safety, individuals are losing valuable time to catch … Read more
Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program, in preparation for the agency’s Artemis II crewed mission to the Moon, conduct testing of four emergency egress baskets on the mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in July 2024. The baskets are used in the case of a pad … Read more
