Hurricane Irma. Credit: NOAA More than 600 cellphone towers were inoperable. Close to 900,000 Florida Power and Light customers were left without electricity. Flooding in portions of Coconut Grove and Matheson Hammock Park reached 6 feet. And agricultural damages totaled $245 million. Hurricane Irma dealt a devastating blow to Miami-Dade County when it struck Florida … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The eight known wolves still roaming Colorado’s mountains stayed in the state’s north-central ranges in September, a monthly tracking map released Wednesday shows. The wolves did not enter watersheds immediately surrounding Walden and Steamboat Springs—two areas wolves previously had frequented. The wolves primarily stayed in watersheds in Jackson, Routt, Grand, Summit … Read more
Complete radial velocity time series for HD 86728. The NEID data are shown as light (Run 1) and dark (Run 2) blue circles. Credit: Gupta et al., 2024. An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new extrasolar world orbiting a nearby star known as HD 86728. This is the first exoplanet detection … Read more
Images of the area of the microlensing event, indicated by perpendicular white lines, years before the event (a), shortly after peak magnification of the background star in 2020 (b) and in 2023 after its disappearance (c). The planetary system with a white dwarf, an Earth-like planet and a brown dwarf cannot be seen; the point … Read more
Identification of BsAlsS as an effective carboligase for the synthesis of PAC-class α-hydroxyketones. Credit: BioDesign Research (2024). DOI: 10.34133/bdr.0048 Ephedra-type alkaloids, a class of naturally occurring compounds derived from plants in the genus Ephedra, have long held interest in the pharmaceutical industry due to their stimulant and airway widening effects. These alkaloids are used for … Read more
While hunting, an orca (identified as pod matriarch Dakota) propels a dusky dolphin into the air. Credit: Maikol Barrera. Off the coast of Chile, in waters filled with krill and anchovy by the Humboldt Current system, live an elusive and little-known population of orcas. Thanks to citizen science and years of dedicated surveillance, a team … Read more
Representative proteins and their predominant glycosylation patterns associated with specific subcellular compartments, along with the pros and cons. Credit: BioDesign Research (2024). DOI: 10.34133/bdr.0047 Plant molecular farming (PMF) is a modern, sophisticated technology that utilizes plants’ biosynthetic machinery to synthesize a plethora of recombinant proteins, including industrial and therapeutic enzymes. It has several advantages over … Read more
The upper half part illustrates electronic properties induced by metallic bonding and covalence in semimetal-platinum based intermetallic compounds. In the bottom half part, the categories and structures of semimetal-platinum intermetallic compounds are exhibited. Credit: Science China Press Compared with other types of batteries, proton exchange membrane fuel cells have the advantages of high discharge power … Read more
Antioxidant activity of deer gelatins and commercially available gelatins and collagen peptides (DAG: deer antler gelatin, DSG: deer skin gelatin, DBG: deer bone gelatin, DG: Donkey skin gelatin, BG: bovine gelatin, PG: pig gelatin, FG: fish gelatin, BP: bovine collagen peptide, PP: pig collagen peptide, FP: fish collagen peptide). Credit: Toho University A research group … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Climate change is among the more difficult but important topics to teach to young people. It involves complicated science and data, and it can be really depressing, given the bleak picture it paints of Earth’s future. So how do educators get students more engaged in lessons about climate change? One way … Read more
