Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Young people aged 14 to 20 years are more satisfied nowadays with being single than their counterparts ten years ago. This is the conclusion of a study undertaken by the Institute of Psychology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU). “It seems that today’s adolescents are less inclined to pursue a romantic … Read more
Some copepods, such as this pair of Tigriopus californicus, lack sex chromosomes, giving researchers a clearer picture of mitochondrial differences between males and females. Credit: Suzanne Edmands “We discovered a pronounced ‘men are from Mars, women are from Venus’ pattern,” says marine and environmental biologist Suzanne Edmands. She refers not to human psychology, but rather … Read more
(a) Kı̄lauea volcano located on Hawai’i (inset) shown centered on the caldera. Dark gray lines are mapped faults prior to the 2018 collapse. Inverted white triangles are GNSS locations and orange triangles are seismic stations analyzed. (b) GNSS time series for station UWEV showing the north, east, and detrended horizontal magnitude displacements. The detrended horizontal magnitude … Read more
Human activities and climate change have made nearly half of the world’s lakes less resilient, decreasing their ability to bounce back from sudden disturbances like heat waves and floods, according to a new Geophysical Research Letters study. Here, algae blooms afflict Lake Erie. Credit: Landsat8/Stuart Rankin Nearly half of the world’s large lakes have lost … Read more
Credit: CC0 Public Domain In May, the National Science Foundation announced plans to add questions about sexual orientation and gender identity to its Survey of Earned Doctorates, an annual exit survey of all individuals who will receive a research doctorate from U.S. institutions. The survey’s data have been used since 1957 by NSF, the NIH, … Read more
Comparison of varied ion channels and design strategy of proposed spiral branched membranes. Credit: Nature Sustainability (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41893-024-01364-0 A team of researchers has achieved a breakthrough in the development of anion exchange membranes (AEMs). They designed a novel spiro-branched polymeric membrane that incorporates highly connected sub-nanometer microporous ion channels, showing exceptional performance in flow … Read more
Assembly and genomic features of Z. jujuba Mill. “Junzao’ (JZ) and a wild jujube accession (SZ). A Fruits of JZ and SZ. B, C Circos plot of JZ and SZ haplotype-resolved gap-free genomic features. (a) Chromosome length; (b) gene density along each chromosome (red, number of genes per 100 kb); (c) LTR/Gypsy element content; (d) … Read more
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket is set to carry the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U into orbit from Florida. The United States is aiming Tuesday to launch a new satellite expected to significantly improve forecasts of solar flares and coronal mass ejections—huge plasma bubbles that can crash into Earth, disrupting power grids and communications. A … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Some insects have detachable penises, others produce sperm that is 20 times the size of their own body. Others have evolved with special equipment to help them tear rivals off potential mates. Insects can be creepy, promiscuous or murderous—but they are rarely dull. The stag beetle male—Europe’s largest beetle has huge … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Collective bargaining is a fundamental pillar of the European social model. In Italy, over the decades, unions have ensured wage increases commensurate with productivity growth and a gradual improvement in working conditions. Today, however, they are in decline. In 20 years, according to a Bocconi University, Milan, study, the unionization rate … Read more
