Some 10 million people in the Colombian capital and surrounds will be impacted by measures which started Thursday and impose 24-hours of no water every ten days, according to the sector they live in. Residents of Bogota are facing fewer showers, minimal laundry loads and dirty cars as the Colombian capital imposes water rations due … Read more
Telomeres are found at the ends of chromosomes and play a critical role in the cell-renewal process. Credit: National Human Genome Research Institute We depend on our cells being able to divide and multiply, whether it’s to replace sunburnt skin or replenish our blood supply and recover from injury. Chromosomes, which carry all of our … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In the rugged terrain of the western United States, where wildfires rage unchecked, a surprising connection emerges with the tumultuous skies of the central US. A recent study published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences explores the intriguing relationship between wildfires in the West and hailstorms in the Central US. At the … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In the Roman Empire, custom taxes on spices, black pepper in particular, accounted for up to a third of the empire’s annual income. During the late Middle Ages, European efforts to cut out middlemen and monopolize the spice trade led to colonization in Asia. Historically, non-timber forest products have frequently played … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A reaction wheel—one of the heaviest parts of a space mission, its changing rotation used to shift a satellite’s orientation—seen in a plasma wind tunnel belonging to the High Enthalpy Flow Diagnostics Group (HEFDiG) at the University of Stuttgart Institute of Space Systems (IRS). Arc-heated gas in the test chamber reaches … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Why buy when you can rent? From cars to high-end clothing, the short-term renting or sharing of consumer goods through “branded access offers” has become an increasingly popular alternative to the traditional ownership model. But such time-limited consumption may have unintended consequences for the parent brands that offer them, according to … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study led by Penn State researchers finds that U.S. firms actively engaged in creating innovative products or processes are more likely to expand into international markets. The findings, which apply to both rural and urban companies, could inform efforts to boost U.S. exports. The team—led by Luyi Han, a … Read more
HFB-produced NK92 cells yielded large quantities of small NK92-EVs. Credit: Journal of Extracellular Vesicles (2023). DOI: 10.1002/jev2.12387 A team of uOttawa Faculty of Medicine researchers have developed a path to a biomanufacturing process that could potentially transform how Canada generates immunotherapeutic materials—specifically natural killer cells and extracellular vesicles (EVs)—to fuel tomorrow’s novel cancer treatments. How … Read more
One of the computer-generated images of Jupiter’s moon Callisto that was used to test the capabilities of Juice’s engineering model in March 2024. When Juice’s flight model passes the real Callisto in 2031 and offers scientists a tantalising glimpse at the mysterious, cratered alien world, this is how it will appear to the spacecraft’s navigation camera. Credit: ESA/Airbus … Read more
Drawings illustrating (a) the location of the poison gland and Dufour’s gland in Formica oreas worker ants, and (b) the olfactometer used in tick bioassays. For bioassays, the lateral chambers of the olfactometer received a piece of filter paper treated with a treatment or control stimulus, and a damp cotton ball to increase relative humidity. … Read more
