As a recent example of what may ensue, Pitesky points to the repeated African swine fever outbreaks across various Asian countries in the past decade, which decimated the pig farming industry to the extent that pork was briefly usurped by poultry as the most widely consumed animal protein on the planet. Pitesky argues, however, that … Read more
A probiotic culture experiment in a laboratory. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images Seed Health has been in the business of microbiome scientific breakthroughs since its founding in 2015, but its biggest success to-date may have been becoming profitable as a bioscience startup. The popularity of the company’s original product, DS-01, a daily … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The majority of California’s reservoirs are above their historic average levels following the end of two wet winters. The state’s largest reservoirs, Shasta Lake and Lake Oroville, were measured at a respective 118% and 122% of their averages for early April, according to data from the California Department of Water Resources. … Read more
These giant white structures called radomes at Buckley Space Force Base in Colorado house massive satellite dishes. CNBC This story is part of CNBC’s quarterly Cities of Success series, which explores cities that have transformed into business hubs with an entrepreneurial spirit that has attracted capital, companies and employees. In the shadow of the Rocky … Read more
Images created with the new FLASH-PAINT microscopy technique, developed at Yale by the laboratory of Joerg Bewersdorf, PhD. Credit: Bewersdorf Laboratory, Yale University Imagine tuning into a football game, but all of the players are invisible except for the two quarterbacks. Without being able to see the orchestrated movements of the full teams, this would … Read more
In this grab taken from video released by the Roscosmos space corporation on Thursday, April 11, 2024 an Angara-A5 rocket lifts off from Vostochny space launch facility outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia. Russia on Thursday successfully test-launched a … Read more
Google Earth view of Laguna Librón, Cordillera Blanca, annotated with mass movement flow from surrounding slopes into glacial lakes, with the possible chain reaction of outburst floods into the lower lake Laguna Librón and then the valley below. Credit: Wood et al. 2024. Glacial lakes form when meltwater is trapped behind a dam, usually glacial … Read more
Dotson Ice Shelf, Amundsen Sea, Antarctica. Credit: Taewook Park A new study published in Nature Communications has revealed that the interplay between meandering ocean currents and the ocean floor induces upwelling velocity, transporting warm water to shallower depths. This mechanism contributes substantially to the melting of ice shelves in the Amundsen Sea of West Antarctica. … Read more
The moon over Tokyo on September 10, 2022. A lucky Japanese astronaut will become the first non-American to set foot on the moon during one of NASA’s upcoming Artemis missions, US President Joe Biden announced Wednesday. The offer to Japan—an opportunity many nations have long dreamed of—came as part of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s state … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The end of the reproductive period, when flowers and fruits are produced, is a crucial moment in plants’ life cycles. However, the factors that control this process must be better understood. A research team led by the Research Institute for Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology (IBMCP), a joint center of the … Read more
