Today the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in a consequential case that threatens to curb access to medication abortion across the country. A central issue in the case is the safety of the drug mifepristone, the first in a two-pill regimen used to induce an abortion. The drug blocks a hormone … Read more
(a) Overpotential volcano projected on the ΔGOH description. Triangles denote the DFT-calculated overpotentials for single-site M–N–C catalysts, whereas circles represent those for dual-site M–N–C with curvature. Dashed and dotted lines highlight the apex of these overpotential volcanoes. (b) Timeline with outstanding, experimentally measured ORR and OER potentials for both platinum-group metals and metal–carbon–nitrogen (M–N–C) catalysts. … Read more
Photographs of the aftermath show the bow of the ship pinned beneath fallen sections of the bridge. The anchor chain is visible, meaning that at some point the anchor was dropped, though it is not certain whether this happened before or after impact. The chain appears to be at an angle, however, which Mercogliano says … Read more
Recreated candidate event of a γγ →ττ process in proton–proton collisions measured by the CMS detector. The tau can decay into a muon (red), charged pions (yellow) and neutrinos (not visible); energy deposits in the electromagnetic calorimeter in green and in the hadronic calorimeter in cyan. Credit: CMS collaboration. In March 2024, the CMS collaboration … Read more
A nurse fills a syringe with Moderna Covid-19 vaccine. Fred Tanneau | Afp | Getty Images Moderna on Tuesday said a new version of its Covid vaccine triggered a stronger immune response against the virus than its current shot in a late-stage trial. The results come as Moderna competes with rival Pfizer for more share … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Citation counts count. The number of citations is commonly perceived as indicative of a researcher’s productivity and academic impact. It weighs heavily in considerations for hiring, promotion, funding allocation, and salary increases within academic institutions. For many scholars it is standard practice to have set up their Google Scholar profile to … Read more
Credit: University of Colorado at Boulder/Castalia Advisors The Mortenson Center in Global Engineering & Resilience at the University of Colorado Boulder along with Castalia Advisors were commissioned by WaterAid’s Resilient Water Accelerator (RWA), the Voluntary Carbon Market Integrity Initiative (VCMI), and HSBC to discover an achievable pathway to creating a green, resilient future for global … Read more
Alexey Krukovsky | Istock | Getty Images Viking Therapeutics shares jumped more than 10% in premarket trading Tuesday after the company said its experimental weight loss pill showed positive results in a small study and will enter the next stage of development later this year. The study results add to the excitement around the drugmaker’s … Read more
South Puget Sound, Washington (USA) showing intertidal survey sites, stations for monthly measurements of water temperature, and station for hourly measurements of air temperature. Credit: Frontiers in Marine Science (2024). DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2024.1292062 Pacific oysters, non-native to the United States but farmed in the U.S. for aquaculture, are an invasive species. During the Pacific Blob heat … Read more
Big eared townsend bat (Corynorhinus townsendii) Credit: Public Domain An international team of 25 scientists has proposed a roadmap for how to prevent the next pandemic by conserving natural areas and promoting biodiversity, thereby providing animals with enough food, safe havens and distance to limit contact and the transfer of pathogens to humans. Pandemics begin … Read more
