A Eurasian eagle-owl named Flaco sits in a tree in New York’s Central Park, Feb. 6, 2023. Flaco, New York City’s widely-mourned celebrity owl, was suffering from a severe pigeon-borne illness and high levels of rat poison when he fatally crashed into a building last month, officials at the Bronx Zoo said on Monday, March … Read more
Microalgae-material hybrid offers great prospects in the fields of clean energy, environmental protection, and life health, which contributes to the realization of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. Credit: Science China Press Microalgae, including cyanobacteria and green algae, represent the most important biological systems for producing biomass and high-value products. It is estimated that microalgae can … Read more
In image 5, a Swedish speaker produces a representational gesture with her palms pointing down, fingers bending slightly around a loose, round shape. The gesture represents the action of pressing the molds for shaping the dough. Credit: Dr. Maria Graziano. When we talk, we often use our hands in addition to words. Gesturing is a … Read more
(a) Schematic diagram for the prepared processing of PA-DAD, (b) FTIR spectra of DAD, PA and PA-DAD, (c) 31P NMR curve of PA-DAD and PA, (d) TG curves of PA-DAD. Credit: Emergency Management Science and Technology (2023). DOI: 10.48130/EMST-2023-0021 Epoxy resin (EP), an essential material in various applications such as adhesives, coatings, and composites, faces … Read more
(A–C) Classical simulation costs, with the corresponding Schrödinger-Feynman algorithm costs shown in the legend. (D) The optimal random quantum circuit designed by the proposed method for Google’s latest quantum computational advantage experiment. Credit: He-Liang Huang et al. Imagine a world where complex calculations that currently take months for our best supercomputers to crack could be … Read more
A critically endangered Western Lowland Gorilla mother holds her baby, one of two babies born at the zoo in Jan. and Feb. this year, at London Zoo in London, Monday, March 25, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth The newest endangered baby gorilla at the London Zoo is more than six weeks old but doesn’t yet … Read more
The connotation of safety and security civilization (SSC). Credit: Emergency Management Science and Technology (2023). DOI: 10.48130/EMST-2023-0014 Safety science literature and terminology reveal a limited array of concepts to describe the comprehensive characteristics of system safety and security, including terms such as safety culture and risk. Despite these efforts, the rapid evolution of safety science … Read more
Victor Sharrah never had a problem with his vision in the first 55 years of his life. But that all changed four years ago, when he suddenly went from seeing the normal faces to the faces of demons. On a life-altering day in November of 2020, Sharrah says that, all of a sudden, any human … Read more
b-Cool formation requires different sugar building blocks, which are depicted as colored hexagons. Specific enzymes link each sugar in a precise manner to form a membrane-anchored glycan (green zigzag). The glycan is likely transported outside the cell to carry out its activity during the early steps of disease progression. The researcher studied the functions of … Read more
An Edmonton-born oncologist is using a new frontier to research ways to fight cancer. Dr. Matthew Strickland’s samples have been sent by NASA to the International Space Station. Strickland and his team will study the effects of microgravity on cancer by studying how cancer samples — human tumour cells grown into a 3D model of … Read more
