The Arctic Ocean sea ice reached its annual maximum on March 14, continuing the long-term decline in ice at the poles. Credit: Lauren Dauphin / NASA Earth Observatory, using data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center Sea ice at both the top and bottom of the planet continued its decline in 2024. In … Read more
Experimental setup. 3D reconstruction of fish trajectories with 3 synchronized cameras. The locations of the fish were determined in each 2D image to calculate the 3D coordinates. The 3D coordinates are subsequently linked into 3D trajectories. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46426-1 Physicists are also interested in fish—above all when they are researching the formation … Read more
Credit: ACS Catalysis (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c06203 Typically, beautiful white wall paint does not stay beautiful and white forever. Often, substances from the air accumulate on its surface. This can be a desired effect because it makes the air cleaner for a while—but over time, the color changes and needs to be renewed. A research team … Read more
by Peter Veth, David W. Zeanah, Fiona Hook, Kane Ditchfield and Peter Kendrick, The Conversation Barrow Island has a different rock composition from the mainland. Most artefacts from Boodie Cave were made from limestone, while most found in the open air were similar to materials from the mainland. Credit: Compiled from data in Zeanah et … Read more
In Michael Levin’s lab, multicellular robots called Anthrobots are formed of human tracheal skin cells, with hairlike projections on their surfaces (shown in yellow) that propel them. The tiny Anthrobots can move across damaged nerve cells and help them heal—and researchers say that’s just the start of what they might do. Credit: Gizem Gumuskaya Near … Read more
Washington State University researchers and students collect samples and perform honey bee colony health assessments in orchards near Modesto, CA. Every year more than 2 million honey bee hives from across the country are moved to California to pollinate almond trees in February. To manage bee health and the logistics of the move, many commercial … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New Zealand’s glaciers are shrinking as ice melts at an accelerating rate, a top government scientist warned Monday after concluding a monitoring expedition in the country’s Southern Alps. The country’s climate institute conducts a yearly aerial “snowline survey”, which helps to chart how much ice the nation’s glaciers have lost. “Overall, … Read more
In this photo provided by the Nevada Department of Wildlife, a collared cow moose and her calf are spotted in Elko County, Nev., in 2022. In what will be a very tiny hunt for some of the biggest game in North America, Nevada is planning its first-ever moose hunting season during fall 2024. State officials … Read more
If you want to make the most money possible right after college, study to be an engineer. As a major, it’s the safest bet in terms of earning power. Engineering degrees occupy nine of the top 16 college majors with the highest incomes five years after graduation, a recent New York Federal Reserve study reveals. … Read more
Rescuers carry a girl, who had been trapped for hours under the rubble of her house that was destroyed by heavy rains in Petropolis, Brazil, on March 23, 2024. Rescuers in boats and aircraft raced against the clock Sunday to help isolated people in Brazil’s mountainous southeast after storms and heavy rains killed at least … Read more
