Three-color near-infrared composite image of I Zwicky 18 in NIRCam F115W (blue), F200W (green), and F356W (red). Credit: Hirschauer et al, 2024 Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have conducted near- and mid-infrared observations of an extremely metal-poor blue compact dwarf galaxy known as I Zwicky 18. Results of the observational campaign, presented in … Read more
Hops are the delicate papery flowers, or cones, of the hop plant which contain resins and essential oils. Outside the warehouse in northwestern Spain, it’s a freezing, foggy morning but inside it’s balmy, the warmth and LED lights fooling 360 hop plants to flower as if it were late August. Mounted on a soaring grid … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study is calling for a significant overhaul in the way education about human death is approached within schools, advocating for its inclusion as a vital component of the curriculum. The small-scale study by the University of Portsmouth emphasizes the urgent need for better training and resources to support teachers … Read more
It was around 5 pm on March 15, and the light was fading fast, when Constantin and Tatiana were attacked by the bear. The young couple, aged 29 and 31 and identified in local media reports only by their first names, were Belarusians living in Poland. But Constantin had been working for the winter as … Read more
Does this robot disturb penned fish? It is equipped with an echo sounder and cameras that enable it to observe how the fish around it respond to its movements. Here we see it being lowered into the water at a location offshore Kristiansund. Credit: SINTEF Norway leads the world when it comes to the use … Read more
You can read more from Alex Hern, the Guardian’s UK tech editor, by signing up to his newsletter TechScape. The AI Does Not Hate You and The Rationalist’s Guide to the Galaxy by Tom Chivers are available right now. If you’d like to support projects like this, consider becoming a supporter of the Guardian – … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A survey conducted at the Hebrew University by Prof. Michal Almog-Bar, head of the Institute for the Study of Civil Society and Philanthropy, in collaboration with Civil Leadership, the umbrella organization of nonprofit organizations in Israel, analyzed the widespread mobilization effort in Israel following the terrorist attack by Hamas on October … Read more
Enhancement mechanism of multifunctional structural modulation strategy based on Ti substitution. Credit: Science China Press Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are considered a promising energy storage system due to their superior safety properties, low price, and plentiful sodium supplies, while the development of electrode materials plays a critical function in the performance of SIBs. P2-Na2/3Ni1/3Mn2/3O2 is a … Read more
(a) Valence band photoemission spectra of Au@AuxIr1-x and standard samples. The white bar represents the d-band center. (b) DFT calculated PDOS of d-bands and d-band centers for Au-Ir systems. (c) Structure-activity relationships. Credit: Science China Press Recent research published in National Science Review by a team led by Dr. Rong Cao and Dr. Minna Cao … Read more
Images of Yarrowia lipolytica surrounding and growing on polyolefin oil droplets (large red circles). Cells were stained blue to show the chitin cell walls and red to show the lipid bodies inside the cells and the oil droplets outside the cells. Credit: Cong T. Trinh Polyolefins are a type of plastic that is resistant to … Read more
