Credit: CC0 Public Domain Earth will capture a miniature, “second moon” this week, according to NASA scientists. The new moon is actually a tiny asteroid dubbed 2024 PT5. It will start orbiting the planet in a horseshoe path and stick around for a little less than two months before escaping Earth’s gravitational pull and going … Read more
Yonker and her colleagues will administer larazotide to 32 patients between the ages of 7 and 21, who will take the drug for eight weeks; a further 16 patients will receive a placebo. To qualify for the trial, patients must have a detectable presence of the Covid-19 spike protein in their blood. The intention is … Read more
The Amazon River in Leticia, Colombia. The Amazon River has seen its levels in Colombia reduced by as much as 90 percent, a government agency said Thursday, as South America faces a severe and widespread drought. The river—the world’s biggest by volume and which also flows through parts of Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana, … Read more
As soon as the Russian invasion of Ukraine started, Yuliana Onishchuk knew she had to help her country. News coverage of the initial occupation of the Kyiv region showed that Irpin City and Bucha, just outside the capital, had sustained huge damage, and it was clear to Onishchuk that critical infrastructure would need to be … Read more
Flow chart outlining the determination of flood generating mechanisms for each flood event. Mechanisms include: Snowmelt (Melt), rain‐on‐snow (ROS), short‐duration, high‐intensity rain with different soil antecedent moisture conditions (AMC): dry (SR− ), normal (SR), wet (SR+), and long‐duration, lower‐intensity rain classified by AMC: dry (LR− ), normal (LR), and wet (LR+). Credit: Earth’s Future (2024). … Read more
Developing cumulus clouds. Credit: Yang Gao As global warming continues, convective weather events are becoming more frequent. The early stage of these storms, known as convective initiation (CI), can be monitored using geostationary satellites. However, detecting CI accurately remains a challenge. The current detection methods still have a high rate of false alarms and missed … Read more
A National Institutes of Health investigation has found research misconduct by one of its top neuroscientists, the agency said Thursday. In a statement, the NIH said the findings involve images in two studies co-authored by Dr. Eliezer Masliah, who in 2016 joined the agency’s National Institute on Aging as its neuroscience division director. NIH said … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain While violence prevention education has increased in U.S. schools, only one in 10 schools today require violence prevention discussions in class, according to research presented during the American Academy of Pediatrics 2024 National Conference & Exhibition at the Orange County Convention Center. Chloe Gao, MD/Ph.D. Candidate and lead research author on … Read more
Researchers unveil a novel tandem catalyst approach to selectively convert biomass waste into valuable chemicals, marking a significant step towards sustainable biofuel production. Credit: Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Institute, Faculty of Sciences, University of Alicante The global demand for sustainable energy sources has intensified the search for environmentally friendly alternatives to fossil fuels. … Read more
Structure of an epithelial cell, with its apical side at the top and its basolateral sides on the bottom and sides. Far right: the length of a protein’s cytoplasmic tail determines its sorting location. Credit: Ian Macara. Christian de Caestecker, a Ph.D. student in the lab of Ian Macara, Louise B. McGavock Professor and chair … Read more
