Oil sludge is seen on a beach near the El Palito oil refinery in Venezuela’s Carabobo state on December 27, 2023. An oil spill is sloshing tarry ooze onto beaches in the state of Carabobo along Venezuela’s western coastline, several environmental groups said on Wednesday. The spill was first detected on Tuesday, Yohan Flores, a … Read more
HANGZHOU, CHINA – NOVEMBER 23: People learn about Baidu’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot service ERNIE Bot during the 2nd Global Digital Trade Expo at Hangzhou International Expo Center on November 23, 2023 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China. (Photo by Wang Gang/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images) China News Service | China News Service | … Read more
Artist’s impression of the different layers inside a massive neutron star, with the red circle representing a sizable quark-matter core. Credit: Jyrki Hokkanen, CSC Neutron-star cores contain matter at the highest densities reached in our present-day universe, with as much as two solar masses of matter compressed inside a sphere of 25 km in diameter. … Read more
The schematic diagrams for Zn deposition in different electrolytes. Credit: Li Zhaoqian According to a study published in Advanced Functional Materials, a research team led by Prof. Hu Linhua from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences found that adding disodium maleate (DMA) to the electrolyte of aqueous zinc-ion batteries … Read more
When the Porsche Taycan debuted in 2019, purists were infuriated by Porsche’s decision to name the top trim level “Turbo” despite the car being fully electric and not actually having a turbocharger. For the most part people have gotten over it — or at least, they should have by now — but there’s a new … Read more
Manufacturing process and evaluation results of high temperature water electrolysis cell with nanomaterials. Credit: Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Green hydrogen can be produced through water electrolysis technology, which uses renewable energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen without emitting carbon dioxide. However, the production cost of green hydrogen is currently around … Read more
Graphical abstract of cyclic oral peptides. Credit: Christian Heinis/EPFL For decades, a substantial number of proteins, vital for treating various diseases, have remained elusive to oral drug therapy. Traditional small molecules often struggle to bind to proteins with flat surfaces or require specificity for particular protein homologs. Typically, larger biologics that can target these proteins … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The J pod of endangered southern resident orcas has a new baby. Researchers Maya and Mark Sears recently spotted a new calf with J pod. The Center for Whale Research hadn’t spotted the baby in recent encounters with the orcas, likely making the calf just a few days old. The calf … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain According to media reports, in 2023 the UK experienced an unprecedented wave of shoplifting. The theory goes that the cost of living crisis and poor police responses are driving a crime wave. Is that really true? Here, we assess six of the most popular assertions made about shoplifting in 2023. Are … Read more
Credit: Vlada Karpovich from Pexels As native trees in the Pacific Northwest die off due to climate changes, the U.S. Forest Service, Portland, Oregon and citizen groups around Puget Sound are turning to a deceptively simple climate adaptation strategy called “assisted migration.” As the world’s climate warms, tree growing ranges in the Northern Hemisphere are … Read more
