Broken promises: Almost 80% of threatened species lack sufficient protection
Credit: TJ Watt A failure by governments to deliver on commitments under a global nature conservation treaty, the Convention on ...
Month: October 2020
Feline friendly? How to build rap-paw with your cat – new psychology study
Credit: Prof Karen McComb University of Sussex A team of psychologists at the Universities of Sussex and Portsmouth have purr-fected ...
RUDN University soil scientists: Green suburbs can be more harmful than city centers
Credit: RUDN University A team of soil scientists from RUDN University confirmed that traditional approaches to urban soil pollution monitoring ...
First relatives of rubella virus discovered in bats in Uganda and mice in Germany
Credit: Emily Julka MADISON, Wis. -- At night in a Ugandan forest, a team of American and African scientists take ...
Climate change could mean fewer sunny days for hot regions banking on solar power
Credit: Image courtesy of Jun Yin, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology While solar power is a leading form ...
Fighting intestinal infections with the body’s own endocannabinoids
Native chemicals similar to those found in cannabis can inhibit bacterial virulence, study led by UTSW researchers suggestsCredit: UT Southwestern ...
Taking the STING out of MND
Credit: Image courtesy of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Melbourne researchers are working towards a potential ...
Joel L. Lebowitz honored with 2021 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
Mathematical physicist honored "for seminal contributions to nonequilibrium and equilibrium statistical mechanics"Credit: Lebowitz WASHINGTON, October 7, 2020 -- The American ...
WVU engineers receive funding to improve methane sensor technology in longwall mines
Credit: West Virginia University Despite longwall mining being an efficient way of extracting coal, it produces dangerous methane gas that ...
JNCCN: New research finds low bone health testing rates after prostate cancer treatment
Study out of Quebec finds bone mineral density testing for patients with prostate cancer undergoing ADT therapy are not meeting ...
Molecular swarm rearranges surface structures atom by atom
New study: Nano-scientists develop a molecular tool to change the structure of a metal surfaceCredit: Saeed Amirjalayer The surface of ...
NASA analyzes rainfall around Typhoon Chan-hom’s ragged eye
Credit: Credit: NASA/NOAA/NRL A NASA satellite rainfall product that incorporates data from satellites and observations found heavy rainfall occurring throughout ...
Many Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma patients can skip radiation, collaborative study finds
University of Arizona Cancer Center's Dr. Daniel Persky led a study that found many patients with the most common non-Hodgkin's ...
NASA finds dry air sapping Tropical Storm Norbert’s strength
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL Infrared imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite revealed that dry air is eroding Tropical Storm Norbert, located off ...
Beat the heat: Novel passive cooling device for surfaces and enclosed spaces
Scientists engineer the first passive radiative device that absorbs heat from the inside of an enclosure and emits it on ...
NASA analyzes Hurricane Delta’s water vapor concentration
Credit: Credits: NASA/NRL When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the Caribbean Sea on Oct. 7, it gathered water vapor data ...
New research explores how super flares affect planets’ habitability
UNC-Chapel Hill and NASA measure temperature for the largest ever sample of super flaresCredit: UNC-Chapel Hill Ultraviolet light from giant ...
New efficacies of Ganoderma lucidum: Treatment of skin conditions like atopic dermatitis
Ganoderic acid extracted from Ganoderma lucidum found to be effective against skin inflammation. Antioxidant, anti-diabetic, and anti-inflammatory properties enhanced based ...
Diamonds are a quantum scientist’s best friend
The discovery of triplet spin superconductivity in diamonds has the potential to revolutionise the high-tech industry.Credit: Wits University Diamonds have ...
Trust and income inequality fueling the spread of COVID-19
Study of 84 countries links social trust and belonging to COVID-19 mortalityCredit: Source: "The trouble with trust: Time-series analysis of ...
