Destruction of forests gathered pace in 2022, despite global promises
Global destruction of forests increased by 4% last year, compared to 2021, according to a new report.
Environment
Oct 24, 2023
1
16
24/10/2023
Research finds global precipitation patterns a driver for animal diversity
Since the HMS Beagle arrived in the Galapagos with Charles Darwin to meet a fateful family of finches, ecologists have struggled to understand a particularly perplexing question: Why is there a ridiculous abundance of species ...
Evolution
Oct 24, 2023
1
28
Colorado prisons vulnerable to natural disasters but may be ill-prepared
Three-quarters of Colorado prisons are likely to experience a natural disaster in the coming years, but due to aging infrastructure and outdated policies, many are ill-equipped to keep residents safe, suggests new University ...
Social Sciences
Oct 24, 2023
0
41
Mobilizing children's creative learning with free mobile coding app
A group of schoolchildren in Chile walk on a hillside, taking photos of plants and animals with mobile devices. They later integrate the photos into animated stories about the local environment.
Education
Oct 24, 2023
0
9
Novel nanostructured photoanode hydrothermally prepared at 160°C, followed by 500°C calcination
A new study led by Prof. Tianyou Peng (College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University) and Associate Prof. Peng Zeng (School of Food and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Zhaoqing University) describes how a novel ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 24, 2023
0
1
Deep learning solves long-standing challenges in identification of nanoparticle shape
Innovation Center of NanoMedicine has announced with The University of Tokyo that a group led by Prof. Takanori Ichiki, Research Director of iCONM, proposed a new property evaluation method of nanoparticles' shape anisotropy ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 24, 2023
0
20
Q&A: Do guns belong in the hands of domestic abusers?
On Nov. 7, the Supreme Court is scheduled to begin hearing United States v. Rahimi, a gun rights case that will decide if a federal law prohibiting possession of firearms by people subject to domestic violence protection ...
Social Sciences
Oct 24, 2023
0
1
New method proposed to improve the ocean observational network in the tropical western Pacific
ENSO, short for the El Niño and Southern Oscillation, is the most influential interannual oscillation, and significantly impacts global climate. The Tropical Pacific Observation System (TPOS), including moored buoys, plays ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 24, 2023
0
1
EU legislators vote to slash use of pesticides
EU legislators on Tuesday voted to slash use of pesticides by half across the bloc, despite opposition from some conservative groups.
Agriculture
Oct 24, 2023
0
1
Research characterizes the footprint of neutrinos
The neutrino, one of nature's most elusive and least understood subatomic particles, rarely interacts with matter. That makes precision studies of the neutrino and its antimatter partner, the antineutrino, a challenge. The ...
General Physics
Oct 24, 2023
0
349
