Permian-Triassic mystery solved; cute baby spotted; the nine-day seismic event of 2023
This image released in 2021 by the Indonesian Ministry of Environment shows one of two rare Javan rhino calves captured on video in Ujung Kulon National Park. This week, a billionaire went on a spacewalk, archaeologists discovered a new, isolated…
Voyager-1 team succeeds in difficult engine change
A model of NASA’s Voyager space probe. The two Voyager probes have been in use since 1977 and are exploring the outer regions of our solar system. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Engineers working on NASA’s Voyager 1 probe have managed to…
Unstable rocks in New York and Vermont limit earthquakes
A precariously balanced rock in Westfield, Vermont. USGS seismologist Thomas Pratt stands on top, using the 2-meter measuring rod as a ruler. Photo credit: Devin McPhillips Five boulders delivered by a glacier and now carefully balanced on rock pedestals in…
Nanoplastics pollute trees and impair photosynthesis
Distribution of μg PS-Pd-NP per g dry weight biomass in the three different tissues of wild service tree and Norway spruce at the two different PS-Pd-NP concentrations and the two different exposure times. Image credit: Environmental Sciences: Nano (2024). DOI:…
Research on chiral molecules achieves almost complete separation of quantum states
Photo credit: FHI In a study entitled “Near-complete chiral selection in rotation quantum states” published in Nature communicationThe Controlled Molecules Group of the Molecular Physics Department of the Fritz Haber Institute has made a significant leap forward in the field…
Study shows: Women in the global fishing industry fall through the safety net
Image credit: energepic.com from Pexels Millions of women working in the fishing industry are left behind, even as new technologies are developed to counteract the effects of climate change and economic pressures. A new study led by the University of…
How genetically modified walnuts defy drought through refinement
Effect of JrGA20ox1-transformed rootstocks on WT walnut scions. Photo credit: Horticultural research (2024). DOI: 10.1093/hr/uhae143 Drought is a major threat to global walnut production, often resulting in lower yields and weaker trees. While grafting has traditionally been used to improve…
This is how specialized search and rescue teams work underwater
Image credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The search and rescue of missing persons always represents a challenge for the rescue specialists deployed, regardless of the environment in which they work. But the teams searching for the missing people on board the…
Expert meeting before conclusion of negotiations on the global plastics agreement
Negotiators hope to agree the world’s first binding treaty on plastic pollution this year. The crucial talks on the world’s first binding treaty on plastic pollution have been going on for months. Experts are meeting in Bangkok to discuss financing…
Initial soil analyses at the moon’s south pole indicate that its surface was once covered with molten magma
Chandrayaan-3 landing site and APXS observation sites. Image credit: Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07870-7 India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission was launched last summer and its lander, Vikram, touched down on the lunar surface last August. Shortly afterward, it released a rover named Pragyan….
