Light pollution is on the rise, increasing by around 2 per cent every year. And artificial light can disrupt the lives of countless creatures, causing migrating birds to lose their way, nocturnal animals to struggle with reproduction and even…
Category: 7. Science
-
Researchers uncover natural seepage of oil and gas off Northeast Greenland
A large research study by an international team of scientists led by Christoph Böttner from Aarhus University shows clear evidence of extensive natural hydrocarbon seepage along the Northeast Greenland…
Continue Reading
-
Brain Excitability Varies With Daily Circadian Rhythms
Our brains do not react in a fixed, mechanical way like electronic circuits. Even if we see the same scene every day on our commute to work, what we feel – and whether it leaves a lasting impression – depends on our internal state at that…
Continue Reading
-
NASA’s Webb finds life’s building blocks frozen in a galaxy next door
In a finding that could change how scientists understand the spread of life’s ingredients across space, astronomers have detected large organic molecules frozen in ice around a forming star called ST6 in a galaxy beyond the Milky Way.
Using the…
Continue Reading
-
A Faster Path to Drug Discovery
Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius, in a letter to a fellow chemist, first suggested the name ‘proteins’ for a particular class of biological substances, deriving it from the Greek word proteios, meaning ‘primary’ or ‘of first…
Continue Reading
-
Continental peels fuel ocean volcanoes
A piece of the lowermost continental mantle (the crystalline roots of the continents). This represents the material that the research proposes is removed and swept sideways into the oceanic mantle Credit
Prof Tom Gernon, University…Continue Reading
-
Trees as carbon keepers | EUMETSAT
Plants grow best within a particular range of sunlight, temperature, and water. Satellite instruments for climate monitoring can be used to provide a global view of whether or not vegetation is within the range conducive to growth. For example,…
Continue Reading
-
Next-gen MRI agents improve stability and effectiveness
Scientists have developed a new class of MRI contrast agents that are both more stable and 30 percent more effective than previous designs.
Researchers at the University of Birmingham have announced a huge advancement in medical…
Continue Reading
-
Earth is slowly peeling its continents from below, fueling ocean volcanoes
Earth scientists have uncovered a slow and surprising process beneath our planet’s surface that helps fuel volcanic activity in the oceans.
Researchers from the University of Southampton found that fragments of continents are gradually stripped…
Continue Reading
-
Earth is slowly peeling its continents from below, fueling ocean volcanoes
Earth scientists have uncovered a slow and surprising process beneath our planet’s surface that helps fuel volcanic activity in the oceans.
Researchers from the University of Southampton found that fragments of continents are gradually stripped…
Continue Reading