The rift in the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica now has a second branch, which…
Month: May 2017
Propagation research on rare trees expands species recovery potential
When seeds from a rare tree are difficult or impossible to obtain, what's a conservationist to…
Characterizing Cometary Electrons with Kappa Distributions
Abstract: The Rosetta spacecraft has escorted comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko since 6 August 2014 and has offered an…
Environmental scientist takes high tech to salt marshes
Anyone who has not spent time in a salt marsh may think of it as a…
Is the blog to blame for Vladimir Putin’s 2011-12 elections defeat?
In the 2011-12 elections, government leaders in Russia underestimated the power of the internet and it…
Neuralink wants to wire your brain to the internet – what could possibly go wrong?
Neuralink – which is "developing ultra high bandwidth brain-machine interfaces to connect humans and computers" –…
Toward a better understanding of structure-metabolism relationships in human aldehyde oxidase
(Phys.org)—Drug design involves guided trial-and-error. How the body metabolizes a particular drug is important for determining…
Erasable ink for 3-D printing
3-D printing by direct laser writing produces micrometer-sized structures with precisely defined properties. Researchers of Karlsruhe…
Ministers will not appeal pollution ruling
The UK Government has decided not to appeal against the High Court's rejection of a bid…
Rising temperatures lead to increased fire risk in Indonesia
A new paper published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, shows that rising temperatures have increased…