128 articles from FRIDAY 23.8.2019
Macron spearheads pressure on Bolsonaro over Amazon fires
France's Emmanuel Macron led a growing wave of international pressure on Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro over the fires raging in the Amazon rainforest Friday, telling him Paris would block efforts to seal a major trade deal. The issue will be high on the agenda when global leaders meet for the G7 summit Saturday in the French resort of Biarritz, where they are also set to tackle global trade...
Canadian, American scientists team up to explore deep ocean floor off Nova Scotia
Cameras will live stream never-before seen images of Canada's deep water ocean...
AP Explains: The causes and risks of the Amazon fires
Fires have been breaking out at an unusual pace in Brazil this year, causing global alarm over deforestation in the Amazon region. Brazil's National Space Research Institute, which monitors deforestation, has recorded 76,720 wildfires across the country this year, as of Thursday. The agency says it doesn't have figures for the area burned, but deforestation as a whole has accelerated in the...
The causes and risks of the Amazon fires
Fires have been breaking out at an unusual pace in Brazil this year, causing global alarm over deforestation in the Amazon region. The world's largest rainforest is often called the "lungs of the earth." Here's a look at what's happening:
Scientists explore outback as testbed for Mars
This week, scientists from NASA's upcoming Mars 2020 mission joined their counterparts from the joint European-Russian ExoMars mission in an expedition to the Australian Outback, one of the most remote, arid regions on the planet. Both teams came to hone their research techniques before their missions launch to the Red Planet next summer in search of signs of past life on Mars.
Why Some Men Are Obsessed With Inseminating as Many Women as Possible
"Some men have this very strange identification with their...
NASA’s BITSE Solar Scope Is Ready for Balloon Flight Over New Mexico
Portal origin URL: NASA’s BITSE Solar Scope Is Ready for Balloon Flight Over New MexicoPortal origin nid: 450703Published: Friday, August 23, 2019 - 15:31Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA is getting ready to test a new way to see the Sun, high over the New Mexico desert: a coronagraph called BITSE. BITSE will fly up to the edge of the atmosphere...
Voters Back Liability For Companies That Mislead About Climate Change: Poll
Support for the idea is especially strong among Democrats and...
Western states oppose plan to charge for US reservoir water
Attorneys general from a dozen western states want the Trump administration to halt a proposal by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that they say usurps states' authority over their own water.
Tech time not to blame for teens' mental health problems
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- 19/8/23 20:07
A new study suggests that the time adolescents are spending on their phones and online is not that bad. The study tracked young adolescents on their smartphones to test whether more time spent using digital technology was linked to worse mental health outcomes.
Children of incarcerated parents have more substance abuse, anxiety
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- 19/8/23 20:07
Children of incarcerated parents are six times more likely to develop a substance use disorder in adulthood and nearly twice as likely to have diagnosable anxiety compared to children whose parents were not incarcerated, according to new research.
Laser-produced uranium plasma evolves into more complex species
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- 19/8/23 20:07
Mapping the evolution of complex uranium oxide species has practical applications from Mars exploration to nuclear proliferation detection.
Brain's astrocytes play starring role in long-term memory
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- 19/8/23 20:07
Researchers have discovered that star-shaped cells called astrocytes help the brain establish long-lasting memories. The work could inform therapies for disorders in which long-term memory is impaired, such as traumatic brain injury or dementia.
How memories form and fade
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- 19/8/23 20:07
Researchers have identified the neural processes that make some memories fade rapidly while other memories persist over time.
Can't get thinner than this: Synthesis of atomically flat boron sheets
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- 19/8/23 20:07
Scientists have found a simple method for producing atomically thin layers of oxidized borophene, a promising 2D boron-based nanomaterial that could serve in a variety of fields.
Self-rolling sensors take heart cell readings in 3D
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- 19/8/23 20:07
A new organ-on-an-electronic-chip platform uses self-rolling biosensor arrays to coil up and measure the electrophysiology of heart cells in 3D.
Analytical tool designs corkscrew-shaped nano-antennae
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- 19/8/23 20:07
Researchers have derived analytically how corkscrew-shaped nano-antennas interact with light.
How microbes generate and use their energy to grow
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- 19/8/23 20:07
Researchers have shed light on how bacteria and baker's yeast generate and use their energy to grow. Knowing about cells' energy use is essential for industrial biotech processes.
Successful egg harvest breaks new ground in saving the northern white rhinoceros
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- 19/8/23 20:07
There are only two northern white rhinos left worldwide, both of them female. Saving this representative of megafauna from extinction seems impossible under these circumstances, yet an international consortium of scientists and conservationists just completed a procedure that could enable assisted reproduction techniques to do just that.
How gonorrhea develops resistance to antibiotics
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- 19/8/23 20:07
As public health officials worry about the emergence of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea, researchers are tracing how antibiotics bind to a gonococcal protein, information that can help lead to new antimicrobials.
New approaches to heal injured nerves
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- 19/8/23 20:06
Researchers have deciphered new mechanisms that enable the regeneration of nerve fibers. This could open up new treatment approaches for the brain, optic nerve, and spinal cord injuries.
Geoengineering: 'Plan B' for the planet
Paris (AFP) - Dismissed a decade ago as far-fetched and dangerous, schemes to tame global warming by engineering the climate have migrated from the margins of policy debates towards centre...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Greta Thunberg want everyone to fly less to fight climate change. Germany and Sweden are already embracing the 'flight shame' movement.
The anti-air travel "flight shame" movement has taken off in Germany and Sweden, but might be doomed in the US, despite Ocasio-Cortez's...
Scientists harvest eggs of last two surviving white rhino to pull species from brink of extinction
A Jurassic Park-style plan to bring back an effectively extinct species took a step towards being realised after scientists successfully harvested eggs from world's last two northern white rhino. Northern white rhino was thought to be doomed forever when Sudan, the planet's last male, died at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya in March 2018. He was survived only by Najin, 30 and...
Nasa astronauts train in underwater space station
Nasa astronauts have been sampling the spacecraft experience at the Johnson Space Centre in Texas.