People participate in a national mile-long march in February to highlight the push for clean water in Flint, Mich.Credit: Bill Pugliano/Getty ImagesAccording to a current Cornell research that focused on the Flint, Michigan, water crisis, the size, strength, and makeup of individuals' social networks are essential indicators of how they will respond to the...
A panel of experts thinks that Nasa should send a spacecraft to Uranus Credito: NASAKathleen MandtKathleen Mandt, a planetary scientist at Johns Hopkins College's Applied Physics Research laboratory. In her Perspectives piece published in the journal Science, Kathleen Mandt highlights the scientific value of a dedicated Uranus probe. Uranus, one of the...
A 30' × 30' fragment of the DSS-1 plate containing the observed fields of NGC 6611. Credit: Michalska et al, 2023Astronomers have used three ground-based telescopes in Chile to search for variable stars in the open cluster NGC 6611. They identified 95 variable stars, most of which are likely cluster members. This discovery was...
Credit: istockphoto.com/tbaonaUndoubtedly, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a significant shift in the way the general public approaches hand hygiene and infection control. However, the vital question that arises is to what extent have people's habits changed and whether any modifications have since decreased or become less intense.The survey involving hand hygiene subjectsCascades PRO conducted...
UV-C Disinfecting Robots being used in a hospital/ Credit: ctvnews.caWith cleaning standards under heightened scrutiny, hospitals and healthcare facilities face increased pressure to maintain the highest level of cleanliness. In response to this challenge, Cameron Memorial Community Hospital in Angola, Indiana, recently made a heavy investment in the ultraviolet (UV-C) disinfecting robots. This action...
Comparison between (proto-)serpentinites of the Duluth Complex and available samples from Mars. Credit: Science Advances (2023). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.add8472A pair of researchers, hailing respectively from the University of Calgary in Canada and the University of Cambridge in the UK, have found that analyzing rocks from Duluth, Minnesota, may yield understanding about the development of the ancient atmosphere...
Credit: NotjungCG/ShutterstockResearchers from the Tsukuba Research Center for Energy Products Science at the University of Tsukuba demonstrated a simple method to create ionic liquid microdroplets that function as flexible, long-lasting, and pneumatically tunable lasers. Unlike existing "droplet lasers" that can not operate under an environment, this new development may enable lasers that could be...
A series of green laser beams seen over Hawaii in January. (National Observatory of Japan)Above the islands of Hawaii on January 28th, a green laser was seen piercing the evening sky, silently tracing a course towards the horizon such as a stutter in the Matrix's code.The scene was captured on camera from a telescope atop...
Atherogenesis is depicted in a young (a) or aged (b) host. Aged monocytes/macrophages have decreased levels of the epigenetic regulator TET2, leading to reduction of the 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) mark on the Itgb3 promoter. The resulting low integrin β3 levels in aged monocytes/macrophages induces high TNFα levels, facilitating recruitment and expansion of multiple SMC progenitors...
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainPlay is frequently considered an indicator and promotor of animal welfare. Playing with your cat may likewise nurture closer cat-human bonds. In a new research study, researchers investigated these connections by applying in-depth empirical methods to analyze data gathered from around the world.Research related to plays associated with the well-being of...
