Our world is saturated with plastic that we really don’t need. Simply look at one of the most common and persistent culprits: the single -use plastic bag. These bags are the quintessential symbol of the careless tangle of humanity with disposable convenience. But a new study published in Science It offers good rare and quantifiable…
If you study data on poverty and crime, it’s very easy to observe that neighborhoods with high poverty rates often have high crime rates. But what’s not so easy to discern is the causes of this relationship. Does poverty cause crime? Or does crime cause poverty? Or do they feed off one other in a…
Today is the 100th day of the US administration. Media experts, policy formulators and legal scholars are marking this with a wide range of analysis and discussion. But we can also measure these first 100 days in care, support and leadership actions. AG is committed to a global association that amplifies and supports science by…
Quantum computers become colder, literally, thanks to an intelligent amplifier that cuts heat without sacrificing speed. Quantum computers have the potential to address problems far beyond the scope of today’s most powerful machines, opening doors in the discovery of drugs, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and logistics. Now, researchers from the Technological University of Chalmers in Sweden…
CABBI Postdoc Zhengyi Zhang (left) and the leader of the conversion theme Huimin Zhao (right) work in their laboratory at the Carl R. Woese for Genomic Biology Institute at the University of Illinois Urbano-Champaign. Using photocatalysis, his research team developed a more profitable and ecological way to build chiral ketones, valuable chemicals used in agrochemicals,…
In a follow -up investigation into multimillion -dollar drug ticagrelor, The BMJ He has discovered new concerns, this time in key platelet studies used in its FDA approval. For more than a decade, Ticagrelor (Brilinta in the United States and Brilique in Europe) has been recommended for patients with acute coronary syndrome, a variety of…
He Vera C. Rubin Observatory He has presented a “advance” of the first images taken with his powerful astronomy chamber, and the results are impressive. Exceptionally detailed images are dotted with multicolored stars and spiral galaxies. In a photo, the observatory has captured two nebulae, full of bright pink gas and pink powder. The Rubin…
R/V Marcus G. Langseth anchored in the port of Manzanillo, Mexico. Photo: Brandon Shuck Today is Ocean day of a worldAnd this year’s theme is “Wonder: to hold what he holds.” A researcher who has spent years exploring these wonders is Vicki Ferrinia marine geophysicist and a senior research scientist and an expert in geoinformatics…
An illustration of the first stars that come on in the universe. Without metals to cool the gas groups that lead to the formation of the first stars, only the largest groups within a large cloud of mass will end up becoming stars: less in number but higher in mass, and very short than today’s…
The taxonomy of crab spiders (Thomisidae) has been the focus of many revisions, adding new genres such as Ibana and CROCERIA While synonym Ascurisoma with Cebrenninusand describing many new species. A collection of crab spiders from the province of Jambi (Sumatra, Indonesia) revealed greater diversity, which resulted in the description of a new genre, Rangkayo…