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Aquaculture in the Tumbes River Delta
Near the border of Peru and Ecuador, the Tumbes River winds its way through forests and…
NSF supporting once-in-a-generation science enabled by total solar eclipse
As the total solar eclipse on April 8 draws near, the U.S. National Science Foundation will be celebrating this celestial occasion — which won't be visible from North America again until 2044 — by sponsoring educational activities and…
University of Texas at Austin & Austin Parks and Recreation Partner for Eclipse Viewing…
Thanks to a partnership between the Austin Parks and Recreation Department and The University of Texas at Austin, Austin residents in all 10 City Council districts will have the chance to experience up-close solar viewings during the…
OSE is Hiring! – Greenspace
From passing landmark new legislation to reduce climate pollution from Seattle’s largest buildings to collaborative efforts to equitably grow and protect Seattle’s tree canopy cover, 2023 was a great year for advancing climate action…
A first-ever complete map for elastic strain engineering
Without a map, it can be just about impossible to know not just where you are, but where you’re going, and that’s especially true when it comes to materials properties.
For decades, scientists have understood…
Low Energy Availability and Eating Disorders Risk: A Comparison between Elite Female Adolescent…
1. IntroductionLow energy availability (LEA) occurs when either the energy intake is too low or the energy output through training is too high, leading to an insufficient amount of energy left to maintain normal physiological functions…
Shining a light on oil fields to make them more sustainable
Operating an oil field is complex and there is a staggeringly long list of things that can go wrong.
One of the most common problems is spills of the salty brine that’s a toxic byproduct of pumping oil. Another…
Haunted Monasteries: Troubling Indigenous Erasure in Early Colonial Mexican Architecture
1. IntroductionAround 1595, a Franciscan missionary, Fray Gerónimo de Mendieta, told one of colonial Mexico’s earliest ghost stories in his chronicle, the Historia eclesiástica indiana (Mendieta 1997, vol. 2, pp. 140–41).1 Addressed to…
ARTS at King Street Station: April Exhibitions
ARTS at King Street Station: April ExhibitionsSilkpunk Grasshopper Leg Transport by June Sekiguchi. Photo by Mark Woods.
Join us on First Thursday, April 4, to view THREE shows at ARTS at King Street Station! Celebrate the openings of…
City Staff Proposes Code Amendments to Allow for More Housing, Support Project Connect
City of Austin residents will soon see another purple postcard in their mailbox. This latest citywide notification outlines proposed changes to the land development code (LDC) aimed at increasing housing options throughout the city and…
Transboundary Arctic Issues at Stake
Fisheries ManagementAs a result of rising sea and air temperatures and declining sea ice coverage, profound changes are underway in the distribution and behavior of many Arctic species, including some commercially valued fish and marine…
Beyond the Headlines: A Kaleidoscopic Exploration of Contemporary African Politics and International…
About the Study GroupOver the course of five sessions, this study group, led by Dr. Gloria Ayee, is exploring the pivotal moment experienced by the African continent. With youthful populations, abundant resources, and growing economic…
The Great Alaska Earthquake and Tsunami: Better Prepared Today
How Might it be Different Now?Now, 60 years later, there are different considerations for how the U.S. should respond to a similar disaster. Alaska is a seismically active area and has had other smaller earthquakes since the Great Alaska…
National Museum of Asian Art Announces 2024 Arts and Culture Festival Dedicated to Well-Being in the…
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art has announced its 2024 May Arts and Culture Festival. From May 10 to May 12, the museum will host pop-ups, performances, discussions and other programs that draw upon the role of the…
Researchers highlight potential cybersecurity threats to trucking industry, supply chain
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Researchers at Colorado State University have published a new paper that details vulnerabilities in commercial…
Researchers use radar technology to monitor the health status of a driver
Radar sensor held up next to 10c coin to give size comparison. Credit: University of Waterloo
Inspired by the medical bay of the USS…
Solar-powered emission-free technology converts saltwater into drinking water
The system automatically adjusted the voltage and the rate at which salt water flowed through it dependent on variable levels of sunshine. By matching the workings…
Critical materials assessment tags potential supply chain bottlenecks
Rising demand for LED lighting, magnets for EV motors and wind turbine generators were cited as reasons why certain rare earth materials are deemed critical in the…
Lighting up the future with organic semiconductors
Organic light-emitting diode. Credit: Professor Ifor Samuel
New multidisciplinary research from the University of St Andrews could lead to…
Factory and warehouse rooftops offer untapped opportunity to help disadvantaged communities bridge…
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Lower-income communities across the United States have long been much slower to adopt solar power than…
Climate change policies found to lose popularity when combined with pausing regulations or social…
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Legislators love bundling things together. It lets them accomplish more with less hassle and attempt to…
Saudi Aramco CEO calls energy transition strategy a failure
Saudi Aramco President & CEO Amin Nasser speaks during the CERAWeek oil summit in Houston, Texas.
Pointing to the still paltry share of…
Extreme heat and ozone pollution: A call for targeted control strategies in China
Effects of extreme heat on ozone control. Credit: Wenhao Qiao
Elevated surface ozone concentrations in China are posing a significant threat…
Triassic biostratigraphy, lithostratigraphy and paleogeography of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
Correlation of Triassic deposits of the QTP (no scales for vertical direction). Credit: Science China Press
In a paper published in Science…
Research reveals significant effects of onscreen instructors during video classes in aiding student…
The research team examines multimodal data of students’ learning performance, brain activity and eye movement, as well as the correlation between these measurements.…
No ‘human era’ in Earth’s geological history, scientists say
A top panel of geologists has decided not to grant the 'human age' its own distinct place in earth's geological timeline.
A top panel of…
New study reveals unintended consequences of fire suppression
New research from the University of Montana suggests attempting to suppress all wildfires causes them to burn with greater severity. Credit: University of Montana /…
Small changes can yield big savings in agricultural water use, study reveals
Three schema of switching crops, changing farming practices, and fallowing fields all yielded average water savings around 10%. Credit: Boser et al.…
Organoids research identifies factor involved in brain expansion in humans
A microscopy image of a human brain organoid. Credit: Janine Hoffmann
What makes us human? According to neurobiologists it is our neocortex.…
Effective data management plays vital role for smallholder sheep and goat breeding programs
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Sheep and goat breeding plays a vital socioeconomic role in the agricultural sector across Central and West Asia…
Next-gen satellite navigation: Unlocking ultra-precision with cutting-edge tracking tech
Detailed tracking structure of DMT. Credit: Satellite Navigation
Researchers have developed a Dual-assisted Multi-component Tracking (DMT)…
From Asteroids to Guitar Hero, World Video Game Hall of Fame finalists draw from 4 decades
This image provided by The Strong shows 12 finalists being considered for induction into the World Video Game Hall of Fame in Rochester, N.Y. Asteroids, Elite,…
French cyberdefence chief warns Paris Olympics a ‘target’
'Clearly the Olympic Games are going to be a target,' Strubel told AFP.
The head of France's national cybersecurity agency said the Paris…
New study finds invisible ‘human work’ allows robots to make deliveries
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A new study has shown that people modify their behavior to accommodate autonomous delivery robots, and…
Amazon pours an additional $2.75 billion into AI startup Anthropic
The Amazon logo is photographed at the Vivatech show in Paris, on June 15, 2023. Amazon says, Wednesday, March 27, 2024, its investing another $2.75 billion in the…
Some Minnesota cities want to impose fees on internet providers, but customers could pay the price
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Minnesota cities are asking the Legislature for power to slap internet providers with new fees, an idea…
‘Near perfect’ control of single atoms is major advance toward quantum computing
Dr Taylor Stock loading a sample into the scanning tunnelling microscope (STM), used to perform atomic scale fabrication. Credit: Agnese Abrusci/UCL…
Paving new paths for sustainable construction
Formation of carbonate minerals in the pores and bulk matrix of the developed 3D printable material during carbon sequestration. The crystals are 3–5 micrometers in…
Highest power efficiency achieved in flexible solar cells using new fabrication technique
SnSO4 is used as a tin precursor for the tin oxide (SnO2) deposited as the electron transport layer of FPSCs. A new CBD manufacturing method allows more control…
Robotic face makes eye contact, uses AI to anticipate and replicate a person’s smile before it…
Yuhang Hu of Creative Machines Lab face-to-face with Emo. Credit: Creative Machines Lab/Columbia Engineering
What would you do if you…
Customized silicon chips for material characterization of printed electronics
OFET substrates from Fraunhofer IPMS in a waffle pack. Credit: Sebastian Lassak, Fraunhofer IPMS
How efficient are new materials? Does…
Your emotional reaction to climate change may impact the policies you support, study finds
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Emotional reactions to climate change may lead to specific policy preferences, according to a study published in…
Researchers find the more flood driving factors there are, the more extreme a flood is
Halle / Germany in June 2013. According to the findings of the UFZ scientists, the Saale is one of the rivers with a high flood complexity. Credit: André Künzelmann /…
Researchers add virtual spatial displacement to extreme flooding scenarios
Comparison of return periods at 516 river gauges in Germany between the winter flood of 1993 (left) and a counterfactual, i.e., hypothetical but not unrealistic,…
More investment needed for climate science in Africa to improve weather forecasting and save lives
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Africa needs long-term investment in scientific infrastructure and science careers to allow the continent…
Dig site findings suggests ancient artists may have been inspired by preserved dinosaur footprints
Petroglyphs in close association with sauropod tracks. The dashed line represents the area where there are pecking marks on the rock surface, indicating the presence…
Study documents slowing of Atlantic currents
A scheme of the upper-layer circulation of the North Atlantic Ocean. Red=warm currents, blue=cold currents. White boxes 1 to 5 indicate five different areas of…
Scientists discover methods to regulate carbon storage in humus layer of forest in north China
Relationship between exchangeable Mn concentrations and soil C stocks in humus layers of boreal forests. (A) Area of boreal forest and location of study sites in the…
Scientific drilling unravels historical mystery surrounding Santorini volcanic archipelago
Generalized lithostratigraphy of the intra-caldera deposits. Depth of seismic units S1–S3 with the corresponding core names, recovery, lithologic units and…
Astronomers unveil strong magnetic fields spiraling at the edge of Milky Way’s central black…
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, who produced the first ever image of our Milky Way black hole released in 2022, has captured a new view of the massive…