Credit: CC0 Public Domain Conservation groups are making another push to protect habitat for the endangered rusty patched bumblebee, a creature that once buzzed throughout much of the United States and today is an insect you're lucky to spot at all. A federal lawsuit challenging a decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...
With new solution-based recycling processes, more raw materials can be recovered from batteries. In the picture, a red cobalt salt and a blue-green nickel salt have been obtained from a battery cell. Credit: Valeria Azovskaya/Aalto University The EU will be home to 30 million electric cars by 2030 and the European Commission is preparing...
The team reduced the complexity of nuclear pores down to a single, artificial Nucleoporin that they call 'NupX'. This protein is based on the average properties of a class of Nucleoporins rich in the amino acid motif Glycine-Leucine-Phenylalanine-Glycine. In these simulation snapshots, each particle represents a whole amino acid. Credit: University of Groningen The...
X-ray and radio light curves of MAXI J1348–630 during its 2019/2020 outburst. Credit: Carotenuto et al., 2021. An international team of astronomers has carried out a comprehensive radio and X-ray monitoring of a black hole X-ray binary known as MAXI J1348–630. The observational campaign provided important insights into the evolution of the source's compact...
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A plant more commonly used for herbal shampoos could be used to clean oil-contaminated soil, according to a new report. Soapnut, from the soapberry tree, is known for its foaming and antimicrobial properties, but a team of scientists in Edinburgh found it could be a low-cost way to decontaminate soil...
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A team of scientists from Heriot-Watt University has created an underwater observatory in the Faroe-Shetland Channel—and found its waters are teeming with oil-eating bacteria that could help deal with future oil spills. It is the first observatory of its kind in the northeast Atlantic, an area with a high level...
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A team of Australian and German researchers has discovered a novel pathway that plants can use to save water and improve their drought tolerance. The research published today in Nature Communications shows that the molecule GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid), most commonly associated with relaxation in animals, can control the size of...
Associate professor of Plant Science at the University of Maryland Yiping Qi continues to innovate genome editing and engineering in plants, with the ultimate goal of improving the efficiency of food production. His new work contributes six novel variants of CRISPR-Cas12a in plants, testing first in rice as a major global crop. In addition...
Credit: CC0 Public Domain United Methodist churches—whether the congregation is white or not—have higher attendance when located within white neighborhoods. But racial diversity within a church is associated with higher average attendance over time, according to a new study. "This is a startling contrast to previous research that reported multiracial congregations are less stable,"...
The ginkgo, the western gorilla, the gharial, the European sturgeon, and the Andean condor are classified as species in danger of extinction by IUCN. These species exhibit peculiar functional traits such as large size, long lifespan, and late sexual maturity (All photos CC-BY-SA) Credit: Ginkgo biloba; photo: Marzena PGorilla gorilla; photo: Philip KromerGavialis gangeticus;...