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Environment 12 hours ago

The seabed needs to become a top priority, and the UN agrees

"The science we need for the ocean we want"—this is the tagline for the UN Ocean Decade (2021-2030), which has just held its first conference in Barcelona, Spain. Marine scientists from around the world, including me, gathered ...

Environment 14 hours ago

Environmental concerns raised by rocket flights over San Diego County

Plans by SpaceX and other companies to boost the number of rocket launches sometimes seen streaking across San Diego County's skies have prompted the California Coastal Commission to question the environmental effects.

Analytical Chemistry 15 hours ago

New catalyst allows energy-friendly ammonia production for fertilizers and alternative fuel

Researchers led by Satoshi Kamiguchi at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan have discovered a greener way to produce ammonia, an essential compound used in fertilizers.

Analytical Chemistry 15 hours ago

Discovery of organic catalyst could lead to cheaper fuel cells

With atmospheric carbon dioxide at record highs, the search for clean-energy alternatives to the use of fossil fuels is growing increasingly urgent.

Ecology Apr 13, 2024

Sweet lessons: Taiwan urban beekeeping gets positive buzz

Under mulberry trees at a bee farm in Taipei's suburbs, students watched intently as instructor Tsai Ming-hsien wafted smoke over a hive box, explaining to aspiring apiarists how to keep the insects happy in an urban setting.

Environment Apr 12, 2024

Environmental groups grateful but vigilant after Key Bridge collapse

When Alice Volpitta watched the video of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, and the trucks tumbling into the Patapsco River in the darkness, she thought first for the people who had fallen.

Environment Apr 12, 2024

Biden plans sweeping effort to block Arctic oil drilling

The U.S. set aside 23 million acres of Alaska's North Slope to serve as an emergency oil supply a century ago. Now, President Joe Biden is moving to block oil and gas development across roughly half of it.

Bio & Medicine Apr 11, 2024

Study proposes large-scale biomanufacturing workflow to produce natural killer cells and extracellular vesicles

A team of uOttawa Faculty of Medicine researchers have developed a path to a biomanufacturing process that could potentially transform how Canada generates immunotherapeutic materials—specifically natural killer cells and ...

Space Exploration Apr 11, 2024

Wireless power transmission could enable exploration of the far side of the moon

How can future lunar exploration communicate from the far side of the moon despite never being inline with the Earth? This is what a recent study submitted to IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems hopes to ...

Earth Sciences Apr 11, 2024

The heat is on: What we know about why ocean temperatures keep smashing records

Over the last year, our oceans have been hotter than any time ever recorded. Our instrumental record covers the last 150 years. But based on proxy observations, we can say our oceans are now hotter than well before the rise ...

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