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Fastest degrading bioplastic for ocean protection
Fastest degrading bioplastic for ocean protectionScience

Fastest degrading bioplastic for ocean protection

Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have made a significant breakthrough in the fight against plastic pollution in oceans. After years of experimentation,…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreOctober 18, 2024 Full article
Scientists successfully breed heat-tolerant corals, but climate action still essential for coral survival
Scientists successfully breed heat-tolerant corals, but climate action still essential for coral survivalScience

Scientists successfully breed heat-tolerant corals, but climate action still essential for coral survival

In a groundbreaking study, researchers have demonstrated that selective breeding can improve the heat tolerance of coral species, potentially helping these vulnerable marine ecosystems to…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreOctober 14, 2024 Full article
Optimizing vertical farming by varying light, humidity, and other growing conditions
Optimizing vertical farming by varying light, humidity, and other growing conditionsScience

Optimizing vertical farming by varying light, humidity, and other growing conditions

How can we provide healthy, vitamin-rich food to growing urban populations? One solution is to cultivate crops indoors, in stacked layers of growing platforms. Such…
SourceSourceOctober 12, 2024 Full article
Cool tech for Hot cities: clothing that fights urban heatwaves
Cool tech for Hot cities: clothing that fights urban heatwavesScience

Cool tech for Hot cities: clothing that fights urban heatwaves

A team of international researchers has developed a natural fabric that urban residents could wear to counter rising temperatures in cities worldwide, caused by buildings,…
SourceSourceOctober 10, 2024 Full article
Rising temperatures accelerate CO2 release from rocks in Arctic Canada, study finds
Rising temperatures accelerate CO2 release from rocks in Arctic Canada, study findsScience

Rising temperatures accelerate CO2 release from rocks in Arctic Canada, study finds

Researchers from the University of Oxford’s Department of Earth Sciences have discovered that rising temperatures in the Canadian Arctic could significantly accelerate the release of…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreOctober 10, 2024 Full article
Muser Press – New Research Articles Week 40, 2024
Muser Press – New Research Articles Week 40, 2024Science

Muser Press – New Research Articles Week 40, 2024

The impact of environmental shocks due to climate change on intimate partner violence: A structural equation model of data from 156 countries Climate change-related landslides,…
SourceSourceOctober 6, 2024 Full article
Thunderstorms are a ‘boiling pot’ of gamma rays, scientists find
Thunderstorms are a ‘boiling pot’ of gamma rays, scientists findNews

Thunderstorms are a ‘boiling pot’ of gamma rays, scientists find

By Pierre Celerier | AFP Paris, France - Big thunderstorms continuously emit gamma rays that are undetectable from the ground, two studies said on Wednesday,…
SourceSourceOctober 3, 2024 Full article
Muser Press – New Research Articles Week 39, 2024
Muser Press – New Research Articles Week 39, 2024Science

Muser Press – New Research Articles Week 39, 2024

Projected changes to Arctic shipping routes after stratospheric aerosol deployment in the ARISE-SAI scenarios Rapid reductions in Arctic sea ice in response to warming have…
SourceSourceSeptember 29, 2024 Full article
Eco-guilt and eco-shame shape environmental choices, study reveals
Eco-guilt and eco-shame shape environmental choices, study revealsScience

Eco-guilt and eco-shame shape environmental choices, study reveals

A study from the University of Copenhagen has uncovered that guilt and shame play significant roles in shaping individuals' daily environmental decisions. These emotions, closely…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreSeptember 25, 2024 Full article
New study reveals 485 million years of Earth’s temperature shifts driven by CO2
New study reveals 485 million years of Earth’s temperature shifts driven by CO2ClimateNews

New study reveals 485 million years of Earth’s temperature shifts driven by CO2

Smithsonian-sparked study co-led by University of Arizona underscores perils presented by unprecedented rate of human-made warming. A new study co-led by the Smithsonian and the…
SourceSourceSeptember 20, 2024 Full article
Satellites and AI offer hope amid growing climate crisis, says UN weather agency
Satellites and AI offer hope amid growing climate crisis, says UN weather agencyClimate

Satellites and AI offer hope amid growing climate crisis, says UN weather agency

With global temperatures on a sharp upward trajectory, the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization (WMO) emphasizes the critical role of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreSeptember 18, 2024 Full article
EarthCARE’s lidar provides new insights into atmospheric particles
EarthCARE’s lidar provides new insights into atmospheric particlesScience

EarthCARE’s lidar provides new insights into atmospheric particles

The European Space Agency's (ESA) EarthCARE satellite, launched in May 2024, has now fully activated its atmospheric lidar, the ATLID. As the last of four…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreSeptember 16, 2024 Full article
New method shows promise in battling “forever chemicals”
New method shows promise in battling “forever chemicals”Science

New method shows promise in battling “forever chemicals”

Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a novel technique to break down perfluorooctane sulfonates (PFOS), a subgroup of the hazardous "forever chemicals" known as PFAS,…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreSeptember 13, 2024 Full article
Mirror, mirror, in my tank, who’s the biggest fish of all?
Mirror, mirror, in my tank, who’s the biggest fish of all?News

Mirror, mirror, in my tank, who’s the biggest fish of all?

What if that proverbial man in the mirror was a… fish? Would it change its ways? According to an Osaka Metropolitan University-led research group, the…
SourceSourceSeptember 12, 2024 Full article
Methane emissions surge at record pace despite global pledges
Methane emissions surge at record pace despite global pledgesClimate

Methane emissions surge at record pace despite global pledges

Global methane emissions have surged at an unprecedented rate over the past five years, according to new research, raising serious concerns about achieving global climate…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreSeptember 10, 2024 Full article
Methane rising faster than other greenhouse gases: researchers
Methane rising faster than other greenhouse gases: researchersNews

Methane rising faster than other greenhouse gases: researchers

Paris, France (AFP) - Concentrations of the powerful greenhouse gas methane in the atmosphere are rising at an accelerating pace, threatening efforts by countries to…
SourceSourceSeptember 10, 2024 Full article
Cement materials hold potential to absorb atmospheric CO2, new research finds
Cement materials hold potential to absorb atmospheric CO2, new research findsScience

Cement materials hold potential to absorb atmospheric CO2, new research finds

Researchers have made significant strides in understanding the carbonation process in cement-based materials, which could play a crucial role in reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2).…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreSeptember 9, 2024 Full article
Muser Press – New Research Articles | Week 36, 2024
Muser Press – New Research Articles | Week 36, 2024Science

Muser Press – New Research Articles | Week 36, 2024

Bacteria can anticipate the seasons: Photoperiodism in cyanobacteria Long-lived plants and animals clearly regulate their physiology according to seasonal changes in day length to appropriately…
SourceSourceSeptember 7, 2024 Full article
Promising antibiotics found in Arctic Sea microbes
Promising antibiotics found in Arctic Sea microbesScience

Promising antibiotics found in Arctic Sea microbes

Researchers from Finland and Norway have discovered promising antibiotic candidates in microbes found deep in the Arctic Sea. Using advanced screening methods, they identified two…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreSeptember 4, 2024 Full article
Muser Press – New Research Articles | Week 35, 2024
Muser Press – New Research Articles | Week 35, 2024NewsScience

Muser Press – New Research Articles | Week 35, 2024

Darwin and the biological rhythms While the formalization of chronobiology as a scientific discipline occurred in the mid-20th century, the exploration of rhythmic phenomena has…
SourceSourceAugust 28, 2024 Full article
Turning purple bacteria into green plastics
Turning purple bacteria into green plasticsScience

Turning purple bacteria into green plastics

In the global battle against plastic pollution, a promising solution is emerging from an unlikely source: purple bacteria. Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreAugust 25, 2024 Full article
Prehistoric Europeans Faced Near Extinction During Ice Age, New Study Reveals
Prehistoric Europeans Faced Near Extinction During Ice Age, New Study RevealsClimate

Prehistoric Europeans Faced Near Extinction During Ice Age, New Study Reveals

An international team of researchers has uncovered how prehistoric hunter-gatherers in Europe responded to dramatic climate changes during the last Ice Age, revealing that populations…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreAugust 18, 2024 Full article
Why researchers favor safe over risky projects? Exploring scientific risk aversion
Why researchers favor safe over risky projects? Exploring scientific risk aversionScience

Why researchers favor safe over risky projects? Exploring scientific risk aversion

Reward schemes that motivate effort inherently discourage scientific risk-taking. By PLOS A mathematical framework that builds on the economic theory of hidden-action models provides insight…
SourceSourceAugust 16, 2024 Full article
New research reveals key strategies for combating online misinformation
New research reveals key strategies for combating online misinformationScience

New research reveals key strategies for combating online misinformation

In an era where online misinformation spreads rapidly and often unchallenged, new research from George Washington University (GW) offers a solution: clear and simple communication.…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreAugust 15, 2024 Full article