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For the first time, nuclear reactions occurring in the bowels of supernovae were reproduced in laboratory conditions
2021-10-30 17:57
One of the most important unresolved issues of modern science is the determination of the sources of origin of some of the chemical elements heavier than iron. This applies to about 30 elements with so-called "p-nuclei", which account for about one percent of the total number of heavy elements in the Solar System, but whose astrophysical origin remains a mystery. Due to the fact that, for a number of unders...
Sharpest images ever reveal the patchy face of living bacteria
2021-10-29 17:42
The sharpest images ever of living bacteria have been recorded by UCL researchers, revealing the complex architecture of the protective layer that surrounds many bacteria and makes them harder to be killed by antibiotics.
The study, published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA and done in collaboration with scientists at National Physical Laboratory, King’s College Lond...
Only ‘real equality’ can end vicious cycle of poverty
2021-10-28 10:59
Although poverty and privilege “continue to reproduce themselves in vicious cycles”, it is possible to break the chain and shift the paradigm, an independent UN human rights expert told the General Assembly on Wednesday.
Presenting his report, The persistence of poverty: how real equality can break the vicious cycle, Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Shutter, said that “wi...
Japan drone maker's flying motorcycle to hit the skies next year
2021-10-27 19:26
OYAMA, Japan -- On a nearly empty racetrack in the foothills of Mt. Fuji, a Tokyo-based drone startup unveiled its vision for the future of transport: a flying motorcycle able to hit speeds of up to 100kph.
In a scene straight out of a sci-fi film, the driver fired up the Xturismo, which rose several meters off the ground and cruised along the track for about a minute and a half. Reporters and guests -- al...
‘No time to lose’ curbing greenhouse gases: WMO
2021-10-26 12:16
Last year, heat-trapping greenhouse gases reached a new record, surging above the planet's 2011-2020 average, and has continued in 2021, according to a new report published on Monday by the UN weather agency.The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Greenhouse Gas Bulletin contains a “stark, scientific message” for climate change negotiations at the upcoming UN climate conference, known as COP26, in Glasg...
Fossil fuel production ‘dangerously out of sync’ with climate change targets
2021-10-25 15:04
Despite increased climate ambition and net-zero commitments, governments still plan to produce more than double the amount of energy from fossil fuels in 2030, than the amount that would limit global warming to the Paris Agreement level of 1.5°C. That’s according to the 2021 Production Gap Report, released this Wednesday by leading research institutes and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).Over the next tw...
Humans did not cause woolly mammoths to go extinct -- climate change did
2021-10-24 11:15
For five million years, woolly mammoths roamed the earth until they vanished for good nearly 4,000 years ago – and scientists have finally proved why.
The hairy cousins of today’s elephants lived alongside early humans and were a regular staple of their diet – their skeletons were used to build shelters, harpoons were carved from their giant tusks, artwork featuring them is daubed on cave walls, and 30,000...
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