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77 million children have spent 18 months out of class: #ReopenSchools, urges UNICEF
2021-09-18 21:19
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says the world is facing an education crisis due to the COVID pandemic, that has left nearly 77 million children shut out of the classroom for the past 18 months.
This Thursday, the UN agency is closing down its social media channels for the next 18 hours to send one message to the world: #ReopenSchools for in-person learning as soon as possible.
The UN Educational, Scie...
Copernicus: Southern Hemisphere ozone hole surpasses size of Antarctica
2021-09-17 20:02
The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service is having a close eye on the Antarctic region to monitor the development of this year´s ozone hole over the South Pole, which has now reached an extent larger than Antarctica. After a pretty standard start, the 2021 ozone hole has considerably grown in the last week and is now larger than 75 % of ozone holes at that stage in the season since 1979.
Scientists fro...
The extinction of the dinosaurs helped the snakes to flourish
2021-09-16 12:23
The transition from the Cretaceous Period to the Paleogene was marked by the loss of approximately 76 percent of all species that inhabited the Earth, as well as 80 percent of plants. Studies have shown that the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event, which occurred about 66 million years ago, coincided with the impact of an asteroid that formed the Chicxulub crater in Mexico. It caused a tsunami and the rel...
New fluorescent nanoparticles to contribute to medical diagnostic testing with contrast
2021-09-15 20:34
Phosphors are substances that can radiate light when exposed to UV rays, electromagnetic field or a different disturbing action. Today, these materials are used in lamps and LEDs (for example, in electric appliances of everyday use), evacuation and fire alarm systems. They are also used to produce paints and pigments, secure value documents, and conduct medical research. Thus, the synthesised substance will...
Synaptic transmission: Not a one-way street
2021-09-14 22:42
Key synapse acts as a “smart teacher”, sending messages against the usual flow of information in the brain. – Paper published in Nature Communications
When neuroscientists at the Institute of Science and Technology (IST) Austria analyzed the exact properties of nerve connections in the brain, they made a startling observation: At a key connection, or synapse, messages are sent against the usual stream of i...
"Laser twist": chemists have discovered a potential drug-a compound that changes its activity under the influence of light
2021-09-13 22:16
Scientists from St. Petersburg State University together with colleagues from the St. Petersburg Research Center for Environmental Safety of the Russian Academy of Sciences have discovered a new organic compound from the group of thiazolotriazoles that changes its activity under the influence of light. It is an inhibitor of a key enzyme of the nervous system-cholinesterase, which is involved in the work of ...
GWEC: China surpasses the whole world in the construction of wind farms for the 3rd year in a row
2021-09-12 11:09
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
6.1 GW of global offshore wind was installed in 2020, down slightly from a record 6.24 GW in 2019.
More than half of the world’s fossil fuels have to stay buried to slow global warming.
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