Search results for Deep Impact

Social Sciences Mar 6, 2024

Immigrant women suffer financially for taking maternity leave: 4 ways Canada can improve

When people talk about the "Anthropocene," they typically picture the vast impact human societies are having on the planet, from rapid declines in biodiversity to increases in Earth's temperature by burning fossil fuels.

Social Sciences Mar 5, 2024

New research details negative consumer impacts of BLM support on major companies and brands

New research in Marketing Science has found that companies and brands that have aligned themselves with Black Lives Matter (BLM) suffered a negative impact at the hands of consumers.

Earth Sciences Mar 5, 2024

How does a river breathe? The answer could lead to a better understanding of the global carbon cycle

Take a deep breath. Pay attention to how air moves from your nose to your throat before filling your lungs with oxygen. As you exhale your breath, a mix of oxygen and carbon dioxide leaves your nose and mouth.

Evolution Mar 5, 2024

Fossils of giant sea lizard with dagger-like teeth show how our oceans have fundamentally changed since the dinosaur era

Paleontologists have discovered a strange new species of marine lizard with dagger-like teeth that lived near the end of the age of dinosaurs. Their findings, published in Cretaceous Research, show a dramatically different ...

Astronomy Mar 5, 2024

What makes black holes grow and new stars form? Machine learning helps solve the mystery

When they are active, supermassive black holes play a crucial role in the way galaxies evolve. Until now, growth was thought to be triggered by the violent collision of two galaxies followed by their merger; however, new ...

Planetary Sciences Mar 4, 2024

Curiosity rover is climbing through dramatic striped terrain on Mars

Just about every day we here on Earth get a breathtaking picture of Mars's terrain sent back by a rover. But, the view from space can be pretty amazing, too. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) just sent back a thought-provoking ...

Earth Sciences Mar 4, 2024

Mantle convection linked to seaway closure that transformed Earth's oceanographic circulation patterns

Continental drift is a concept familiar to many, referencing the movement of Earth's continents due to shifting tectonic plates over millions of years, splitting one globe-spanning supercontinent into the configuration we ...

Bio & Medicine Feb 29, 2024

Investigating cell killers: An advanced system for size-dependent cytotoxicity analysis of silica

Metal nanomaterials have become an indispensable part of industrial and medical fields due to their unique and versatile properties. Their size, which imparts them with the desired physiochemical properties, is also the reason ...

Bio & Medicine Feb 29, 2024

Hydrogel spheres compose a microporous structure for localized mRNA delivery

In a significant leap forward in the realm of regenerative medicine, a team at the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation has introduced a pioneering approach to mRNA therapy using microspheres made of gelatin methacryloyl ...

Earth Sciences Feb 29, 2024

Emergency atmospheric geoengineering wouldn't save the oceans

Climate change is heating the oceans, altering currents and circulation patterns responsible for regulating climate on a global scale. If temperatures dropped, some of that damage could theoretically be undone.

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