A new volcano has been spotted on Jupiter's moon Io, the most geologically active place in the solar system. Analysis of the first close-up images of Io in over 25 years, captured by the JunoCam instrument on NASA's Juno ...
Planetary Sciences
11 hours ago
0
109
The high-Andean wetlands of the Argentinean Puna region, called "vegas" by local inhabitants, although covering less than 1% of this arid mountain region, are important ecosystems as they support biodiversity and provide ...
Earth Sciences
13 hours ago
0
1
Four plants consumed by wild gorillas in Gabon and used by local communities in traditional medicine show antibacterial and antioxidant properties, find Leresche Even Doneilly Oyaba Yinda from the Interdisciplinary Medical ...
Plants & Animals
13 hours ago
0
24
Imagine you had a crystal ball that revealed when a volcano would next erupt. For the hundreds of millions of people around the world who live near active volcanoes, it would be an extremely useful device.
Earth Sciences
13 hours ago
0
19
Mold can survive the harshest of environments, so to stop harmful spores from growing on future space stations, a new study suggests a novel way to prevent its spread.
Space Exploration
14 hours ago
0
18
A group of researchers has made significant progress in developing cost-effective catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), a critical component in technologies such as water splitting and metal-air batteries.
Analytical Chemistry
16 hours ago
0
4
The Salish Sea—the inland coastal waters of Washington and British Columbia—is home to two unique populations of fish-eating orcas, the northern resident and the southern resident orcas. Human activity over much of the ...
Ecology
Sep 10, 2024
0
220
Summer storms are generally more frequent, intense and concentrated over cities than over rural areas, according to new, detailed observations of eight cities and their surroundings. The results could change how city planners ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 10, 2024
0
77
Researchers from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Voxalytic GmbH have developed a new method that allows, for the first time, the elucidation of the chiral structure of molecules—the exact spatial arrangement ...
Biochemistry
Sep 10, 2024
0
137
Located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, Japan is one of the most earthquake-prone countries in the world, with thousands of small earthquakes occurring each year, and the continuous threat of a "big one." Currently, predicting ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 9, 2024
0
141
