A Key Property of Life Has Been Detected From High Altitude For The First Time
This could be how we find aliens!
Stanford’s New Open-Source Software for Designing Sustainable Cities
New technology could help cities around the world improve people’s lives while saving billions of dollars. The free, open-source software developed by the Stanford Natural Capital Project creates maps... The post Stanford’s New Open-Source Software for Designing Sustainable Cities appeared first on SciTechDaily.
The Paths COVID-19 Used To Spread Across Brazil – Super-Spreader Cities, Highways, Hospitals
The impact of super-spreader cities, highways, and intensive care availability in the early stages of the COVID-19 epidemic in Brazil. A multidisciplinary analysis by a... The post The Paths COVID-19 Used To Spread Across Brazil – Super-Spreader Cities, Highways, Hospitals appeared
Blood Pressure-Lowering Medications Linked to Less Memory Decline in Older Adults
Research Highlights: High blood pressure is a risk factor for cognitive decline and dementia in older adults. Studies have shown that commonly prescribed high blood... The post Blood Pressure-Lowering Medications Linked to Less Memory Decline in Older Adults appeared first on
Sleep Apnea Worsens Heart Disease – Yet It Often Goes Untreated
Statement Highlights: Between 40% and 80% of people in the U.S. with cardiovascular disease also have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), yet it is underrecognized and... The post Sleep Apnea Worsens Heart Disease – Yet It Often Goes Untreated appeared first on
While World Fights The Pandemic, a Different Outbreak Was Just Quashed in Guinea
It could have been much worse.
Kern County OKs plan for thousands of new oil and gas wells over environmental objections
Even as California transitions from fossil fuels, a Central Valley county approved an industry blueprint to expand oil and gas drilling.
Opinion: California’s ethnic studies curriculum gets another edit
It's more balanced, trimming here, adding there. But it will be up to teachers to make the scattered lesson plans work for students.
Deadly avalanche season imperils skiers, snowboarders: ‘Everywhere is sketch’
There have been 33 fatalities since Oct. 1, and experts warn the conditions are ripe for more icy landslides.
Dorsal navigation found in a flying insect
Sweat bees navigate through dark tropical forests guided by canopy patterns.
Hired blade: Anchoring complex in plant cells recruits its own katana sword
Researchers have found that an anchoring complex in plant cells recruits its own version of the katana sword for cutting microtubules. The Msd1-Wdr8 complex is used to stabilize sites within plant cells where new microtubules are created, before it recruits
A biological blueprint for tough color
The unique mechanical and optical properties found in the exoskeleton of a humble Asian beetle has the potential to offer a fascinating new insight into how to develop new, effective bio-inspired technologies.