Category: Science

A new publication in Nature Water by UN University scientists sheds light on the persistent gender disparities in the global water workforce. The article, titled “Quantifying Women in the Water Workforce,” warns that despite international discussions and efforts to promote gender equality, women remain significantly underrepresented in this crucial sector, particularly in leadership and decision-making…

Feedback plays a crucial role in learning, helping individuals to understand and improve their performance, yet globally large and diverse student populations often mean that providing timely and personalized observations can be a challenge. Feedback plays a crucial role in learning, helping individuals to understand and improve their performance, yet globally large and diverse student populations…

In 2018–2019, researchers of Wageningen Marine Research joined the Japanese research vessel Kaiyo-maru (Fisheries Agency Japan; FAJ) on an Antarctic expedition to sample the upper surface waters with the Surface and Under Ice Trawl. Results showed that a large part of the Antarctic krill population resided in the upper two meters of the water column. In…

In an exclusive interview, the four Polaris Dawn crew members opened up about seeing the planet from orbit and conducting the first all-civilian spacewalk. In an exclusive interview, the four Polaris Dawn crew members opened up about seeing the planet from orbit and conducting the first all-civilian spacewalk.  NBC News Science

As urban centers in mountainous regions grow, more people are driven to build on steeper slopes prone to slow-moving landslides, a new study finds. Slow-moving landslides are frequently excluded from estimates of landslide risk, but they could threaten hundreds of thousands of people globally, the researchers conclude. As urban centers in mountainous regions grow, more people…

No oncologist would wait for a patient’s cancer to spread before treating it. Similarly, waiting to detect the potential loss of a species across all its known habitats means interventions are often too late to turn the tide of extinction, according to ecologists Paul Ehrlich and Rodolfo Dirzo of Stanford University and Gerardo Ceballos of…

Scientists in Brazil found microplastics in the brain tissue of cadavers, according to a new study published Monday in the journal JAMA Network Open. Scientists in Brazil found microplastics in the brain tissue of cadavers, according to a new study published Monday in the journal JAMA Network Open.  NBC News Science

Syntretus perlmani infects the adult stage of fruit flies in the genus Drosophila, including one of the most deeply studied model organisms in biology, Drosophila melanogaster. The post New Parasitic Wasp Species Discovered in Eastern US appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.  Syntretus perlmani infects the adult stage of fruit flies in the genus…

Energy demands are at an all-time high, as is the need to be environmentally conscious. That’s why chemical engineering professors Drs. Joseph Kwon and Mark Barteau have developed a strategy to predict the performance of new catalysts for greener ammonia production. Energy demands are at an all-time high, as is the need to be environmentally conscious….