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River Bend Nature Center to host ‘Mad Science Mayhem’ event
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) – River Bend Nature Center is hosting another series of the Nature Tots program called “Mad Science Mayhem”. On Saturday, Sept. 28th, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. attendees will be able to read science stories, make slime, and explore elephant toothpaste. This program is for ages 2-6 and is included…
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‘Afraid to talk’: researchers fear the end for science in Venezuela
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro speaks at a march in early August following a disputed election the month before.Credit: Maxwell Briceno/Reuters As President Nicolás Maduro continues a crackdown on his political opposition, researchers in Venezuela are increasingly considering leaving the country. His government has detained more than 1,600 people, including students and professors, since the National…
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Visitors get to the root of teeth anatomy at Glasgow Science Centre
Visitors at Glasgow Science Centre will now be able to get their teeth into a new ‘hands-on’ endodontics exhibit, designed in collaboration with the British Endodontic Society (BES) and the University of Glasgow Dental School. © JohnFScott/iStock Unreleased/Getty Launched this September, the exhibition, ‘At the Root of It’, will teach visitors about the anatomy of…
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Denver Museum of Nature and Science outdoor play area a favorite among kids
DENVER (KDVR) — It’s like all of Colorado’s eight ecosystems in one location, throw in some slides, and you have the new Nature Play exhibit in Denver’s City Park. The play area sits on four and a half acres just outside the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. After 18 months of construction worth almost…
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6 handy nature apps to enhance your hikes
I used to believe that the last thing I wanted to do on a hike was pull out my phone. That’s one of the reasons I love hiking in Angeles National Forest. I know the exact corner on Highway 2 where I lose reception. Newsletter You are reading The Wild newsletter Sign up to get…
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Study Shows How a Woman’s Brain Reorganizes during Pregnancy
Reuters 14:18 JST, September 26, 2024 WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Pregnancy triggers vast changes in a woman’s body — hormonal, cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, urinary and more. And, as a new study reveals, the brain undergoes major changes too, some fleeting and others more enduring. Researchers said on Sept. 16 they have for the first time mapped the…
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Bright compact ultrabroadband source by orthogonal laser-sustained plasma
Abstract Laser-sustained plasma (LSP) source featuring high brightness and broadband spectral coverage is found to be powerful in various fields of scientific and industrial applications. However, the fundamental limit of low conversion efficiency constrains the system compactness and widespread applications of such broadband light sources. In this paper, we propose an innovative orthogonal LSP to…
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Researchers in Hungary raise fears of brain drain after ‘body blow’ EU funding suspension
Demonstrators in Hungary protest against the reorganization of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 2019.Credit: Szilard Koszticsak/AP/Alamy Researchers in Hungary worry that the country could be facing brain drain in science, after the European Union suspended funding for research projects at some universities. In December 2022, the Council of the European Union, a group of…
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From West to East: Professor Pavlos Savvidis’ Quest for Light
Editorial As early as about 2400 years ago, Mozi (original name Mo Di, Latinized as Micius), an ancient Chinese scientist, proposed the theory of pinhole imaging that demonstrates the fundamental principle of light behavior. About 700 years ago, Marco Polo, an Italian explorer, traveled to China along the Silk Road, marveled at the economic prosperity…
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Carbon bond that uses only one electron seen for first time: ‘It will be in the textbooks’
The observation of a single-electron bond in carbon, the basic building block of life on Earth, has excited scientists.Credit: Dominick Reuter/AFP via Getty For a little more than a century, chemists have believed that strong atomic links called covalent bonds are formed when atoms share one or more electron pairs. Now, researchers have made the…
