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Best Black Friday telescope and binoculars deals 2023
Black Friday is the perfect time of the year to snap up a deal on some of your more expensive outlays and, as telescopes and binoculars tend to be premium priced, there’s no better time to buy. The Live Science team has been scouring the sales, and when we do find an irresistible Black Friday…
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Wyss Academy of Nature and University of Nairobi enter into collaboration to foster Environmental Research
In an attempt to spearhead environmental empowerment, the Wyss Academy of Nature-birthed by the University of Bern, Wyss Foundation and the County of Bern, and the University of Nairobi formalized their commitment to advancing environmental research through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This collaboration aims to reinforce bilateral ties between the Swiss…
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The flying, swimming and tunnelling robots inspired by nature
Drawing inspiration from birds, fish and even worms, researchers in Europe are developing machines to explore places on Earth that are difficult for people to reach. By Gareth Willmer The Ornithopter in the sci-fi blockbuster film Dune resembles a helicopter crossed with a dragonfly. It’s no wonder why. Ever since humankind has imagined flight, pioneering…
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Why climate and nature matter to every business – World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Everyone attending Climate Week NYC knows that the world is nowhere near where we need to be to tackle the threats to our planet. But with that shared understanding of the situation comes a risk. The lack of sufficient action is becoming normal. It is tempting to tell a calming story: policy is advancing, just…
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‘They’re inherently charismatic’: the amateur sleuths hooked on sea slugs
Two years ago, Libby Keatley was diving off the coast of County Antrim in Northern Ireland when she spotted something unusual. It was a sea slug – or nudibranch – whose transparent body had orange lines running through it and twiggy projections arranged along its back. “It was quite distinctive and not like anything I’d…
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Relics of Huge Primordial Collision Reside in Earth’s Deep Interior
NASA / Reuters, FileEarth is seen by the Apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon on Dec. 7, 1972. Reuters 17:53 JST, November 23, 2023 WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Seismologists have recognized since the 1970s that two mysterious continent-sized blobs reside in the deepest part of Earth’s mantle, one under Africa and the other under the South…
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Team Including Hokkaido Univ. Unearths New Dino in Mongolia
Hokkaido University / Jiji PressThe anatomy of Jaculinykus yaruui. The black line indicates 10-centimeter-width. Jiji Press 16:43 JST, November 23, 2023 SAPPORO (Jiji Press) — A research team including Hokkaido University has discovered in Mongolia the skeleton of a new dinosaur, curled up in a position like that of a sleeping modern-day bird. In August 2016,…
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Joby Shows Off Electric Air Taxis in New York
ReutersAn electric air taxi by Joby Aviation is seen at the Downtown Manhattan Heliport in New York on Nov. 12. Reuters 16:19 JST, November 23, 2023 NEW YORK (Reuters) — Electric air taxis could be transporting passengers from JFK Airport to downtown Manhattan by 2025 — on quiet, emissions-free journeys that take around seven minutes. Manufacturer…
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The joint team of Sui Xiaolei from China Agricultural University and Alisdair R. Fernie from Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, revealed the role of malate decarboxylate CsNADP-ME2 in mediating the balance of carbon and amino acid metabol
image: . view more Credit: Horticulture Research Central metabolism produces carbohydrates and amino acids that are tightly correlated to plant growth and thereby crop productivity. Malate is reported to link mitochondrial respiratory metabolism with cytosolic biosynthetic pathways. Although the function of malate metabolism-related enzymes in providing carbon has been characterized in some plants, evidence conferring…
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Organic antibacterial preservative of ANDKWAN to protect both people and nature
Evolution of Hygiene to Preserve the Earth SEOUL, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — AndKwan Natural Science Inc. announced that it has succeeded in developing a new organic antibacterial preservative and an antibiotic composition containing it together with its parent company, White Tiger Ground LLC. Continue Reading The name of the new substance is…
