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A humpback whale off Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil in June 2024. The detention in Greenland of anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson pending possible extradition to Japan has turned the spotlight …
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Experts meet as final global plastic treaty talks near
Negotiators hope to agree the world’s first binding treaty on plastic pollution this year. With months until crunch talks on the world’s first binding treaty on plastic pollution, experts are …
Nontoxic ceramic could replace lead-based electronic components
Longitudinal electrostriction strain coefficient of 10 mol% doped ceria ceramics as a function of dopant crystal radius. Credit: Nature Communications (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43032-5 The ceramic produced in Prof. Igor Lubomirsky’s lab …
Boeing Starliner returning empty, NASA to use SpaceX to get astronauts
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, and Suni Williams pose inside the hatch connecting Boeing’s Starliner to the International Space Station on NASA Boeing will return its Starliner capsule from the …
What exactly are ‘forever chemicals’—and can we move beyond them?
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The Australian parliament will conduct a national inquiry into the dangers of “forever chemicals.” The move comes after a string of revelations about the potential dangers …
Invasive beetles killing trees in Southern California arrive in Bay Area
An invasive species of beetle that has killed tens of thousands of healthy trees across Southern California has been detected in San Jose, posing a threat to over 65 species …
The Boeing Starliner Astronauts Will Come Home on SpaceX’s Dragon Next Year
NASA has announced that astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams will return to Earth next February aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft. The announcement at a press conference today caps off months …
Stranded Boeing astronauts to return in 2025 on competitor SpaceX: NASA – National
Two NASA astronauts who flew to the International Space Station in June aboard Boeing’s faulty Starliner capsule will need to return to Earth on a SpaceX vehicle early next year, …
The promise of synthetic cells
NIST researcher Elizabeth Strychalski’s research group is helping to establish the measurements and standards needed for progress in engineering biology, also known as synthetic biology. Credit: J. Stoughton/NIST For over …
Bird species are disappearing at an alarming rate in Kenya, study finds
Bird species richness in Angurai (10–12 August 2004), Busia (14–15 August 2004) and Lambwe Valley (17–20 August 1997) sites. Credit: Scientific Reports (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-52107-2 Sub-Saharan Africa has a vast amount …