How a local victory against petrochemicals can spur global action on plastics

Comment: The Banner sisters fought for the preservation of land in America’s ‘Cancer Alley’. They are now in Paris to demand a global cap on plastic production. A few weeks…

Thermal Protection Material for NASA’s Moon Rocket Hardware Installed

Technicians at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, have completed applying thermal protection system material to the launch vehicle stage adapter (LVSA) of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket…

Researchers discover new, more effective candidates for treatment of syphilis

Brandon Jutras and Kathryn Hayes found new candidates for the treatment of syphilis with several being more effective than the current treatment options. Photo by Max Esterhuizen for Virginia Tech.…

More than 1 in 6 unvaccinated people report health effects of COVID two years after confirmed infection

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Around 1 in 6 unvaccinated individuals say they are still experiencing health effects of COVID-19 up to two years after infection, finds a study from Switzerland…

High-status tombs from Lijiaya Culture discovered in northern Shaanxi |

In a press announcement by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, archaeologists have discovered a large number of high-status tombs in Qingjian, northern Shaanxi, China. The Lijiaya Culture emerged during…

A green path to net zero carbon building

NZCB system test site (Gaho community center, Jinju city, Korea. Credit: Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology The Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) has…

Once hostile, NASA holds first public meeting on UFOs

Scientists at NASA’s first ever public meeting on “unidentified anomalous phenomena” — more commonly called UFOs — have called for a more rigorous scientific approach to clarify the origin of…

Understanding the tantalizing benefits of tantalum for improved quantum processors

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Balancing economic and epidemiological interventions in the early stages of pathogen emergence

Flow diagram of the epidemiological components of the model described in Results.We have modified the basic SEIR formulation by dividing the exposed (E) and infectious (I) classes into two sequential…