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Carbon labeling for food? App helps shoppers choose climate-friendly options in the grocery store
“Consumers are willing to make more sustainable food choices, but lack reliable information to identify the more environmentally-friendly options,” said [The George Institute for Global Health and Imperial College London…
Laser-powered device tested on Earth could help detect microbial fossils on Mars
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The first life on Earth formed four billion years ago, as microbes living in pools and seas: what if the same thing happened on Mars? If…
Common gynecological disorders linked to raised heart and cerebrovascular disease risk
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Having one or more common gynecological disorders, such as endometriosis or heavy or irregular periods, may be linked to a heightened risk of heart disease and…
Archaeological Survey of India commences study of Dvārakā
A team of archaeologists from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has commenced a study of the submerged remains of “Dvārakā”. Located near present-day Dwarka, a town and municipality in…
Tin foam powers new battery electrode innovation
Tin can be processed into a highly porous foam. An interdisciplinary team at HZB has investigated how this tin foam (pictured) behaves as a battery electrode. Credit: B. Bouabadi/HZB Metal-based…
Scientists reveal key to affordable, room-temperature quantum light
Sythensized QDs suspended in solvents under laser irradiation. Credit: Jonathan Kyncl Quantum light sources are fickle. They can flicker like stars in the night sky and can fade out like…
Pancreatic cancer RNA vaccine shows durable T cell immunity
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center researchers have found RNA neoantigen vaccines that generate long-lived, functional CD8+ T cells in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), potentially…
How America’s war on ‘ideological bias’ is letting AI off the leash
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Badly behaved artificial intelligence (AI) systems have a long history in science fiction. Way back in 1961, in the famous Astro Boy comics by Osamu Tezuka,…
How fish biologists discovered birds of paradise have fluorescent feathers
With flashy feathers and fancy moves, birds of paradise are already known for extravagant looks. But a trick that boosts that zing has been overlooked by science, until now. In…
