Comment: A high-level panel is working to define principles for responsible mining, which will be presented to the UN General Assembly in September Claudia Velarde is Co-director of the Ecosystems…
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Molecule Discovery Could Revolutionize Chronic Pain Treatment
Summary: Researchers have identified a natural molecule, phosphatidic acid, that reduces the sensitivity of touch-sensing ion channels, providing a promising new avenue for managing chronic pain. By increasing levels of…
This spider makes its home in the burrows of extinct giant ground sloths
Deep in the unyielding darkness of a Brazilian cave, a pale, blind, spiny beast carefully feels its way across rust-colored rocks. Meet Paleotoca diminas, a spider new to science. The…
Korean researchers develop portable system that harvests water from air
An eco-friendly diatomite filter and electron microscope images showing the filtration of polystyrene particles with sizes of 1.1 μm and 100 nm. Credit: Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM)…
Physicists successfully observe Kibble–Zurek scaling in an atomic Fermi superfluid
An atomic cloud of 6Li. The typical diameter of the cloud is 350 um. Credit: Kyuhwan Lee at SNU The sample used by the researchers was an atomic cloud of…
Blood sugar fluctuations after eating play an important role in anxiety and depression
The proverbial “sugar high” that follows the ingestion of a sweet treat is a familiar example of the potentially positive effects of food on mood. On the flip side, feeling…
U.S. births continue to fall, dropping by 17% since 2007
Final government data finds the number of U.S. births falling by 2% last year compared to 2022, continuing a decades-long decline. Overall, annual U.S. birth numbers have fallen by 17%…
Top 5 Reasons Every Stargazer Should Own a Smart Telescope
There’s something magical about gazing up at the night sky, watching the stars twinkle and the planets slowly make their way across the heavens. For many, stargazing is more than…
Scientific definition of a planet says it must orbit our sun. A new proposal would change that
Planetary scientists are proposing a new definition of a planet to replace one that many researchers view as sun-centric and outdated. The current definition — established in 2006 by the…
The Human Genome Project: Inside the ‘most important biomedical research undertaking of the 20th Century’
The Big Picture The Human Genome Project was a landmark global scientific effort whose signature goal was to generate the first sequence of the human genome. In 2003, the Human…
