Popular belief is that Churchill’s wartime speeches were received enthusiastically by almost the whole British population and that they were the decisive influence on the nation’s willingness to fight on against the Nazis. (more…)
Earth scientists are laying plans for a two-year study covering a broad area of southwestern Washington to develop a better understanding of how Mount St. Helens gets its supply of volcanic magma.
“The main goal is to understand the plumbing system of the mountain,” said Kenneth Creager, a University of Washington professor of Earth and space sciences who is leading the study. (more…)
Fischprodukte von Iglo kann der Verbraucher am schlechtesten zurückverfolgen, die von Frosta am besten. Das ist das Ergebnis eines Greenpeace-Tests von Juni. Zehn verschiedene Fischmarken im Vergleich zeigen: Die Rückverfolgbarkeit von Speisefischen reicht noch lange nicht.
Bei dem Test untersuchte Greenpeace die Informationen, die der Käufer über den Tracking- beziehungsweise QR-Code bekommt. Iglo schnitt dabei am schlechtesten ab: Zu nur 24 Prozent erfüllte das Unternehmen die von Greenpeace geforderten Angaben über Herkunft und Verarbeitung. Bei Frosta sieht das mit 65 Prozent schon anders aus. “Iglo gibt über seinen Trackingcode nicht mehr Informationen preis, als bereits auf der Verpackung angegeben sind. Das ist aus unserer Sicht eine Verbrauchertäuschung”, sagt Iris Menn, Meeresexpertin bei Greenpeace. (more…)
App also allows users to communicate with MU animal science experts
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Each year, overheated cattle cost farmers more than $1.2 billion. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri have created a smartphone application that can detect when a cow is at risk for heat stress. The app also can offer the best methods for intervention.
“Cows are like the rest of us,” said Don Spiers, professor of animal sciences at MU’s College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, who led the team that developed the app. “They slow down in hot and humid weather. When stressed by too much heat, they stop eating, and thus, fail to grain weight or produce milk.” (more…)
ANN ARBOR — One of the most extensive collections of videos showing teachers at work in the classroom will be available this fall at the University of Michigan to help researchers learn more about how to evaluate good teaching and how to develop excellent teachers. (more…)
UD-led breakthrough may advance development of mid-infrared light sources, lasers
A research group at the University of Delaware has achieved a breakthrough in the emerging field of “Group IV Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices.” (more…)
New Technique Identifies Populations Within a Microbial Community Responsible for Biomass Deconstruction
One of the keys to commercialization of advanced biofuels is the development of cost-competitive ways to extract fermentable sugars from lignocellulosic biomass. The use of enzymes from thermophiles – microbes that thrive at extremely high temperatures and alkaline conditions – holds promise for achieving this. Finding the most effective of these microbial enzymes, however, has been a challenge. That challenge has now been met by a collaboration led by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI). (more…)
Washington, DC — A study published in the July 17, issue of the journal PLOS ONE found that more than 80% of tropical forests in Malaysian Borneo have been heavily impacted by logging. (more…)
