Matt Long and Mark Nichols have a particular affinity for balloons – but not the kind that you see at birthday parties or ride with in big baskets, or find in 80s one-hit wonders. They’re focused on the kind that can go to near space – and take thousands of people along for the ride, virtually, in a demonstration of the Internet of Things in action. (more…)
Last year was the hottest since records began being kept in 1880. Sixteen of the hottest years on record have occurred since 1998. (more…)
Unser Blut ist – wie bei allen Wirbeltieren – rot. Jenes vieler Schneckenarten ist hingegen hellblau. Der Grund: Das Atmungsprotein Hämocyanin zahlreicher dieser Weichtierarten enthält Kupfer-Ionen. Zur herausragenden Rolle von Metallen in Stoffwechselvorgängen hat Prof. Reinhard Dallinger vom Institut für Zoologie einen disziplinenübergreifenden Sonderband herausgegeben. (more…)
Experts will investigate whether wealthy individuals and groups really do control political decisions as part of a new study.
Academics at the University of Exeter will investigate how policy is influenced by lobbying in the UK, the USA, the Netherlands and Germany to see which kinds of groups may have unfair access because of their funding, status or size. (more…)
WWF-Filmaufnahmen zeigen seltenes Zusammentreffen der beiden Beutegreifer in freier Wildbahn. (more…)
Utah engineers discover groundbreaking semiconducting material that could lead to much faster electronics
University of Utah engineers have discovered a new kind of 2D semiconducting material for electronics that opens the door for much speedier computers and smartphones that also consume a lot less power. (more…)
After more than three years of monitoring the towering granite cliffs of Yosemite National Park, scientists have new insights into a potentially important mechanism that can trigger rockfalls in the park. Although many conditions can trigger rockfalls, some rockfalls are more likely to happen in the hottest part of the day, during the hottest part of the year. (more…)
UD professor’s sensor enables first carbonate ion concentration measurements inside coral
An interdisciplinary team of researchers led by University of Delaware professors Wei-Jun Cai and Mark Warner has successfully measured both pH and carbonate ion concentration directly inside the calcifying fluid found in coral, an important development in the study of how ocean acidification will affect marine calcifying organisms such as corals and shellfish. (more…)
