A new biodegradable packing foam developed at UBC not only potentially addresses the world’s plastic pollution crisis but also serves as an equal and true partnership example of working with First Nations.
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Back From the Dead: Meet the Frogs Overcoming Extinction
If there’s news about amphibians these days, odds are it’s not going to be good.
There’s Room for Improvement in a Popular Climate-Smart Agricultural Practice, Stanford-Led Study Shows
The promise for American agriculture is tantalizing: healthier soil, more carbon kept in the ground, less fertilizer runoff, and less need for chemicals.
Old bone links lost American parrot to ancient Indigenous bird trade
For centuries, Indigenous communities in the American Southwest imported colorful parrots from Mexico. But according to a recent study, some parrots may have been captured locally and not brought from afar. The research challenges the assumption that all parrot remains found in American Southwest archaeological sites have their origins in...
Scientists reveal an unexpected gene in transparent worms
Scientists reveal the homolog of a well-known human protein, Nucleolin, in the tiny, transparent roundworm, C. elegans. Nucleolin is linked to human neurodegenerative disease and cancer. The new research challenges recent theories of the role structures inside the nucleus may play in such disorders -- and surfaces a powerful new...
Ultrathin solar cells promise improved satellite performance
As low Earth orbit becomes more cluttered, it becomes increasingly necessary to use middle Earth orbits, and radiation-tolerant cell designs will be needed. Making photovoltaics thinner should increase their longevity because the charge carriers have less far to go during their shortened lifetimes. Scientists propose a radiation-tolerant photovoltaic cell design...
Warm, Dry October Intensifies U.S. Drought
Below-normal rainfall and above-average temperatures intensified drought conditions, broadening the geographic areas of drought across the U.S. in October 2022.
Beavers Will Become a Bigger Boon to River Water Quality as U.S. West Warms, Stanford Study Finds
As climate change worsens water quality and threatens ecosystems, the famous dams of beavers may help lessen the damage.
Understanding Rogue Waves of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
The eastern Mediterranean Sea, a large basin surrounded by ancient cultural sites, is also a climatology hot spot.
Diet high in saturated fat can reprogram immune cells in mice
A new study shows that eating a diet exclusively high in saturated fats can reprogram the mouse immune system, making it better able to fight off infection but more susceptible to systemic inflammatory conditions, including sepsis.