Have you noticed fewer butterflies floating this year? Researchers in the UK think they know the culprit for the population decline: extreme weather conditions.
Seeing Fewer Butterflies? Blame Extreme Weather
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Estudio vincula la contaminación del aire con el riesgo de enfermedades cardiovasculares
Un aumento de la concentración de la contaminación del aire en las áreas metropolitanas se asocia con la progresión en la calcificación coronaria y con la aceleración de la aterosclerosis, según un estudio publicado en The Lancet.
Longitudinal Study Links Air Pollution with Cardiovascular Disease Risk
An increased concentration of air pollution within metropolitan areas is associated with progression in coronary calcification and with acceleration of atherosclerosis, according to a study published in The Lancet.
In the prospective, 10-year cohort study, Northwestern Medicine scientists and collaborators at other institutions repeatedly measured coronary artery calcium by CT scan in 6,795 participants aged 45 to 84 years, who were enrolled in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution (MESA Air) in six metropolitan areas in the U.S.
Solar-panel picnic tables and bus stops? Students starting a 'solar-cell revolution'
A group of BYU engineering students wants to start a solar-cell revolution.
Led by mechanical engineering professor John Salmon, the students hope to trigger energy change by installing solar cells in public locations you wouldn’t think of, such as:
- Bus stops
- Park picnic tables and benches
- Cafeterias and restaurants
- Car window shades
- Stadium Seats
- Blinds
Study highlights a new threat to bees worldwide
Particularly under threat are honey bees, which are as vital to our food systems as the crops they pollinate, and which are prone to a range of emergent diseases including Moku and Deformed wing virus (DWV).
The Moku virus was identified through a collaboration of institutes with complementary expertise.
Purnima Pachori of the Platforms & Pipelines Group at the Earlham Institute (EI) carried out the bioinformatics work of separating out host and viral genetic material, which allowed for the analysis and identification of the novel Moku virus led by Gideon Mordecai (based at the time at the Marine Biological Association (MBA), Plymouth).
Can Radioactive Waste be Immobilized in Glass for Millions of Years?
How do you handle nuclear waste that will be radioactive for millions of years, keeping it from harming people and the environment?
It isn’t easy, but Rutgers researcher Ashutosh Goel has discovered ways to immobilize such waste – the offshoot of decades of nuclear weapons production – in glass and ceramics.
Goel, an assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, is the primary inventor of a new method to immobilize radioactive iodine in ceramics at room temperature. He’s also the principal investigator (PI) or co-PI for six glass-related research projects totaling $6.34 million in federal and private funding, with $3.335 million going to Rutgers.
