Tost Toson Bumbiin Nuruu in Mongolia, IMAGE: UNESCO ARIS — UNESCO designated 14 new biosphere reserves across 14 countries on World Environment Day, expanding its global network to 797 sites in 145 nations. Montenegro, Timor-Leste…
First test success for large Mars mission parachute
[caption id="attachment_14855" align="alignnone" width="625"] ExoMars 2020 parachute deployment sequence[/caption] The largest parachute ever to fly on a Mars mission has been deployed in the first of a series of tests to prepare for the upcoming…
Potential Biomarkers in Animals Could Signal Ebola Infection…
Scientists have identified potential biomarkers in nonhuman primates exposed to Ebola virus (EBOV) that appeared up to four days before the onset of fever, according to research published today in the journal Science Translational Medicine. The…
Tokyo
[caption id="attachment_14848" align="alignnone" width="700"] Credit: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2017), processed by ESA[/caption] The Copernicus Sentinel-2A satellite takes us over the Japanese capital of Tokyo. Tokyo lies on the eastern shore of the island…
“Tougher-than-metal” fibre-reinforced hydrogels
Hokkaido University scientists have developed ‘fibre-reinforced soft composites’, that are extremely flexible and five times stronger than carbon steel. [caption id="attachment_14844" align="alignnone" width="750"] The newly developed fibre-reinforced hydrogel consists of polyampholyte (PA) gels and glass…