Abu Dhabi, May 21 – The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) opened its thirty-first Council meeting on Wednesday at its headquarters in Abu Dhabi, with more than 300 government representatives attending in person and online.…
Drug inhibits infection with cause of watery diarrhea
Understanding mechanism of Cryptosporidium infection will support drug development [caption id="attachment_5113" align="alignright" width="300"] (Upper) Life cycle of Cryptosporidium. (Bottom) Inhibitory efficacy of heparin on Cryptosporidium infection is concentration dependent (increases with concentration). © 2015 Kentaro…
Blood-red scars and veins on Europa
Description Jupiter’s moon Europa is a bizarre place. There is something undeniably biological about this image, sent back by NASA’s Galileo spacecraft – the moon is scarred by deep red gashes, resembling the vibrant red…
Spiders, Known to Fly, Also Adept Sailors
[caption id="attachment_5106" align="alignright" width="225"] Spider behavior on water surface. Sailing behavior: linyphiid (a, c) and tetragnathid (b, d) spiders moving on the water surface with their legs (a, b) or abdomen (c, d) used as…
Luca Parmitano: This Year’s Captain Nemo
[caption id="attachment_5097" align="alignright" width="305"] Aquanaut on NEEMO waterwalk[/caption] ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano is to lead NASA’s 20th underwater astronaut training mission this month. Starting on 20 July, the 14-day NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations sortie,…