PM2.5 trends in December – February: 2024-25 vs. 2025-26 I Courtesy: Suresh Pokhrel, ICIMOD Kathmandu, Feb 12 – Air quality in Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley showed a brief improvement in December but quickly deteriorated again in…
Hospitals that spend more on emergency care yield…
Investing more in inpatient care relative to longer-term nursing facilities reduces mortality rates. [caption id="attachment_12636" align="alignnone" width="639"] “We find that patients who go to hospitals that rely more on skilled nursing facilities after discharge, as…
BepiColombo spacecraft stack
[caption id="attachment_12630" align="alignnone" width="700"] Credit: ESA–C. Carreau[/caption] BepiColombo, a joint ESA and JAXA mission to Mercury, has completed its final tests in launch configuration, the last time it will be stacked like this before being…
New biosynthetic pathway unique to pathogenic microorganisms
Scientists have discovered a unique biosynthetic pathway for D-Glutamate, an important cell wall component in pathogenic bacteria, which could lead to the development of medicines and agricultural chemicals. [caption id="attachment_12625" align="alignnone" width="1000"] The newly discovered…
Why do some neighborhoods improve?
Density of highly educated residents, rather than income or ethnic composition, predicts revitalization. [caption id="attachment_12620" align="alignnone" width="575"] By comparing 1.6 million pairs of photos taken seven years apart, researchers have now used a new computer…