A new research center based at the University of Glasgow is setting out to develop the ‘cognitive’ cities of the future which will revolutionize urban life. The Centre for Integrated Sensing and Communication Enabling Cognitive…
Newly identified genes may help protect crops against…
Flooding is a global risk, according to the World Bank, with the lives and property of billions of people threatened. Even more, people are at risk of starvation as a knock-on effect of floods: the waters…
NASA Taps Axiom Space for First Artemis Moonwalking…
NASA has selected Axiom Space to deliver a moonwalking system for the Artemis III mission, which will land Americans on the surface of the Moon for the first time in over 50 years. According to…
Researchers Investigate Sex-determination Mechanisms in Birds
Scientists have known that sex determination in vertebrates happens in the germ cells, a body’s reproductive cells, and the somatic cells, the cells that are not reproductive cells. Yet they have not fully understood the…
Glacier melting on Kamchatka contributed to sea rise
One of the many effects of global warming and climate change is the reduction in the size of glaciers due to accelerated melting. The most severe of these losses have been seen in mountain glaciers,…