ESA's Planetary Defence team The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has approved the naming of ten asteroids – and one comet – after people and places linked to the European Space Agency’s (ESA) efforts to protect…
New satellite-based algorithm pinpoints crop water use
The growing threat of drought and rising water demand have made accurate forecasts of crop water use critical for farmland water management and sustainability. But limitations in existing models and satellite data pose challenges for…
The data speak: Stronger pandemic response yields better…
Study of 1918 flu pandemic shows U.S. cities that responded more aggressively in health terms also had better economic rebounds. With much of the U.S. in shutdown mode to limit the spread of the Covid-19…
Electron-eating neon causes star to collapse
Figure 1: An artist’s impression shows how an imaginary deep-sea fish "football-fish" (having Neon-Sign) eats away at the electrons inside a star core. Credit:KAVliIPMU An international team of researchers has found that neon inside a…
UAE Coronavirus financial relief measures may be deathtrap…
As countries around the world go into lockdown in response to the Coronavirus pandemic, businesses and individuals face the possibility of financial ruin. Expats in the UAE are no exception. The UAE has imposed severe…