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…
Mars Express detects water buried under the south…
Radar data collected by ESA’s Mars Express point to a pond of liquid water buried under layers of ice and dust in the south polar region of Mars. Evidence for the Red Planet’s watery past…
Meditation affects brain networks differently in long-term meditators…
[caption id="attachment_15697" align="alignnone" width="775"] A new study using functional resonance imaging shows differences in the emotion networks of the brain in people who don’t meditate, people new to meditation, and people considered long-term meditators, who…
Cell-sized robots can sense their environment
[smartslider3 slider=5] CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Researchers at MIT have created what may be the smallest robots yet that can sense their environment, store data, and even carry out computational tasks. These devices, which are about…
Sulfur analysis supports timing of oxygen’s appearance
HOUSTON - Scientists have long thought oxygen appeared in Earth's lower atmosphere 2.7 billion years ago, making life as we know it possible. A Rice University researcher has added evidence to support that number. The…