by Denis Bedoya | Feb 15, 2019 | Science
UCLA researchers and collaborators at eight other research institutions have created an extremely light, very durable ceramic aerogel. The material could be used for applications like insulating spacecraft because it can withstand the intense heat and severe...
by Denis Bedoya | Feb 15, 2019 | Science
For more than a decade, scientists have worked to understand the connection between colibactin, a compound produced by certain strains of E. coli, and colorectal cancer, but have been hampered by their inability to isolate the compound. So Emily Balskus instead...
by Denis Bedoya | Feb 15, 2019 | Science
From parrots to lizards, hundreds of animal species could be at risk of extinction because of a policy process that responds slowly to scientific knowledge, according to a new study in Science. International wildlife authorities will gather in May to vote on wildlife...
by Denis Bedoya | Feb 15, 2019 | Science
Throw those rain slickers on and slip into those mud boots if you’re in California, because it’s going to be a muddy, windy, rainy few days. A weather phenomenon called an “atmospheric river” is snaking its way through the golden state. An atmospheric river is a...
by Denis Bedoya | Feb 15, 2019 | Science
Most schoolchildren learn that the Earth has three (or four) layers: a crust, mantle and core, which is sometimes subdivided into an inner and outer core. That’s not wrong, but it does leave out several other layers that scientists have identified within the...
by Denis Bedoya | Feb 15, 2019 | Science
Facebook’s founding president has claimed there is ‘no limit’ to how much user data retail giant Amazon is collating and that it ‘could potentially be used against you in a court of law’. The claims from Sean Parker, who also co-founded...
