An ultraporous compound can extract water molecules from dry desert air, store them as tiny “icicles” and then release them as clean drinking water. A new study has shown this novel humidity sponge’s developers how it works in detail, taking it a step closer to practical applications. Along with government, […]
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Smoggier skies, lower scores? A Brazilian study examines the effects of air pollution on students’ cognitive performance
Credit history: CC0 Public Domain A new examine released in the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists looks at the causal relationship amongst outdoor air air pollution ranges on nationwide university entry examination working day and students’ cognitive efficiency in Brazil. In “The Results of Air Air pollution on […]
These Dinosaurs Had a Complicated Air Conditioner in Their Skull
Horns, spikes and bony plates—dinosaurs designed a lot of variations to defend on their own. But paleontologist Lawrence M. Witmer has identified that a group of dinosaurs identified as ankylosaurs had a key weapon. It was even more significant than their tanklike armor, and it was hidden inside their skull: […]
Prehistoric homes would have failed modern air quality tests
Domestic burning of wood and dung fuels in Neolithic properties would have exceeded fashionable internationally-agreed specifications for indoor air high quality, exposing inhabitants to unsafe amounts of particulates.
 Doing work with environmental engineers, archaeologists at Newcastle College, British isles, applied contemporary air high quality checking solutions to evaluate the influence […]
Watch Blood Cells Stream around an Air Bubble–It’s Very Soothing.
Streaming throughout your display are blood cells donated by the videographer himself: Martin Kaae Kristiansen, a self-described “microscopy enthusiast” driving the My Microscopic World task. Kristiansen, a previous biomedical researcher, makes use of his own microscope to doc the tiniest examples of everyday living wriggling close to us. His YouTube, […]
Coming up for air: Extinct sea scorpions could breathe out of water, fossil detective unveils
Picture: Through computed tomography (CT) imaging, WVU geologist James Lamsdell led a team that uncovered proof of air respiration in a 340 million-year-old sea scorpion, or eurypterid. This is a single of… look at more Credit history: James Lamsdell Researchers have very long debated the respiratory workings of sea scorpions, but […]
So, The International Space Station Is Leaking Air Again
The Intercontinental Space Station (ISS), in Earth orbit at hundreds of kilometres altitude, is not flawlessly airtight. Just about every day, the cabin loses a minute amount of air, monitored cautiously so that a liveable atmospheric force can be maintained, and to recognize leaks. Now the latter has arrive […]
How Coronavirus Spreads through the Air: What We Know So Far
Various months into a pandemic that has claimed hundreds of 1000’s of life and decimated economies all over the environment, experts nevertheless lack a entire comprehending of how the virus that brought about it is transmitted. Lockdowns are already easing in some areas, and people are planning to return to […]
In Good News, Scientists Built a Device That Generates Electricity ‘Out of Thin Air’
They found it buried in the muddy shores of the Potomac River more than three decades ago: a strange “sediment organism” that could do things nobody had ever seen before in bacteria. This unusual microbe, belonging to the Geobacter genus, was first noted for its ability to produce magnetite in the […]
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: February 2020 Cooling the Air around Us; The Dangers of Diving
Scientific American February 2020 Ice, refrigeration and the technologies of chill