NASA analysis confirms 2023 as warmest year on record
This map of Earth in 2023 shows global surface temperature anomalies, or how much warmer or cooler each region of the planet was compared to the average from 1951 to …
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For female fashion models, job security and sexual harassment are often intertwined
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Modeling is a dream occupation for many young women, but for those who make modeling a career, finding work can be a traumatic, sexualized nightmare, a …
2023 was the hottest year in history—and Canada is warming faster than anywhere else on earth
A figure depicting global surface temperature anomalies in 2023. Credit: C3S/ECMWF In 2015, most countries, including Canada, signed on to the Paris Climate Agreement which set the objective of “holding …
Research explores race politics associated with wearing a mask in public to combat COVID-19
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic that can improve the lives of Americans are still ongoing, thanks to the help and insight of UNM’s Center for …
Researchers develop technique to synthesize water-soluble alloy nanoclusters
Scientists from Qingdao University of Science and Technology developed a novel path to synthesize atomically precise, water-soluble alloy nanoclusters. Credit: Xun Yuan, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University …
Picky female sparrows may be more unfaithful
Females that divorce more often had more extra-pair partners than monogamous females. Our observed results (A1–2) suggest that female birds who divorced social partners engaged with more extra-pair males than …
Researchers study unusual late-Roman metalware hoard discovered in the British Isles
The Knaresborough Hoard. Credit: Yorkshire Museum Researchers report on one of the most unusual late-Roman metalware ever discovered in the British Isles. Although the Knaresborough Hoard was discovered about 1864, …
‘Sudden death’ of quantum fluctuations defies current theories of superconductivity
Vortex Nernst effect and electronic phase diagram of monolayer WTe2. Credit: Nature Physics (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41567-023-02291-1 Princeton physicists have discovered an abrupt change in quantum behavior while experimenting with a …
A single-celled microbe is helping corals survive climate change, study finds
The violescent sea-whip (Paramuricea clavata) is an important architect of the Mediterranean temperate reefs that is currently threatened by mass mortality events related to global warming. Credit: Parent Géry, via …
Shape-shifting protein study could advance new drug development
The positions of these water molecules are often important for understanding protein flexibility and the ability of drug-like molecules to influence protein structure and function. In this study, different unique …