America is throwing away the minerals that could power its future

All the critical minerals the U.S. needs annually for energy, defense and technology applications are already being mined at existing U.S. facilities, according to a new analysis published recently in the journal Science. The catch? These minerals, such as cobalt, lithium, gallium and rare earth elements like neodymium and yttrium, are…

Scientists stunned by salt giants forming beneath the Dead Sea

The Dead Sea is a confluence of extraordinary conditions: the lowest point on the Earth’s surface, with one of the world’s highest salinities. The high concentration of salt gives it a correspondingly high density, and the water body’s status as the deepest hypersaline lake gives rise to interesting and often…

Tiny protein pairs may hold the secret to life’s origin

Genes are the building blocks of life, and the genetic code provides the instructions for the complex processes that make organisms function. But how and why did it come to be the way it is? A recent study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign sheds new light on the origin…

Doctors warn of a stealth opioid 20x more potent than fentanyl

Nitazenes — a class of highly potent synthetic opioids — are rapidly emerging as a major contributor to the overdose crisis, according to a Pain Medicine review published on Sept 14 by authors from Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Originally developed in the 1950s but…

The hidden group that loses COVID protection fast

Two healthcare workers get COVID-19 vaccinations on the same day. Both show strong antibody responses initially, but six months later one stays healthy while the other contracts the virus. A new study published in Science Translational Medicine could help explain this difference. Researchers tracked individuals’ antibody levels after vaccinations and…

Al via i Portofino Talks, il borgo diventa agorà – Eventi – Ansa.it

Eventi – In collaborazione con Diretta Trasformare il borgo di Portofino da icona del turismo internazionale e del lifestyle a hub di confronto tra istituzioni, imprese, cultura e società civile, attraverso una serie di incontri che avranno come protagonisti esponenti delle istituzioni, rappresentanti delle più grandi aziende italiane e delle…

Scientists build micromotors smaller than a human hair

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have made light-powered gears on a micrometer scale. This paves the way for the smallest on-chip motors in history, which can fit inside a strand of hair. Gears are everywhere – from clocks and cars to robots and wind turbines. For more than 30…

NASA’s Perseverance just found new evidence that Mars could have been habitable

New research using NASA’s Perseverance rover has uncovered strong evidence that Mars’ Jezero Crater experienced multiple episodes of fluid activity — each with conditions that could have supported life. By analyzing high-resolution geochemical data from the rover, scientists have identified two dozen types of minerals, the building blocks of rocks,…

The Moon could finally reveal dark matter

An international research collaboration has used advanced computer simulations to investigate how faint radio signals from the early Universe, soon to be observed from missions on the far side of the Moon, could shed light on the fundamental properties of dark matter, reports a new study published in Nature Astronomy…

Filippo Turetta aggredito in carcere a Verona – Notizie – Ansa.it

Filippo Turetta, il giovane condannato all’ergastolo in primo grado per l’uccisione di Giulia Cecchettin, sarebbe stato aggredito nel carcere veronese di Montorio da un altro detenuto, di 55 anni, che lo avrebbe colpito con un pugno. Lo rivela oggi il quotidiano L’Arena.     L’aggressione sarebbe avvenuta nel mese di agosto,…

White dwarf caught devouring a frozen Pluto-like world

University of Warwick astronomers have uncovered the chemical fingerprint of a frozen, water-rich planetary fragment being consumed by a white dwarf star outside our Solar System. In our Solar System, it is thought that comets and icy planetesimals (small solid objects in space) were responsible for delivering water to Earth.…

Cortei e scioperi, la Francia si prepara al giovedì nero – Notizie – Ansa.it

 La Francia è in stato d’allerta nel timore di un giovedì nero. Per lo sciopero e la manifestazione organizzati dai sindacati e dall’insieme dei partiti della sinistra, sono attesi disagi nei trasporti, nelle scuole e nella funzione pubblica. Ma si prospettano anche scontri e disordini.     Malgrado l’assenza di governo…

Why Alaska’s salmon streams are suddenly bleeding orange

In Alaska’s Brooks Range, rivers once clear enough to drink now run orange and hazy with toxic metals. As warming thaws formerly frozen ground, it sets off a chemical chain reaction that is poisoning fish and wreaking havoc on ecosystems. As the planet warms, a layer of permafrost — permanently…