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“#Gear treated with ‘forever chemicals’ poses risk to firefighters” Turnout gear. Credit: University of Notre Dame Firefighters face occupational hazards on a daily basis. Now, new research shows they face additional risk just by gearing up. Fabric used for firefighter turnout gear tested positive for the presence of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS), according…
“#Polyimide membranes for the purification of natural gas” Credit: Wiley Natural gas that contains larger amounts of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and carbon dioxide (CO2) is termed sour gas. Before it can enter a pipeline, it must be ‘sweetened’ by removal of its acidic impurities. Through fine tuning of the ratios of two molecular components, it…
“#A dead elephant was a feast for the entire neighborhood” Credit: Benoit Clarys Former archaeology student Ivo Verheijen made a unique discovery in Schöningen in Germany: the almost complete skeleton of an extinct Eurasian straight-tusked elephant. The remains show that our ancestors enjoyed the odd elephant steak. But they weren’t the only ones… It was…
“#Long-tailed tits avoid incest by recognising the calls of relatives” Long tailed Tit on a washing line. Credit: Dave Croker/CC BY-SA 2.0 Long-tailed tits actively avoid harmful inbreeding by discriminating between the calls of close family members and non-family members, according to new research from the University of Sheffield. Inbred animals typically suffer from reduced…
“#Triggering bacteria in the service of medicine” Chen Zhang, a graduate student in the Mohammad Seyedsayamdost lab, prepares a cell culture within a sterile clean hood. Credit: C. Todd Reichart, Department of Chemistry Bacteria, as it turns out, are a lot like us. They get complacent in relaxed, non-threatening environments. And when they’re relaxed, they don’t produce defenses that guard…
“#Will we see a cashless society emerge from the pandemic?” Credit: Northeastern University When the World Health Organization earlier this year recommended that people move to cashless transactions to eliminate the spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, a number of governments and retailers across the world heeded the advice. In China, where cash was…
“#Mathematicians behind JPEG files honored by Spanish award” In this Aug. 19, 2010 file photo Yves Meyer during an event in Hyderabad, India, Thursday. An international team of mathematicians whose theories have improved the compression of large digital files of data, including images and sound, will be recognized by one of this year’s Princess of…
“#US judge bars California cancer warning on Roundup” A US judge ruled that placing a cancer warning on Roundup is not “purely factuel and uncontroversial” A US judge permanently barred California from placing a cancer warning on Bayer’s Roundup, handing a victory to the German company as it battles litigation over the product. The case…
“#Study shows African immigrants in U.S. do well, despite differences among them” President Donald Trump may have nearly ended the flow of refugees and other African immigrants to the United States, but a new study shows that at least those from Nigeria are well-educated, hardworking and contribute more to society than they cost the American…
“#Study shows nearly no universities ready to deal with social media crisis” Credit: Pexels.com Not so long ago, social media was a novel way for professionals in higher education to communicate about their institution. Now it’s ubiquitous, and a generation of students are on campus who have never known life without it. Yet, a University…