F. DillBacteria Research Sheds Light on How Silver Ions Kill Bacteria uark.edu FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The antimicrobial properties of silver have been known for centuries. While it is still a mystery as to exactly how silver kills …
F. DillScience Team solves mystery of Saturn's hot atmosphere - Futurity futurity.org - U. Arizona Auroras at Saturn’s north and south poles may account for why the planet’s upper atmosphere is so hot, researchers say. The upper layers in the …
F. DillNews Air pollution drops 30% in Northeast US as coronavirus lockdown slows travel: NASA CNBC - Emma Newburger Across the U.S., air and vehicle traffic has dropped dramatically over the past several weeks as people stay inside and halt their daily routines to …
F. DillGreat Barrier Reef The Great Barrier Reef is suffering its most widespread bleaching ever recorded sciencenews.org - Jake Buehler Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is currently experiencing its third mass bleaching in just five years — and it is the most widespread bleaching event …
F. DillWorld Economic Forum A brief history of vaccines and how they changed the world weforum.org - Greta Keenan • Edward Jenner developed the first vaccination to prevent smallpox. • Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, aims to lower vaccine prices for the poorest …
F. DillPlastic Scientists: enzyme eats plastic like it's made of Pringles boingboing.net - Seamus Bellamy More often than not, the solutions for slowing the roll of our planet into an untenable ball of environmental disasters is right under our …
F. DillScience What's a Narwhal's Tusk For? scientificamerican.com - Jason G. Goldman Although the tusk can be a weapon, the variation in tusk size among animals of similar body size points to it being primarily a mating status signal.
F. DillNews Animal Viruses Are Jumping to Humans. Forest Loss Makes It Easier. The New York Times - Catrin EinhornThe destruction of forests into fragmented patches is increasing the likelihood that viruses and other pathogens will jump from wild animals to humans, according to a study from Stanford University published
F. DillTesla Musk says Tesla 'battery day' will be mid-May... maybe - Electrek Electrek - Jameson DowTesla has been preparing for a “battery and powertrain investor day,” which had been planned for this month. But with the world shut down due to coronavirus, company plans have changed. Tesla CEO Elon
F. Dillplay The largest Arctic ozone hole ever measured is hovering over the North Pole sciencenews.org - Carolyn Gramling A curious confluence of atmospheric events has produced the largest ozone hole ever measured over the Arctic.A powerful polar vortex has trapped …
F. Dill23andMe Why Does Covid-19 Make Some People So Sick? Ask Their DNA WIRED - Megan Molteni SARS-CoV-2, the pandemic coronavirus that surfaced for the first time in China last year, is an equal opportunity invader. If you’re a human, it …
F. DillNews US coronavirus cases top 400,000, doubling in one week CNBC - Sam Meredith To date, more than 1.4 million people have contracted the disease worldwide, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, with 82,220 …
F. DillWorld News Wuhan Has Reopened After a Brutal Coronavirus Lockdown. But Is China Ready? TIME - Charlie Campbell / ShanghaiTo believe Chinese officials, the embattled people of Wuhan, the original epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, are “heroes,” whose stoicism during almost 11 weeks of arduous lockdown helped save countless
F. DillHistory of Science The experiment that proved bacteria caused disease sciencefocus.com - William Bynum The courageous scientists that became guinea pigs in their search for the cause of disease. In 1981, an Australian pathologist, Robin Warren, noticed …
F. DillMERS To Develop A Vaccine Against Coronavirus, Scientists Are Recruiting Other Viruses To Fight The War Forbes - David DiSalvoIn the micro world of disease, our enemies sometimes become our saviors. To beat the COVID-19 causing coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, researchers are focused on recruiting other viruses to go to war on our behalf,
F. DillNeuroscience Scientists identify a protein that switches on allergic itching newatlas.com - By Nick Lavars Incessant itching is a harsh and problematic reality for eczema sufferers, causing all sorts of problems that can range from skin infections to …
F. DillSpace Exploration Your child can become an astronaut and explore space from home with NASA CNN - By Ashley Strickland, CNN(CNN) — After a few weeks of coronavirus quarantine, your home and backyard and even your neighborhood may feel a little smaller than it once did -- especially if you have children. That's why it's time
F. DillGraphene Simple new method makes graphene "paint" possible newatlas.com - By Michael Irving Graphene may be versatile, but there’s one thing it’s not all that good at – dispersing in water. Now, researchers at Umeå University have found a …
F. DillEvolution This Lizard Is in the Middle of a Wild Evolutionary Transition, Scientists Believe VICE - Becky FerreiraA lizard has pulled off a feat that scientists have never observed before, suggesting that the reptile could be in the middle of an important evolutionary shift. The three-toed skink (Saiphos equalis),
F. DillScience Aquarium Online Academy offers virtual field trip of sea life and marine-related education and fun The Washington Post - Erin BlakemoreUsually, the aquarium and its 12,000 ocean animals welcome about 1.7 million visitors a year. The free academy is a chance to visit without leaving your house — and learn a little along the way. The site
F. DillNASA Want to Leave This Planet? NASA Is Offering Some Seriously Cool Virtual Space Tours Right Now Travel + Leisure - Stacey LeascaNASA is ready to entertain and educate you all weekend long. The aerospace experts are pulling out all the stops to help everyone pass the time home socially distancing. That includes releasing some seriously
F. DillU.S. Congress The U.S. has resisted the metric system for more than 50 years sciencenews.org - Cassie Martin Ten years to metric, Science News, April 4, 1970 – Australia is taking its first brisk steps toward conversion to a fully metric system of weights and …
F. DillTech Trends This Prototype System Could Theoretically Transmit Data at 10 Terabits Per Second ScienceAlert - David Nield Scientists have developed a prototype system that could hypothetically see data transfer rates hit 10 terabits per second – or many thousands of …
F. DillTechnology NASA details how it plans to establish a sustained human presence on the Moon – TechCrunch TechCrunch - Darrell EtheringtonNASA’s Artemis program aims to bring humans back to the Moon, with the goal of staying there for good in the interest of pursuing additional science and exploration missions, including to Mars. But how
F. DillWomen's Health How the Novel Coronavirus Originated in Bats, and Why That’s Actually Pretty Common Prevention - Emily Becker If you’re not a member of the scientific or medical community (or, if you are, you’re a hero right now!), it might seem like the novel coronavirus …
F. DillNews How the cell phones of spring breakers who flouted coronavirus warnings were tracked CNN - By Donie O'Sullivan, Sofia Barrett(CNN) — The Trump administration wants to use Americans' smartphone location data to help track and combat the spread of coronavirus. Now, a pair of US data companies are making a public pitch to show
F. DillHydrogen Scientists Discover Deep-Sea Bacteria Has a Metabolism Unlike Anything We've Seen Before ScienceAlert - Carly Cassella A curious kind of bacteria found on the floor of the deep ocean might have a metabolism unlike anything we've seen before. Known as Acetobacterium …
F. DillScience Trials of Plasma From Recovered Covid-19 Patients Have Begun WIRED - Adam Rogers US Food and Drug Administration officials announced today they have approved plans for nationwide trials of two treatments for Covid-19, the global …
F. DillFace Masks The Benefits of Masks for All to Fight COVID-19 | Make: MAKE - By Dale DoughertyToday, the CDC announced its recommendation that people wear face masks in public, the first time it has taken this position through the Covid-19 pandemic. Still a voluntary recommendation, some feel is
