2024 Temperatures Are on Track for a Record High, Researchers Find
The new report also says that global warming has hit a threshold, at least temporarily, that countries had pledged to avoid.
Researchers outline strengths and challenges in new monitoring framework
Expected functioning of the Monitoring Framework from data collection to monitoring and reporting progress. Credit: Nature Ecology & Evolution (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41559-024-02566-7 As the UN COP16 on biodiversity meets in Calì, Colombia, experts from McGill University are on-site, providing important input into the global conversation. These experts have been instrumental in shaping the global biodiversity […]
Researchers analyze online reading habits from employees across firms worldwide
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain By analyzing online reading behavior across millions of firms worldwide, a new study out of the Complexity Science Hub (CSH) connects how much information companies consume and how the consumption relates to their size. “The way companies consume information is reminiscent of biological organisms. They take in, transmit, and transform information […]
How Researchers Are Using Geospatial Technology to Uncover Mexico’s Clandestine Graves
In 2014, after the disappearance of 43 Ayotzinapa normalistas in Mexico, Silván and other CentroGeo professionals joined the scientific advisory board on the case. During the search for the students, different civilian groups and government brigades detected dozens of illegal graves. In less than 10 months, the Mexican Attorney General’s Office counted 60 sites and […]
Researchers study effect of phosphorous and irradiance on the invasive plant Chromolaena odorata
Chromolaena odorata. Credit: Vengolis/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Resource competition is an important factor affecting the invasion success of alien plants, and environmental factors influence the competition outcomes between invasive and native plants. Chromolaena odorata has been listed as one of the main invasive species in China and threatens biodiversity, agriculture and forestry of the country. […]
Researchers tortured robots to test the limits of human empathy
In 2015, a jovial three-foot-tall robot with pool noodles for arms set out on what seemed like a simple mission. Using the kindness of strangers, this machine, called “hitchBOT” would spend months hitchhiking across the continental United States. It made it just 300 miles. Two weeks into the road trip, HitchBOT was found abandoned in […]
Researchers shed light on a 30-million-year gap
Bathymetric map of the region of the Pacific that focuses on the ∼100 Myr Samoan hotspot track, from the active Samoan hotspot volcano (Vailuluʻu Seamount) to the Dutton Ridge (near the Mariana trench). Credit: AGU Advances (2024). DOI: 10.1029/2023AV001079 When plumes of magma well up through Earth’s lithosphere, they create volcanoes, islands, seamounts, and other […]
Teaching must be made more attractive as a profession to tackle shortages, researchers say
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Teaching must be made more attractive to a wider pool of graduates to tackle shortages in the profession, according to new international research comparing 18 countries. The worldwide comparison led by Durham University, UK, shows that the level of pay relative to other graduate professions, lack of resources and poor student […]
Researchers to explore light and ultrasound therapy for melanoma treatment in pigs
Dr. Jennifer Fridley, director of Texas A&M University’s Veterinary Medical Park, is collaborating on melanoma treatment research that explores light and ultrasound therapies to fight skin cancer in pigs. Credit: Texas A&M University Texas A&M University researchers are collaborating on a new project that studies how ultrasound and light can treat melanomas in pigs. Recent […]
Mayo Clinic, Carnegie Mellon researchers secure ARPA-H award for multiyear implantable device research for diabetes and obesity
Mayo Clinic researchers will join collaborators on a federally-funded project to improve the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes and obesity.