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- 22/1/10 13:45
Before COVID-19, global surf tourism spending was estimated at up to A$91 billion per year. And since the start of the pandemic, demand for surfing has boomed as people increasingly turn to outdoor activities.
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Before COVID-19, global surf tourism spending was estimated at up to A$91 billion per year. And since the start of the pandemic, demand for surfing has boomed as people increasingly turn to outdoor activities.
Back in early December 2021, China's Yutu 2 rover made headlines when it spied what looked like a curious cube-shaped object on the moon's surface. Of course, speculations ran rampant. And it didn't help matters any when the China National Space Administration (CNSA) nicknamed the object the "mystery hut."
Quenda are helping to keep Perth's native urban bushland, and our native gardens, healthy according to new research from Edith Cowan University.
The last seven years have been the hottest on record globally "by a clear margin", the European Union's climate monitoring service reported Monday, as it raised the alarm over sharp increases in record concentrations of methane in the atmosphere.
Uganda's schools reopened to students on Monday, ending the world's longest school disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The lockdowns, travel restrictions, and remote working and remote learning that became obligatory for many people around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been inconvenient for some of them but they also represented a lesson we might learn regarding how well we can cope without the daily commute. Such a lesson could point us to new ways of working and learning that might even have a...
Atmospheric environmental capacity (AEC) is an important basis for setting standards of urban and regional atmospheric pollutant emission. Accurate quantification of AEC in the atmospheric planetary boundary layer (PBL) plays a vital role in the prevention and control of air pollution.
Fresh water is the most important ecosystem service for human society. Its spatial flows establish the linkage between freshwater sources and human demands, and affect interregional water security. This is called "freshwater services flow" by researchers. A related, more general term, "ecosystem service flow," is often used to describe the transmission of a specific ecosystem service.
Using conductive metal oxides as catalysts, researchers have developed an electrification strategy aimed at decreasing the ignition temperature of soot. Relevant results were published in Nature Catalysis.
Using the archived observational data at 1369 MHz with the Parkes 64-m radio telescope, Rukiye Rejep, a Ph.D. student from the Pulsar Group at the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory (XAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and her collaborators have investigated the nulling and sub-pulse drifting properties of PSR J1727-2739.
A research team led by Prof. Jiang Changlong from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently developed two nanosensors based on upconversion nanoparticles to detect semicarbazide and heparin, respectively.
WEHI researchers have produced the first molecular images of an enzyme that controls proteins to signal and communicate with each other in human cells. The discovery could help to solve the mystery cause of a rare group of hereditary neurodegenerative diseases linked to deregulation of this enzyme.
Analysis shows 2021 was the fifth-warmest with record-breaking temperatures in some regions.
Mamokgethi Phakeng, a highly-rated mathematician and university leader, speaks of her journey to the top.
Later next month, Maeghan Easler will have a box fan propped in the window, blowing cold February air into her apartment in Des Moines, Iowa. She’ll have cooling packs—tights filled with ice cubes—stuffed into her cycling kit. And she’ll be pedaling like crazy. Easler will compete with dozens of other e-cyclists from around the globe in the UCI Cycling Esports World...
Cranial neural crest cells, or CNCCs, contribute to many more body parts than their humble name suggests. These remarkable stem cells not only form most of the skull and facial skeleton in all vertebrates ranging from fish to humans, but also can generate everything from gills to the cornea. To understand this versatility, scientists from the lab of Gage Crump created a series of atlases over time...
Loli the cat went missing during the summer of 2010. After nearly 12 years, the microchipped brown Tabby was found in Vaughan, Ont., and reunited with her owner on New Year's...
Pheasants' heads cool rapidly as they prepare to fight—then heat up afterwards, new research shows.
Access to vaccines, masks and tests will help us make the awkward transition from pandemic to endemicIn May 2020, we and other scientists predicted that many regions of the world might never reach the herd immunity threshold for Covid-19 – the point at which enough people are immune to infection that transmission begins to slow down.This remains true today, even as vaccines have become...
The proof that rocked mathsIn 1931, the Austrian logician Kurt Gödel published his incompleteness theorem, a result widely considered one of the greatest intellectual achievements of modern times.The theorem states that in any reasonable mathematical system there will always be true statements that cannot be proved. The result was a huge shock to the mathematical community, where the prevailing...
The creature lived more than 90 million years ago and its remains were found poking out of the mud.
Most complete large ichthyosaur ever found in Britain found beside England’s largest reservoirThe fossilised remains of a 10 metre-long ichthyosaur, a giant “sea dragon” that terrorised marine life 180m years ago, have been discovered beside England’s largest reservoir.The discovery at Rutland Water nature reserve is the most complete large ichthyosaur ever found in Britain, with a skull...