122 articles from FRIDAY 12.8.2022
Breast cancer cells use force to open channels through tissue
Researching how cancers grow and spread has conventionally been done on two-dimensional, flat cultures of cells, which is very different to the three-dimensional structure of cells in the body. 3D cell cultures that incorporate tissue material have been developed, but the methods to measure how cancer cells use force to spread have been lacking.
How patterns in nature arise and inspire everything from scientific theory to biodegradable materials
Nature is full of patterns. Among them are tiling patterns, which mimic what you'd see on a tiled bathroom floor, characterized by both tiles and interfaces—such as grout—in between. In nature, a giraffe's coloring is an example of a tiling pattern. But what makes these natural patterns form?
‘It doesn’t need to be a setback’: how elite athletes return from pregnancy
Serena Williams says she does not want to be pregnant again as an athlete – she got back to the top before but it can take its tollSerena Williams has never liked the word “retirement”. Her move away from tennis, announced in an essay in the September issue of Vogue, is an “evolution”, she says. In her transition she will shift focus from tennis to “other things” that are important...
The Download: AI to predict ice, and healthcare censorship in China
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Deep learning can almost perfectly predict how ice forms The news: Researchers have used deep learning to model more precisely than ever before how ice crystals form in the atmosphere. Their paper, published…
Hubble Peers at Celestial Cloudscape
Portal origin URL: Hubble Peers at Celestial CloudscapePortal origin nid: 481920Published: Friday, August 12, 2022 - 08:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: This celestial cloudscape from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures the colorful region in the Orion Nebula surrounding the Herbig-Haro object HH 505.Portal image: clouds of blue,...
The science of drought explained in pictures
What does drought mean and what are the implications for water, food, rivers and wildlife?
Predicting the climate bill’s effects is harder than you might think
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which marks the US’s largest-ever investment in climate and clean energy at nearly $400 billion, is a clear environmental victory. But just how far that funding will go in cutting carbon emissions is yet to be seen, and the results are far less certain that some have claimed.
Estimates predict that the bill’s mix of tax credits, grants, and loan...
A scientist in the public eye has killed herself. This has to be a wake-up call | Devi Sridhar
Health workers are leaving the field because of the abuse they’ve received over Covid. They urgently need support Lisa-Maria Kellermayr, an Austrian GP, was a doctor who dedicated her life to her patients and was vocal about the risks of Covid-19 on Twitter and in the media. She had endured months of death threats from Covid conspiracy theorists and anti-vaxxers. Colleagues expressed frustration...
Ethiopia says completes third filling of mega-dam reservoir
Ethiopia has completed the third filling of its mega-dam reservoir on the Blue Nile, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Friday, a development that could raise further tensions with downstream neighbours Egypt and Sudan.
Monsoon ‘pulls’ climate-changing chemicals into atmosphere
How monsoon winds impact climate change by transporting pollutants into the upper atmosphere.
August full moon: how to take a good photograph of the Sturgeon supermoon on your phone or camera
Guardian Australia picture editor Carly Earl explains the dos and don’ts of photographing the celestial spectacle, the last super moon of of 2022Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastWith a ‘sturgeon’ supermoon rising, many people will pull out their mobile phones to try and get an Instagram-worthy photograph, but unfortunately the full moon is really challenging...
Cousin of crop-killing bacteria mutating rapidly
A bacterial species closely related to deadly citrus greening disease is rapidly evolving its ability to infect insect hosts, and possibly plants as well.
Brightest stars in the night sky can strip Neptune-sized planets to their rocky cores
Over the last 25 years, astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets around stars in our galaxy, but more than 99% of them orbit smaller stars—from red dwarfs to stars slightly more massive than our sun, which is considered an average-sized star.
Drought tightens its grip on Morocco
Mohamed gave up farming because of successive droughts that have hit his previously fertile but isolated village in Morocco and because he just couldn't bear it any longer.
Poaching of 'status symbol' date mussels threatens Italy's coasts
Off the rocky coast of southeastern Italy, two scuba divers from the financial crimes police bob in and out of the blue waters, under the curious gaze of vacationers.
European drought dries up rivers, kills fish, shrivels crops
Once, a river ran through it. Now, white dust and thousands of dead fish cover the wide trench that winds amid rows of trees in France's Burgundy region in what was the Tille River in the village of Lux.
Social media helps scientists monitor rarely sighted whales
Photographs shared by members of the public, via Facebook and nature-watching network iNaturalist, helped scientists assess how the species is faring around the Aotearoa New Zealand mainland.
Four new fish! A millipede with more than 1000 legs! Meet the latest species discovered by the CSIRO | First Dog on the Moon
The Discovery Boffins at the CSIRO have uncovered 139 new species! What are they and how are we going to kill them? Ahaha just kidding…Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are publishedGet all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Dog merchandise and prints Continue...
Monkeypox decision a shot in the arm for African health
The WHO has declared monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern barely two years after it declared COVID-19 the same.