Femtosecond lasers are used to fabricate precision ultrathin mirrors for space telescopes that capture star formation and other high-energy space events.
A new way to make telescope mirrors could sharpen our view of the universe.
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Los Angeles’ mountain lions, already in dire danger after 2018 Woolsey wildfire, are taking more risks of negative encounters with humans. But there may be a solution.
Researchers reporting in Current Biology on October 20 have found that wildfires, and specifically the 2018 Woolsey fire, are putting the LA mountain lions’ future in more doubt.
The first patient has received City of Hope’s novel potentially cancer-stopping pill – and thus far, is doing well.
One of the nation’s largest cancer research centers, City of Hope, today announced that the first patient to receive its novel, promising cancer medicine AOH1996 is doing well. The AOH1996 pill, named after Anna Olivia Healey, a young girl born in 1996 who died from cancer, has been effective in preclinical research treating cells derived…
Yay, dietary fiber is good for you! Boo, dietary fiber is bad for you!
Dietary fiber is good for you, except when it’s not. Researchers uncover the role of dietary fiber and gut microbes in people with inflammatory bowel disease, a finding which could lead to personalized dietary guidelines.
Can shifting social norms help mitigate climate change? Sure! Research shows the key to pressuring politicians to act is to change the public’s collective pattern of behavior – via peer pressure.
Using changes in social norms to create political pressure A dry bed in California. Climate change is the result of many human activities, from carbon emissions to deforestation, and it will take multiple and varied interventions to mitigate it, including legislation, regulation, and market-based solutions implemented at local, national, and global levels. Demand-side factors, such…
From seed to tree – how forest and tree-management company, Rayonier, processes pinecones to create new pine forests.
You may pile them in buckets, kick them across the yard or decorate them for a craft, but did you ever think about the potential forest contained within every pinecone?
Mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and fish have seen a devastating nearly 70% drop in population since 1970.
Populations of vertebrates (mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish) have seen a devastating 69% drop on average since 1970, according to World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Living Planet Report 2022. Populations in Latin America and the Caribbean have fared worst, with an average decline of 94%.
Scientists say it is possible to spot signs of dementia as early as nine years ahead of diagnosis.
Cambridge scientists have shown that it is possible to spot signs of brain impairment in patients as early as nine years before they receive a diagnosis for one of a number of dementia-related diseases.
Thank you JWST, for the clearest picture of Neptune’s rings in more than three decades.
Neptune has fascinated researchers since its discovery in 1846. Located 30 times farther from the Sun than Earth, Neptune orbits in the remote, dark region of the outer solar system. And it has rings!
Sports like soccer and basketball are better for young athletes’ bones than running alone.
A new study supports recommendations that young athletes delay specialization in running, focus instead on ‘multidirectional’ sports.
