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Natural Resource Today Weekly - Issue #25

Natural Resource Today Weekly - Issue #25

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February 19, 2023

The most significant scientific findings you should know in less than 2 minutes.

Research News

Aalto University:

Researchers shed light on the use of engineered bubbles for therapeutic applications. Their study is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Coating bubbles with protein results in a highly stable contrast agent for medical use | Aalto University

Researchers developed bubbles that are safe, highly stable, and function as contrast agent in medical applications. They could be used to diagnose, for example, cardiological issues, blood flow, and liver lesions.

https://www.aalto.fi/en/news/coating-bubbles-with-protein-results-in-a-highly-stable-contrast-agent-for-medical-use

Cornell University:

A new study provides better understanding of magma storage during volcanic eruption. The research is published in the journal Science Advances.

Precise magma locations aid volcanic eruption forecasts | Cornell Chronicle

Cornell scientists have unearthed precise, microscopic clues to where magma is stored in Earth’s mantle, offering scientists – and government officials – a way to gauge volcanic eruption risk.

https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/02/precise-magma-locations-aid-volcanic-eruption-forecasts

University of Cambridge:

Researchers have described two new species of penguins from New Zealand. Their findings are published in the Journal of Paleontology.

The largest penguin that ever lived

Fossil bones from two newly-described penguin species, one of them thought to be the largest penguin to ever live – weighing more than 150 kilograms, more than three times the size of the largest living penguins – have been unearthed in New Zealand.

https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/giant-penguin

University of Warwick:

In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers provide insight into causative agent of tuberculosis.

New study into Tuberculosis membrane molecules will aid drug delivery - Press Releases (warwick.ac.uk)

The University of Queensland:

A new study sheds light on snake hearing. The research is published in the journal PLOS ONE.

Snakes can hear more than you think

A University of Queensland-led study has found that contrary to popular belief, snakes can hear and react to airborne sound.

https://stories.uq.edu.au/news/2023/snakes-can-hear-more-than-you-think/index.html

Georgetown University:

In a new study published in The Lancet Planetary Health, researchers have examined the association between climate change impacts and mental health disorders.

Study Finds Adverse Impact of Climate on Mental Health in Bangladesh - School of Health

Finding has important implications globally for regions most vulnerable to climate change. Media Contact Karen Teber, [email protected] WASHINGTON (Monday, February 6) — Extreme heat and humidity and other climate-related events have an alarming impact on mental health outcomes in terms of depression and anxiety in Bangladesh, the world’s seventh most vulnerable country to climate change. […]

https://health.georgetown.edu/news-release/study-finds-adverse-impact-of-climate-on-mental-health-in-bangladesh/#_ga=2.86582040.1061602703.1676442271-1105972949.1676442271

University College London:

Researchers provide better understanding of memory decline in people aged 50 and over. Their research is published in The Journals of Gerontology: Series B.

Living in rural England linked to better memory performance

People aged 50 and over who live in rural England do better in memory tests than counterparts who live in English towns and cities, according to a new study led by UCL researchers.

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/jan/living-rural-england-linked-better-memory-performance

Massachusetts Institute of Technology:

In a recent study published in the journal Energy & Environmental Science, researchers have described a new approach for removing carbon dioxide from the ocean.

How to pull carbon dioxide out of seawater

MIT researchers may have found the key to a truly efficient and inexpensive mechanism for removing carbon dioxide from seawater. The method could be far more efficient than existing systems for removing the greenhouse gas from the air.

https://news.mit.edu/2023/carbon-dioxide-out-seawater-ocean-decorbonization-0216

University of Chicago:

Researchers shed new light on HIV replication process. The study is published in the journal Science Advances.

Tiny ion is crucial for HIV replication, say UChicago chemists

https://news.uchicago.edu/story/tiny-ion-crucial-hiv-replication-say-uchicago-chemists

California Institute of Technology:

Researchers have developed a new trackable smart pill. The details are published in the journal Nature Electronics.

Smart Pills to Help Diagnose Gut Disorders

Azita Emami, Mikhail Shapiro, and Caltech students have developed a technological platform that would allow medical professionals to precisely track in real time the location of a smart pill as it passes through the digestive tract. In collaboration with researchers at MIT, they designed and tested a system that can perform this function in large animals

https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/a-gps-for-smart-pills

Call for Papers

Applied Sciences - Special Issue “Wastewater, Solid Waste and Treatment Technologies”

Deadline: 20 February 2023

The Applied Sciences, an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal on all aspects of applied natural sciences, has a call for papers (Special Issue “Wastewater, Solid Waste and Treatment Technologies”).

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