Fungus-farming ants cultivate multiple species of fungi for food, but the history of fungus-ant co-evolution is poorly known. In a new study published this week in the journal Science, researchers found that fungus-ant agriculture originated approximately 66 million years ago when the end-of-Cretaceous asteroid impact temporarily interrupted photosynthesis, causing global mass extinctions but favoring the
Even as full EVs suffer a sales slump for various reasons, there’s plenty of talk – rightly so – about slashing the greenhouse gas emissions produced by the automotive sector. Not just in terms of the stuff that cars actually emit, but the stuff produced as a byproduct of building them. It’s this entire bigger
Hydrogen atom abstraction is an important elementary chemical process but is very difficult to carry out enantioselectively. We have developed catalysts, readily derived from the Cinchona alkaloid family of natural products, which can achieve this by ...
The IEA published its yearly hydrogen analysis reporting that of the 520 GW announced electrolysis projects, 20 GW reached final investment decision, with China leading the way. October 4, 2024 Sergio Matalucci Image: pv magazine The International Energy Agency (IEA) said that the global hydrogen demand reached 97 Mt in 2023, an increase of 2.5% compared
Prior studies found signs of ice in the permanently shadowed regions near the south pole of the Moon, including areas within Cabeus, Haworth, Shoemaker and Faustini craters. A new analysis of data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) shows there is widespread evidence of water ice within permanently shadowed regions outside the south pole, towards
Centaurs are former trans-Neptunian objects that have been moved inside Neptune’s orbit by subtle gravitational influences of the planets in the last few million years, and may eventually become short-period comets. An artist’s concept of 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1’s outgassing activity as seen from the side. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / L. Hustak, STScI.
Play is a widespread behavior present in distant species that, in its social form, relies on complex communication. Playful communication has been largely neglected in marine mammals. In new research, scientists from the University of Pisa and colleagues focused on playful visual communication in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). “We’ve uncovered the presence of a distinct
Quebec Innovative Materials Corp. (CSE: QIMC) (FSE: 7FJ) (“QI Materials”, “QIMC” or the “Company”)– QIMC is pleased to announce a significant 11 km expansion of our natural renewable hydrogen discovery to the northwest. Recent soil gas measurements from Line 13, recorded at 594, 543, and 463 ppm, are the highest levels detected outside of those reported
First announced in 2022, the hub was powered by a combination of grid-connected electricity, local solar PV power plants, and wind farms. It was to be developed on Koorgang Island, north of Newcastle, New South Wales. Origin hoped hydrogen would gradually replace natural gas as a feedstock in nearby ammonia manufacturing and be used for
A new genus and species of silesaurid being named Gondwanax paraisensis has been identified from the fossilized remains discovered in Southern Brazil. Gondwanax paraisensis. Image credit: Rodrigo Temp Müller, doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2024.09.007. Silesauridae are an extinct group of Triassic reptiles related to dinosaurs. These creatures had a fairly long neck and legs, and possibly quadrupedal habits.
TIC 290061484 contains a pair of stars orbiting each other every 1.8 days, and a third star that circles the pair in just 25 days. The discovery smashes the record for shortest outer orbital period for this type of system, set by Lambda Tauri in 1956, which had a third star orbiting an inner pair
