Iceland Set To End Whaling By 2024 Due To Lack of Demand Whaling licenses in Iceland are unlikely to be renewed when they expire at the end of 2023, according to Svands Svavarsdóttir, Iceland’s Minister of Fisheries…
Historic Dutch Bridge to Be Dismantled So Jeff Bezos’ Superyacht Can Pass-Through Update 02/04/22: The mayor of Rotterdam has notified local media that no decision has been reached and that no permit application has been filed. If…
How Many Bones Do Penguins Have As a zoo and wildlife veterinarian, I occasionally look after penguins in the wild as well as in aquariums and zoos. When I have to…
Degoo Cloud Storage Can Back Up Your Cherished Photos and Files for $159 Photography has revolutionized our perception of the world around us since its inception by allowing us to peer into the lives of others. Every day,…
With the Magic Bookmark, Researchers Breathe New Life into Paper Books The University of Surrey has created a unique, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly approach for supplementing printed literature with rich, up-to-date digital content. The advancement eliminates…
The Magnetoelectric Effect in Multiferroics: Revising a Generalized Spin Current Theory Ferroelectricity is canonically related to polar atomic displacements that break the crystal’s inversion symmetry, resulting in a non-zero net electric dipole moment. However, a magnetic…
Earthquake-Resistant Bridges with Limb-Inspired Architecture can Save Money on Repairs Any structural damage to one of the country’s aging bridges may cost billions of dollars to restore. More damage-resistant constructions and, as a result, lower…
How will Our Future be powered by a Smart Electric Grid? A smart grid is an electricity network/grid that allows for the two-way flow of electricity and data, using smart metering as a first step. An…
Identifying the Missing Link in Global Oil Life-cycle Analysis The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) method evaluates the interactions that a product or service has with the environment over its entire life cycle, which includes…
Half of the Current Carbon Emissions from the Cement Industry could be Stored if Cities were Built with Wood Buildings produce one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions, which is almost ten times higher than global air traffic. Each year, over 190 million square meters…
Barium Orthotitanate – an Inorganic Compound Barium orthotitanate is an inorganic substance having the chemical formula Ba2TiO4. It is a colorless solid that is of relevance due to its link to…
Recycled Concrete could be a Long-Term Solution for Keeping Debris Out of Landfills Recycled concrete performs as well as, and in some circumstances better than, ordinary concrete, according to the findings of a new five-year research. Recycled concrete…