Drone Delivers Transplant Lungs to Toronto Hospital in World First
Technology

Drone Delivers Transplant Lungs to Toronto Hospital in World First

In a medical first, an airborne drone transported donor lungs for transplant between two hospitals promptly and safely. The six-minute journey was the first time…
Europa Has a Persistant Single-Hemisphere Water Vapor Atmosphere
Astronomy

Europa Has a Persistant Single-Hemisphere Water Vapor Atmosphere

One of the Solar System’s most fascinating worlds has recently become even more so. The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a small but continuous layer…
Carbon Emissions from G20 Nations Projected To Rise Sharply This Year
Environment

Carbon Emissions from G20 Nations Projected To Rise Sharply This Year

According to a new analysis on global climate action, carbon emissions across the G20 are expected to rise by 4% in 2021, putting the world…
Arctic Summer Sea Ice Could Disappear By 2100, Taking Polar Bears and Seals with It
Environment

Arctic Summer Sea Ice Could Disappear By 2100, Taking Polar Bears and Seals with It

In the big scope of things, forty years is not a long period, but it is astounding how much the world has evolved since the…
Biden Administration Plans Seven Offshore Wind Farms along Almost Entire US Coast
Political Science

Biden Administration Plans Seven Offshore Wind Farms along Almost Entire US Coast

The United States is about to change its power dynamics, as well as its coastlines, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced a plan to build seven…
Aluminium Oxynitride – a Transparent Ceramic
Chemistry

Aluminium Oxynitride – a Transparent Ceramic

Aluminium oxynitride (ALON) is a clear ceramic made of aluminum, oxygen, and nitrogen. It’s a clear polycrystalline ceramic with a cubic spinel crystal structure composed…
Tobacco Hawkmoths Benefit from Learning to Select a Nectar Source and Oviposition Site More Efficiently
Zoology

Tobacco Hawkmoths Benefit from Learning to Select a Nectar Source and Oviposition Site More Efficiently

Scientists from the Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, directed by Bill Hansson and Markus Knaden, had previously demonstrated that tobacco hawkmoths can learn scents as signals…
HD 2039 b – an Extrasolar Planet
Astronomy

HD 2039 b – an Extrasolar Planet

HD 2039 b is a planet that orbits the star HD 2039. It is a gas giant exoplanet that revolves around a G-type star. It…
The Purpose of Retained Earnings (RE)
Accounting

The Purpose of Retained Earnings (RE)

Retained earnings (RE) is an essential accounting concept that refers to a company’s historical profits minus any dividends it has paid in the past. It…
Liver Cell Mutations are linked to Liver Disease with Obesity and Diabetes
Health

Liver Cell Mutations are linked to Liver Disease with Obesity and Diabetes

Mutations that link the liver disease to obesity and diabetes have been discovered, providing new insight into how systemic diseases interact. DNA mutations in liver…
Welfare Economics – a Social Welfare Function
Economics

Welfare Economics – a Social Welfare Function

The study of how the allocation of resources and goods affects social welfare is known as welfare economics. A social welfare function is a function…
To Combat Fossil Fuels, Researchers are Challenging the Status Quo of the Conservation Reserve Program
Economics

To Combat Fossil Fuels, Researchers are Challenging the Status Quo of the Conservation Reserve Program

Transitioning property enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) to bioenergy agriculture may benefit American landowners, the government, and the environment, according to researchers at…
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