Lawyers representing claimants taking legal action over Brazil's worst environmental disaster filed an injunction this week against miners BHP and Vale for "trying to derail" a potential £36-billion ($46-billion) London lawsuit. More than 720 000 Brazilians, including 46 local governments, are suing BHP and Vale over the 2015 collapse of the Mariana dam, which was owned and operated by their Samarco joint venture.
Most coral reef restoration efforts involve restocking reefs with nursery-grown corals. However, if these corals are of the same stock as their wild counterparts, they will be equally vulnerable to the heat stress that caused the bleaching event in the first place. Researchers discuss the potential of improving corals' chances by inducing the evolution of heat tolerance in their symbionts -- the mutualistic microbes that provide corals with nutrients in exchange for shelter and that are expelled during coral bleaching.
In many cases of malignant melanoma, the effect of targeted treatment is lost over time. A research team has now discovered that a factor secreted by tumor cells is responsible for the resistance. These findings could pave the way for more effective therapies.
RILEY COUNTY (KSNT) - Melodee Liegl is making a big splash in Kansas after she completed a swim across one of the state's biggest lakes. At the age of 57, Liegl has completed numerous challenging swims across the country both in lakes and the ocean. Her list of accomplishments includes a 27-mile swim from Grand [...]
By restricting radiant heat flows between buildings and their environment to specific wavelengths, coatings engineered from common materials can achieve energy savings and thermal comfort that goes beyond what traditional building envelopes can achieve.
Gary Neville has landed a new gig with ITV at Euro 2024, with the former Manchester United captain recording a special edition of his Stick To Football podcast with Roy Keane, Ian Wright and Jill Scott for the broadcaster
Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, 10 to 30 per cent of the general population has experienced some form of virus-induced cognitive impairment, including trouble concentrating, brain fog or memory loss. This led a team of researchers to explore the mechanism behind this phenomenon and pinpoint a specific protein that appears to be driving these cognitive changes. A new study also looked at how vaccination may help reduce the impacts of memory loss following COVID-19 infections.
Lucas County Children Services trustees Thursday unanimously approved a resolution asking the county Citizens Levy Review Committee to consider placing a new five-year, 1.5-mill levy on the Nov. 5 ballot instead of the renewal of an expiring 1.8-mill levy, with a 1.5-mill increase.
Researchers found that men with a higher proportion of blood cells missing Y chromosomes have a higher mortality rate from a common cause of heart disease called transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CA), informing future treatment for patients with ATTR-CA.
A study provides new evidence on the adverse effects of prenatal exposure to ethylene oxide (EO) on fetal development. The results show that increased EO exposure in utero is associated with a reduction in birth weight and head circumference in newborns.
During recent periods of unusually warm water in the Gulf of Alaska, young Pacific cod in near shore safe havens where they typically spend their adolescence did not experience the protective effects those areas typically provide, a new study found.
H5N1 virus in unpasteurized milk is stable on metal and rubber components of commercial milking equipment for at least one hour, increasing its potential to infect people and other animals.
A growing number of venture capitalists are backing LGBTQ+ founders in an effort to help them scale their companies and create jobs.
Researchers find that growing up in neighborhoods with more educational and socioeconomic opportunities has a positive impact on infants' brain activity.
Across the Midwest during the warmer months, studying the sky for signs of storms and tornadoes becomes one of the most popular pastimes. Working at the intersection of climate science and meteorology and using modeling, scientists are looking at the big picture of what causes severe storms and tornadoes -- and what dictates where they occur.
The prankers noted that they do not utilize AI algorithms in their pranks yet, but they do not rule out that they might use them in the future
Researchers found that young children between the ages of 5 and 12 were more likely to experience a concussion from recreation and other non-sport activities, yet those injuries were not seen by specialists until days later compared with sports-related concussions in the same age group.
In a rare opportunity to study carnivores before and after wolves were reintroduced to their ranges, researchers found that the effects of wolves on Isle Royale have been only temporary. And even in the least-visited national park, humans had a more significant impact on carnivores' lives.
Harnessing nanoparticles to deliver drugs precisely to a surgically repaired tendon is a promising new approach that reduced scar tissue formation and improved mechanical function.
Men and women were good at judging their own attractiveness, and tended to partner up with people who were similarly attractive.
If there's one thing we humans are good at, it's producing heat. Significant amounts, and in many cases most of the energy we generate and put into our systems we lose as heat, whether it be our appliances, our transportation, our factories, even our electrical grid.
The American Maritime Partnership (AMP) – the voice of the domestic maritime industry – congratulat...
EU leaders on Thursday gave their political approval to a trio of names - Ursula von der Leyen, Antonio Costa, and Kaja Kallas - to lead the EU's three major institutions over the next five years.
The hypothalamus is a small region of the human brain typically associated with regulating body temperature, hunger, thirst, fatigue, and sleep. But it also has another important role: helping the brain and body switch between different and opposing survival behaviors such as hunting prey and escaping predators, according to a new study.
A state chock-full of sanctuary cities is now begging for a stop to the constant flow of illegal immigrants surging through the southern border.
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