Wearable device reveals how seals prepare for diving
A wearable noninvasive device based on near-infrared spectroscopy can be used to investigate blood volume and oxygenation patterns in freely diving marine mammals, according to a new study.
How much noise should you accept in your home?
“People should not be forced to choose between intolerable noise or poor indoor air quality in their homes.”
At fashion’s big gathering, calls for inclusivity and circularity
Could we work towards a circular fashion system by deepening our understanding of the positive impact realizable on humans across the industry?
Closing borders to plastics can create even more barriers to a circular economy
The plastic trade wars threaten countries without domestic recycling systems — which they’re unlikely to build in the next decade.
Testing ways to make aspen-dominated forests resilient to climate change
In an aspen-dominated hardwood forest at the northern tip of the state’s Lower Peninsula, scientists are testing ways to make the region’s forests more resilient to climate change.
An urbanist’s question: where is the best place to have a parade?
Do you plan it where there is lots of room, or do you put it where there is good transit accessibility?
U-M researchers testing ways to make aspen-dominated forests resilient to climate change
(University of Michigan) In an aspen-dominated hardwood forest at the northern tip of the state’s Lower Peninsula, University of Michigan scientists are testing ways to make the region’s forests more resilient to climate change.
Exciting plant vacuoles
Researchers have filled two knowledge gaps: The vacuoles of plant cells can be excited and the TPC1 ion channel is involved in this process. The function of this channel, which is also found in humans, has been a mystery so far.
Moon to sweep by Jupiter and star Antares
These next several evenings – June 14, 15 and 16, 2019 – watch for the moon to sweep to the north of the red supergiant star Antares and then the king planet Jupiter.
Zebras’ stripes could be used to control their temperature, study reveals
New research indicates that zebras’ stripes are used to control body temperature after all — and reveals for the first time a new mechanism for how this may be achieved.
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