Ecology

The first biohybrid plant that absorbs more CO2 thanks to nanoparticles: the new Italian study

The first biohybrid plant that absorbs more CO2 thanks to nanoparticles: the new Italian study

A group of researchers from the Free University of Bolzano has “engineered” plants by equipping them with nanoparticles (i.e. particles with a size between 1 and 100 nanometers) of a synthetic polymer, able to increase their ability to absorb sunlight and photosynthesize: the results were described in the study Conjugated polymer nanoparticles boosting growth and photosynthesis in biohybrid plantspublished in ...

NASA's Artemis II, new date in April: why returning to the Moon is still difficult

NASA’s Artemis II, new date in April: why returning to the Moon is still difficult

The SLS rocket of the Artemis II mission on the launch pad. Credit: NASA/John Kraus The mission Artemis II of NASA intended to bring humans back into orbit around the Moon will no longer start in March, as previously stated by NASA, but in April, with the first useful opportunity for 8.29pm local time on April 1st (2.29am on April ...

Stromboli, effusive activity underway: new lava flow along the Sciara del Fuoco

Stromboli, effusive activity underway: new lava flow along the Sciara del Fuoco

The lava flow along the Sciara di Fuoco of the Stromboli volcano, recorded at 08:12 on 23 February. Credit: INGV The Stromboli triggered a more intense than normal volcanic activity, characterized by a lava flow in the upper part of the Sciara del Fuoco. As reported in the latest bulletin of the INGV Etna Observatory, from 00:00 today, February 23, ...

The Ice Memory Sanctuary inaugurated in Antarctica to preserve the "memory" of the climate and ice

The Ice Memory Sanctuary inaugurated in Antarctica to preserve the “memory” of the climate and ice

The Ice Memory Sanctuary. Credit: Rocco Ascione / PNRA – ENEA In Antarctica was inaugurated onIce Memory Sanctuarya cavity dug into the ice beneath the Concordia Station where they will be preserved at an average temperature of approx -50°C cores taken from glaciers around the world, including the Alps. These samples preserve the evidence of the composition of the atmosphere ...

Because multiplying a number by zero is 0

Because multiplying a number by zero is 0

Why multiplying by zero is zero? Intuitively we can see it in different ways, but there are also explanations based on mathematical rules. Let’s see a concrete explanation and a mathematical one based on the distributive property and on the fact that zero is the only one neutral element of the sum. Multiplication is an operation that can be seen ...

What is impostor syndrome and why does it affect us

What is impostor syndrome and why does it affect us

There impostor syndrome it is the often irrational belief of don’t deserve your results: Successes are attributed to luck or errors in judgment, downplaying one’s abilities. Those who suffer from it live with the constant fear of being “discovered”as if he were the architect of a scam. At the basis of this syndrome there is a mix between perfectionism and ...

Ski mountaineering, what are sealskins and how do they work?

Ski mountaineering, what are sealskins and how do they work?

Generated with AI The sealskins (or climbing skins) are fabrics to be applied under skis to be able to go up a snowy slope without sliding backwards. They are fundamental in ski mountaineering (also called ski mountaineering), the sporting discipline that combines ascents and descents in the mountains, especially off-piste, introduced for the first time in gtheyouthful eyes of Lausanne ...