Latest in Tag: scientists Highlight
Latest in Tag: scientists
Scientists find that impact of social media on wellbeing varies across adolescence
In a new study published recently in Nature Communications, the researchers show that, in UK data, girls experience a negative link between social media use and life satisfaction when they are 11-13 years old and boys when they are 14-15 years old. Increased social media use again predicts lower life satisfaction at age 19 years. At other times the link was not statistically significant.
Widespread facemask use is vital to counter COVID-19 as lockdown ends: Scientists
Control measures involving facemasks, handwashing, short-scale (1-2 metre) social distancing can all limit number of virus particles being spread between people
Two female scientists win Nobel Prize for genome editing developmentÂ
Innovative method contributed to new cancer therapies and curing inherited diseases
World scientists declare climate emergency
More than 11,000 scientists endorse six steps to address climate emergency
Scientists forecast where volcano would erupt
New method to forecast vents tested on one of Earth’s highest-risk volcanoes
Scientists determine age, origin of groundwater from Egypt’s Eastern Desert
Deep Nubian aquifer water discharged into overlying alluvial deposits
Africa’s elephant poaching rates decline
Despite decline, scientists warn that elephants are still under threat
Scientists to end China’s hegemony on Rare Earth Elements production
One of potential sources of REE is phosphogypsum
Scientists reveal secrets of Denisovans in Siberian cave
Findings show that Denisovans, Neanderthals interbred over 100 years ago
Eye in sky enables scientists to gauge global poverty
Researchers from Arhus University monitored implementing UN SDGs through satellite images
Scientists reveal new secrets about one of humans’ closest living relatives
How 70,000 years of human interaction shaped icon of wild nature
Scientists link pancreatic cancer survival to four genes
Results showed that patients who had three or four of the altered genes had worse disease-free survival
Schellnhuber: ‘Scientists have to take to the streets’ to counter climate denial
It’s high time to act if we want to reach the goals of the Paris Accord, says climate researcher Hans Joachim Schellnhuber. He also urges scientists to come out of their ivory towers to fight climate denial.DW: Where are we at with the world’s carbon budget – how much have we spent and how much …
Scientists exit Hawaii dome after year-long Mars simulation
Experts living at the Hawaii Mars simulation dome have exited the structure where they lived in isolation for 365 days. The group lived on the Mauna Loa mountain and could go out only wearing spacesuits.
Juno space probe hurtles towards Jupiter
As the Juno spacecraft zooms towards Jupiter at 200 times the speed of sound, NASA scientists on earth are nervously hoping it hits the brakes at just the right time to get pulled into Jupiter’s orbit.
Climate change is making our summers more extreme
Scientists have been able to more directly link extreme weather – like the floods that hit Central Europe last month – to climate change. A changed climate could also mean hotter summers – and with that, more deaths.
Women in science – more complex than men think
Of the 900 Nobel Prizes since 1901, only about 50 have gone to women. This has nothing to do with women’s abilities as scientists.
What does Brexit mean for the research community?
Great Britain and the EU are closely tied together in the field of research, whether in the exchange of scientists, financing and in setting common standards. What now? DW provides as many answers as possible.
Rise in sea level causes five islands in Solomons to disappear: study
A recent study says five islands in the Solomons have vanished and others are suffering severe erosion. Scientists say information from the study could help with future research into the effects of sea-level rise.
Funding a global nature reserve network
Experts say that conserving global biodiversity will require spending tens of billions of additional dollars on nature reserves every year. But where could the money come from? DW asked some specialists for their ideas.
Does the discovery of three new planets mean we’ve found a new home for humans?
Scientists have made a promising discovery: three potentially inhabitable planets. But don’t pack your bags just yet – it is far too early to say whether we could really live there.
Study: ‘Major decline’ in Antarctic penguin population
About 150,000 penguins have perished in Antarctica after a huge iceberg cut off their access to the sea, forcing them to trek dozens of kilometers to find food. Scientists warn the birds could be gone within 20 years.
Independent scientists warn over Monsanto pesticide
Two major agencies disagree over whether the world’s most-used pesticide, glyphosate, is safe. As the European Union debates the topic, nearly 100 scientists from around the world have urged it to heed safety warnings. It’s the most commonly used – and perhaps also most controversial – pesticide in the world: glyphosate. Opinion between the European …
Scientists call on leaders in Paris to avert climate threat to icy regions
As leaders negotiate a climate pact, a new study calls for more ambitious targets to avoid irreversible impacts on regions of ice and snow. Otherwise water and food shortages, along with rising seas, could be inevitable. At first sight, melting ice and snow may not seem relevant or threatening to the majority of people. Yet …
Scientists offer new perspective on Russian jet downing
Physicists from Belgium have used mathematics to show that neither Russia’s nor Turkey’s version of the downing of a military jet adds up. Turkey’s downing of the Russian jet has strained relations between the countries. Astrophysicists Tom van Doorsslaere and Giovanni Lapenta from the University of Leuven in Belgium have questioned the statements made by …
New technique allows US scientists to witness the birth of a ‘baby planet’
When new planets absorb nearby gases and dust they get hot. A strange light is emitted as a result and that has allowed researchers to watch a distant exoplanet as it is being formed. Using a novel technique, scientists have observed a “baby planet” being formed nearly 450 light years away. Researchers used telescopes in …