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Earth Science

5-Aug-2022

A brain mechanism underlying the evolution of anxiety

Tohoku University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research using genome editing technology has allowed scientists to create a model and assess a gene mutation associated with neuropsychiatric disorders in humans. The study has revealed how the mutation functions in the brain and affects anxiety and sociality.

Journal: iScience

5-Aug-2022

Micro-engineered electrodes could cut battery manufacturing costs

Tohoku University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New, easily fabricated, high performance carbon microlattice electrodes could soon be used to make cheaper batteries powered by readily available sodium ions. The approach was published by Tohoku University researchers and colleagues in the journal Small.

Journal: Small

5-Aug-2022

Micro-engineered electrodes could cut battery manufacturing costs

Tohoku University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Journal: Small

5-Aug-2022

Children’s health will be negatively impacted by poorer fitness as global temperatures rise, new research shows

Taylor & Francis Group
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Record levels of obesity and physical inactivity among children mean they are set to bear the brunt of poorer health effects from rising global temperatures – that’s the stark warning in a new comprehensive review of current studies on the topic.

Journal: Temperature

5-Aug-2022

Worrying finding in California's multi-billion-dollar climate initiative reveals problem with using forests to offset CO2 emissions

Frontiers
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have found that California’s forest carbon buffer pool, designed to ensure the durability of the state’s multi-billion-dollar carbon offset program, is severely undercapitalized. The results show that, within the offset program’s first 10 years, estimated carbon losses from wildfires have depleted at least 95% of the contributions set aside to protect against all fire risks over 100 years. This means that the buffer pool is unable to guarantee that credited forest carbon remains out of the atmosphere for at least 100 years. The results, published in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, illustrate that the program, one of the world’s largest, is likely not meeting its set requirements.

Journal: Frontiers in Forests and Global Change

4-Aug-2022

Novel design for dual-atom catalyst could reduce the environmental impact of ammonia production

KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Ammonia plays an essential role in chemical research and a variety of industries, including agriculture. The catalytic reduction of dinitrogen has become one of the most promising options for producing ammonia in a more environmentally-friendly way. This study proposes a new strategy for catalyst design that could make the existing process greener.

Journal: Green Energy & Environment
Funder: National Natural Science Foundation of China, Ministry of Science and Technology of China

4-Aug-2022

Experts warn that climate change and increasing populations are threatening the resilience of UK wastewater infrastructure

University of Portsmouth
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A unique study has revealed climate change and increasing populations could be drastically reducing the resilience of wastewater infrastructure in the UK.

Journal: Water Research