S. Korean researchers develop eco-friendly fertilizer tech using greenhouse gases
Oct 13, 2021 23:29 pm UTC| Science Economy
A Kyung Hee University research team had developed a new eco-friendly technology that can turn methanol generated in livestock and agricultural areas into a hormone that promotes plant growth and rooting. The technology...
What is chaos? A complex systems scientist explains
Oct 09, 2021 08:38 am UTC| Science
Chaos evokes images of the dinosaurs running wild in Jurassic Park, or my friends toddler ravaging the living room. In a chaotic world, you never know what to expect. Stuff is happening all the time, driven by any kind...
The most influential climate science paper of all time
Oct 09, 2021 08:29 am UTC| Science
After the second world war, many of Japans smartest scientists found jobs in North American laboratories. Syukuro (Suki) Manabe, a 27-year-old physicist, was part of this brain drain. He was working on weather forecasting...
Conservation works better when local communities lead it, new evidence shows
Oct 09, 2021 08:26 am UTC| Nature Life Science
We are currently facing a mass extinction of plants and animals. To remedy this, world leaders have pledged a huge expansion of protected areas ahead of the UN biodiversity summits to be held in October 2021 and May 2022...
Perseverance’s first major successes on Mars – an update from mission scientists
Oct 09, 2021 08:13 am UTC| Science
In the short time since NASAs Perseverance rover landed in Mars Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021, its already made history. At the moment, Mars and the Earth are on opposite sides of the Sun, and the two planets cannot...
S. Korean researchers to limit carbon emissions during battery manufacturing
Oct 07, 2021 23:41 pm UTC| Science Economy
The Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) will invest 11.4 billion won in developing a solvent-free process that does not emit carbon dioxide in electrode manufacturing for lithium-ion batteries. The process...
S. Korean scientists develop device that produces electricity via clothes friction, provides storage
Oct 07, 2021 23:41 pm UTC| Science Economy
The Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) has developed a device that allows clothes and shoes to produce electricity using their frictional forces and to store it. The device has a self-charging...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
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Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects