News & Articles By Edsel Cook
06/11/2018 / By Edsel Cook
Nanobiotechnology researchers seek natural agrochemicals to use for crop protection
Zealous overuse of synthetic agrochemicals to protect food crops from microbial pests has backfired on the agricultural industry. Not only has the environment ended up heavily contaminated, but the microbes are now gaining resistances to the chemicals. An article in Nanowerk.com states that nanobiotechnology experts are seeking out biological and natural alternatives. The common thyme […]
06/05/2018 / By Edsel Cook
An extraordinary look at gravity and how this force is a living, fully dynamic creature that can bend light
Albert Einstein treated space-time as a living beast that adjusts its shape according to mass and energy. His general theory of relativity views gravity as the curvature of space, a natural lens that can bend light, according to a Space.com article. Gravity exerts an influence on everything in the universe. Even mass-less photons that travel […]
06/05/2018 / By Edsel Cook
Microbes from a toxic volcanic lake could hold clues to possible life on Mars
A volcanic lake in an active volcano is certainly one of the deadliest environments on Earth. Yet such a body of toxic acidic water in Costa Rica was recently found to contain microbes, and a Science Daily article states that these hardy bacteria can provide clues to the kind of alien life we might discover on Mars. Laguna […]
06/03/2018 / By Edsel Cook
Oil companies in Saudi Arabia use nanotechnology for petroleum extraction to minimize environmental pollution
There are few greater oxymorons than “environment-friendly oil company,” especially if said company is the biggest example in the world. But Saudi Aramco is trying to do just that, using nanotechnology to max out the petroleum from its oil wells while minimizing environmental pollution, an article in Nanowerks stated. Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) professor Nancy Burnham […]
05/24/2018 / By Edsel Cook
The Ocean Cleanup’s revolutionary machine, which aims to collect some 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic trash, is ready to take its first voyage
In Alameda, California, workers of the nonprofit group The Ocean Cleanup are assembling the components of a massive machine that will collect plastic trash from the ocean. An article on Fast Company states that the device will be towed to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch during the summer of 2018. The revolutionary machine is the […]
05/23/2018 / By Edsel Cook
A fault in the East Bay deemed more dangerous than San Andreas; geologists call it a “tectonic time bomb”
Federal geologists have recently identified a fault running beneath the East Bay area that could turn out to be more dangerous and deadly than the infamous San Andreas fault. In an L.A. Times report, the Hayward fault is a “tectonic time bomb” that would do more damage than the great 1906 earthquake that destroyed San […]
05/06/2018 / By Edsel Cook
Unique study concludes that migratory birds move away from diseases to raise their young
Swedish researchers have found that European migratory songbirds leave their warm but disease-laden homes in the tropics to raise their vulnerable young in the healthier environs of Europe. This way, according to an article on ScienceDaily, their species could make do with less robust but also less costly immune systems. The University of Lund researchers came across this discovery […]
05/06/2018 / By Edsel Cook
Rebuilding the Amazon forest with chocolate: How cocoa could be the key to making South America green again
For decades, Brazilian ranchers have been part of the wide-scale destruction of the Amazon rainforest. Now, they – and chocolate – could be the keys to make South America green again. According to a Reuters report, many ranchers are planting cocoa trees with the support of environmentalists who believe cocoa plantations can serve as new forests. […]
05/05/2018 / By Edsel Cook
Sunlight reflected from pavement injures plants, stunting their growth
On a really hot day, you can feel the heat rising from the pavement. And if it’s painful for you, it’s even more hurtful for plants that can’t move to shadier places. According to an article in the International Journal of Urban Forestry, pavements can re-radiate so much heat from reflected sunlight that nearby plants can […]
04/28/2018 / By Edsel Cook
Fog harvesting could help alleviate water shortages
As traditional sources of water dry out or grow contaminated with pollution, we’ll need to find new ways to get the water we need. One method is fog harvesting, where you collect moisture from ground-level clouds. A Virginia-based research team has come up with a “fog harp” that collects thrice as much water as earlier fog nets, […]
16 of 18

Popular Articles

COPYRIGHT © 2017 REAL SCIENCE NEWS

Privacy Policy