The seemingly endless rain last autumn and winter in the UK and Ireland was 10 times more likely and 20% wetter from human-caused global warming, a study has found. More than a dozen storms hit the region in quick succession between October and March, which was the second wettest such period in nearly two centuries … Read more
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) SpaceX has filed a request that would allow another Starship launch while earlier disaster investigations are still open. The FAA is currently investigating the third Starship test flight, similar to the investigations that were launched after the first two tests. In a statement sent to ValleyCentral, the FAA stated that on April … Read more
A medical assistant prepares a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine to administer to a patient. Credit: Public domain image courtesy of Lisa Ferdinando, US Department of Defense Researchers have uncovered critical insights into how our genetic makeup affects the body’s response to COVID-19 vaccines. The study, published in Nature Communicationsmay open new paths to personalized … Read more
Kianna Bingham sat in the boat as it scraped along the river under the South Street Bridge. To her left, the Schuylkill Banks boardwalk stretched out, and the towering skyscrapers of University City and Center City seemed to hover behind it. This is the first time I’ve seen the river like this, said Bingham, a … Read more
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 for the 21st time on Friday with a launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, breaking their record set just 35 days earlier. It took just 35 days for Booster 1062 to take to the skies again to help send 23 V2 mini Starlink … Read more
Graphic abstract. Credit: Current Biology (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.04.061 Genetic predispositions drive the learning of population-specific songs in wild birds, a new study from Stockholm University shows. By studying adult hosts that had been moved as eggs from the Netherlands to Sweden, the researchers found that the songs of the relocated birds resembled both their social … Read more
Graphic abstract. Credit: Current Biology (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.04.061 Genetic predispositions drive the learning of population-specific songs in wild birds, a new study from Stockholm University shows. By studying adult hosts that had been moved as eggs from the Netherlands to Sweden, the researchers found that the songs of the relocated birds resembled both their social … Read more
The complete chip mounted on a printed circuit board. Credit: Pita-Vidal, Wesdorp et al. Quantum computers, computing devices that use the principles of quantum mechanics, can outperform classical computing in some complex optimization and processing tasks. In quantum computers, the classical units of information (bits), which can have the value 1 or 0, are replaced … Read more
Analytical workflow of human phenotypes associated with rare and common HTRA1 variants. Credit: Cardiovascular Nature Research (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s44161-024-00475-3 Cardiovascular diseases, including stroke and coronary artery disease, are among the leading causes of death worldwide. Classic risk factors include age, personal lifestyle and pre-existing conditions, but genetic predisposition also plays a role. “Genome-wide association studies … Read more
Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket lifted off from its launch site in West Texas on Sunday, carrying a crew of seven on a short hop to space and back. This was the first crewed mission for Blue Origin since September 2022 after the loss of a vehicle on an uncrewed flight when a nozzle failure … Read more