Study Shows High Post-COVID Anxiety Disorder Risk
Scientists have urged patients and healthcare staff to be more proactive about addressing mental health concerns as a new study identifies a higher psychiatric disorder risk of people suffering from…
Reconstruction of Longipteryx feeding on the mayfly Epicharmeropsis hexavenulosus from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Group of Northeastern China. Miller et al. noted that the foot of Longipteryx could grasp in a way similar to living owls, on which this feeding pose is based. (Julius T. Csotonyi/AsiaWire)
Prehistoric Birds Perferred Bugs To Fish Says Study
Prehistoric dinosaur birds preferred to snack on insects instead of fish, a new study has revealed. It had been believed that the 120 million-year-old Longipterygidae family's long beaks with sharp…
Brazilian Bug Discovery Could Spur Red Propolis Production
Scientists in Brazil have finally identified an insect as the key agent in the production of red propolis, a coveted extract praised for its anti-inflammatory effect. The new species of…
Atmospheric air with low concentrations of carbon dioxide is passed through an aqueous solution of IPDA, where the carbon dioxide rapidly reacts to create a solid product. Carbon dioxide is subsequently re-released with mild heating of the product in suspension, for storage or new applications. (Tokyo Metropolitan University/Newsflash)
High Speed Carbon Dioxide Catcher Heralds New Era In Fight Against Climate Change
Researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan University have created what they say is the fastest carbon dioxide catcher ever, possibly heralding a new era in the fight against carbon emissions linked to…
Drone image showing the distribution of wildflowers. (Karen Anderson/Newsflash)
Satellites And Drones Could Help Save Wild Bees
Scientists think that new ways of using satellites and drones could help protect bees and their habitats. Researchers at Devon’s Exeter University, southwest England, hope that innovative usage of modern…
Flower strips next to a conventional wheat field near Sebexen in the district of Northeim, Germany. (Costanza Geppert/Newsflash)
Organic Farming Not Always Best Option For Bees, Study Shows
Organic farming is not necessarily the best option to protect wild bees, German researchers have found. Agroecologists of Goettingen University in the German State of Lower Saxony say that their…
Cranfield University's DARTEC facility. (Cranfield University/Newsflash)
Brit Uni With Own Runway Gets GBP 3M To Develop Low Carbon Planes
A British University that started life as an aircraft development college and is the only European university with its own airport is heading back to its roots after getting a…
A picture showing honeycomb from a beehive by the Martin Luther University Halle located in the German town of Wittenberg. (Uni Halle, Markus Scholz/Newsflash)
Honeybee Populations Could Be Wiped Out Worldwide By Wing Plague
The global honeybee population could be endangered by a newly discovered deadly virus, a leading scientist has warned. Prof Dr Robert Paxton from Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg (MLU) in…
A pig with two bodies, one head and eight legs was born in the west of Santa Catarina, Brazil, in May, 2022. (@jacksonpreuss/CEN)
Mutant Pig With Two Bodies And One Head Baffles Scientists
A mutant pig born with two bodies but one head has stumped scientists. The baffling creature arrived stillborn in Sao Miguel do Oeste, Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil last week.…
Reconstruction of a giant ichthyosaur from the Late Triassic bulk-feeding on a group of squid. (Marcello Perillo, Universitat Bonn/Newsflash)
60ft Dino With Worlds Biggest Choppers Found Up Mountain
A monster dinosaur that ruled the world's seas 250 million years ago has been discovered at the top of the Swiss Alps. The fossil comes from a 60-foot ichthyosaurus and…