Bumblebees can surprisingly withstand days underwater, according to a study published Wednesday, suggesting they could withstand increased floods brought on by climate change that threaten their winter hibernation burrows.Researchers placed 143 hibernating queen bumblebees in tubes -- some with no water as a comparative group, some floating in water and some fully submerged using a plunger for a period ranging from eight hours to seven days, according to the study published in the journal...
You might be getting more sleep than you think.We all know that sleep is essential for our mental and physical wellbeing. And yet, one in three adults in the U.S. report not getting enough of it, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.In the short term, not getting enough sleep can take a toll on our attention span, judgment, emotions and cognitive function. But over time, chronic sleep deprivation can contribute to heart disease, obesity, neurodegenerative disorders...
A team of chemical engineers from Université PSL, CNRS, Harvard University and chemical company Calyxia, has discovered a way to prevent or delay coalescence in some immiscible liquids.
While it's common knowledge that mountaintops are colder than the valleys below, a new University of Vermont (UVM) study is flipping the script on what we know about forests and climate.
At least one bumblebee species can survive underwater, scientists have found after a mishap led to an experiment. A study by researchers in Canada has found when hibernating, common eastern bumblebee queens can survive being submerged in water for a week with no apparent issues. Research began after Dr Sabrina Rondeau, of the University of Guelph in Ontario, made a mistake during a previous experiment. After storing a shipment of 300 hibernating common eastern bumblebee queens in a refrigerator,...
The chemical industry has been using a reaction with explosive chemicals for more than 100 years—now Mülheim scientists have discovered a safer alternative. The Ritter Group of the Max Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung in Mülheim/Ruhr has published a paper, titled "Nitrate reduction enables safer aryldiazonium chemistry," about aryldiazonium in Science.
The planet's magnetic field was already at half-strength 3.7 billion years ago.
Scientists at the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) and their international collaborators have recently developed a new method for efficiently extracting information from galaxy surveys. Their research results are published in the journal Communications Physics.
Some of these microbes thrive more than 2 meters below the Atacama Desert's surface.
The original purpose of the 2022 study was to look at the impact of pesticide residues in soil on queen bees hibernating underground.
A new study has revealed for the first time the vital role carbon dioxide (CO2) plays in determining the lifespan of airborne viruses—namely SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. It clearly showed keeping CO2 levels in check helps to reduce virus survival, and therefore the risk of infection.
A black hole called Gaia BH3 is 'extremely' close to us, astronomically speaking, according to experts at the Paris Observatory in France.