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Using drones to monitor volcanoes

Researchers analyze volcanic gases with the help of ultra-lightweight sensor systems. Composition of gases emitted by volcanoes can provide information on the possibility of imminent eruptions / Lightweight drones make…

Loon stratospheric balloons confirm wind data from Aeolus

Researchers recommend more vertical measurements for follow-up mission. ESA’s novel Aeolus satellite reliably measures wind speed also in higher air layers and thus in a region of the atmosphere where…

DINA study shows loss of insect diversity in nature reserves

… due to surrounding farmland. Insect decline is also progressing in German nature reserves. One reason for this is the intensification of agriculture. In a study recently published in the…

Underground Italian lab searches for signals of quantum gravity

FQXi-funded project in the Gran Sasso mountains hunts for evidence of violations of the ‘Pauli Exclusion Principle’. For decades physicists have been hunting for a quantum-gravity model that would unify…

Can stem cells improve shoulder surgery?

In the annals of shoulder surgery, NFL quarterback Drew Brees is an anomaly. In 2005, Brees was tackled and the rotator cuff tendon in his throwing shoulder was severely torn,…

Shedding light on photosynthesis at sea

Osaka Metropolitan University scientists use cryogenic electron microscopy to investigate how the marine green macroalga Codium fragile photosynthesizes. Plants that live on land, such as spinach, grow by using sunlight…

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