Mercury Could Be Littered With Diamonds
Scientists think the diminutive planet’s surface could be covered with space gems, thanks to an abundance of carbon and pressure from colliding asteroids......»»
Video: BepiColombo"s third Mercury flyby
Watch Mercury appear from the shadows as the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft sped by the planet's night side during its 19 June 2023 close flyby, and enjoy a special flyover of geologically rich terrain......»»
"Time bomb"?: Race to identify health effects of microplastics
Tiny pieces of plastic have been found littered throughout human bodies, trapped in our lungs and laced through our blood, but the long-term health effects of this exposure remain unclear......»»
BepiColombo’s third Mercury flyby gives us a glimpse at the Sun’s closest neighbor
Despite being an icon in pop culture, our Sun’s closest neighboring planet, Mercury, has had a fairly boring life when it comes to space exploration. … The post BepiColombo’s third Mercury flyby gives us a glimpse at the Sun’s clo.....»»
How inequality shapes the experience of a heatwave
When the mercury rises, does your anxiety rise with it? If so, you are not alone. According to the UK's Office for National Statistics, three-quarters of British people are worried about climate change and 43% claim to experience anxiety about the st.....»»
European BepiColombo spacecraft makes its third Mercury flyby today
BepiColombo is set to enter the orbit of Mercury in 2025, but in the meantime, it will be making several flybys of the planet, including a close approach today......»»
How microbes may help mitigate mercury absorption
New research by a team at Pennsylvania State University suggests that microbes in the human gut could be harnessed to help the body absorb useful nutritional metals—like iron, which is critical for red blood cells—and block or even remove the abs.....»»
Despite major progress nationally, two mercury emissions hotspots remain
Missing from partisan political debates over regulations affecting the energy sector is the stunning success of the federal government's signature environmental laws. A prime example: the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's rules aimed at reducing.....»»
Q-carbon harder, brighter than diamonds
Scientists have created a substance, Q-carbon, that blings even brighter than diamonds, but it's not for wearing. You'll take its byproducts as medicine instead......»»
How a better understanding of mercury transformation can make ecosystems safer
A new study at Umeå University provides insight into how mercury transforms into its more toxic form, methylmercury, with the help of small sulfur-containing substances known as thiols......»»
Why Tears of the Kingdom is worse without item duplication
Newly fixed "glitch" should become an official "secret code" for sandbox tinkerers. Enlarge / Finally, Link has enough diamonds to bling out every single one of his teeth. (credit: Nintendo) Well, it was nice while it la.....»»
How global flows of toxic mercury impact human health
Almost half of mercury exposure comes from mercury embedded in global trade, according to an analysis of the global flows of the toxic metal. Mercury is a neurotoxin that harms human health in even very small doses......»»
Where to find diamonds in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Diamonds are a valuable item in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and in this guide, we'll show you where to find them......»»
China has its own secret space plane, and it just landed
A lot has changed since the last Space Age. Unlike the days of Sputnik, Vostok, Mercury, and Apollo, the current era is not defined by two superpowers constantly vying for dominance and one-upmanship. More than ever, international cooperation is the.....»»
Supercomputers have revealed the giant "pillars of heat" funneling diamonds upward from deep within Earth
Most diamonds are formed deep inside Earth and brought close to the surface in small yet powerful volcanic eruptions of a kind of rock called "kimberlite.".....»»
Indigenous people living near oil fields in the Peruvian Amazon have high levels of metals in their urine
Indigenous communities living near oil exploration sites in the Peruvian Amazon have high levels of mercury, cadmium and lead in their bodies. This is the conclusion of a study led by Cristina O'Callaghan Gordo, a researcher at the Barcelona Institut.....»»
Here’s what caused black stains on Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Atlanticus
The culprit: nanoparticles of metacinnabar, a mercury sulphide black crystalline phase. Enlarge / Researchers examined folio 843 of Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Atlanticus to determine the cause of mysterious black stains. (credit:.....»»
Amazon is growing diamonds to use in quantum networks
AWS and De Beers team up on signal repeaters from diamonds fit for the brave new world of quantum networking......»»
EPA tightens mercury emissions limits at coal power plants
The Environmental Protection Agency is tightening rules that limit emissions of mercury and other harmful pollutants from coal-fired power plants, updating standards imposed more than a decade ago......»»
Low sulfide concentration in Mercury"s smooth plains inhibits geomorphic hollows
A probe on Mercury used for the purpose of "surface-space-environment-geochemistry-and-ranging" abbreviated as the MESSENGER mission to Mercury, resulted in the discovery of geological structures known as hollows. Such landforms are quintessentially.....»»
The revolution underway in India"s diamond industry
India's long history with diamonds enters a new chapter as lab-grown versions of the gem take off......»»