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Want to reduce cockroach sex? Block an enzyme

It's not the look in her compound eyes or the shape of her carapace that really attracts the male cockroach to his mate. Instead, it's all those 29-carbon hydrocarbons in her cuticle that drive him wild. How the female cockroach regulates production.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgJul 27th, 2021

"Widespread noncompliance and poor performance" in world"s largest nature-based carbon removal projects

One of the largest types of carbon offset projects the Australian government is using to meet climate change targets and reduce carbon in the atmosphere is failing to do so, new research has shown. The findings are published in The Rangeland Journal......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 11th, 2024

Deleting your Facebook may increase your well-being but reduce your political knowledge

Amid widely shared concerns that social media makes people unhappy, spreads misinformation, and polarizes societies, researchers paid randomly selected participants to deactivate their Facebook accounts during an election, then compared them to a ran.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

Climate change can alter methane emission and uptake in the Amazon

Extreme temperatures and humidity levels (excessive rain or drought) projected for the Amazon in the context of climate change may increase the volume of methane-producing microorganisms in flooded areas and reduce potential uptake of this greenhouse.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

Sunderfolk is a couch co-op tactical RPG you play with a phone. No, really.

Blizzard vet says both tabletop pros and casual types have a place on the couch. Tabletop board games and video games typically offer ways to reduce their difficulty. But getting.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

Making micelles more effective for dye and drug dispersion through well-defined core-shell structures

Micelles are spherical molecular structures usually formed by amphiphilic molecules with block structure, which contain both hydrophilic and hydrophobic parts. The hydrophobic tails of these molecules cluster together to form a core, while the hydrop.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 9th, 2024

Stellantis holds off on megacasting championed by Tesla and Volvo

The technique was pioneered by Tesla to reduce manufacturing times and costs. Volvo, Nissan, Ford, Toyota and Hyundai are among automakers either using or planning to use it.  .....»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsOct 9th, 2024

Stellantis holds off on megacasting, championed by Tesla and Volvo

The technique was pioneered by Tesla to reduce manufacturing times and costs. Volvo, Nissan, Ford, Toyota and Hyundai are among automakers either using or planning to use it.  .....»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsOct 9th, 2024

New research reveals what can make a home garden program successful

Increasingly, home gardens—small, cultivated plots in backyards or nearby households—are gaining recognition as one of the most promising strategies to reduce malnutrition. However, not all attempts to establish home gardens are successful or abl.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 8th, 2024

Prestone"s new EV coolants are designed to enhance safety, reduce corrosion

Prestone's new formulations have been engineered to reduce fires caused by thermal runaway, prevent corrosion and improve the efficiency of plug-in hybrid vehicles, battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsOct 8th, 2024

New insights into bubble interference could enhance electrode design

Industrial electrochemical processes that use electrodes to produce fuels and chemical products are hampered by the formation of bubbles that block parts of the electrode surface, reducing the area available for the active reaction. Such blockage red.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 8th, 2024

Asbury asks court to block FTC administrative law case, calls agency system unconstitutional

Asbury Automotive Group on Oct. 4 asked the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas to block the Federal Trade Commission's administrative law case against the group, arguing that the FTC's separate internal legal proceedings against i.....»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsOct 8th, 2024

Study shows how international student mobility can reduce poverty in low and middle-income countries

A new study exploring the effects of international student mobility has found that foreign-educated graduates reduce extreme poverty in low and middle-income countries. The paper, published in the International Journal of Educational Research, uses d.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 7th, 2024

Field study finds using biodiversity instead of pesticides can reduce crop damage from herbivores

Pesticides aren't always necessary. Researchers at the University of Zurich have conducted a comprehensive field study showing that damage from herbivores can be reduced by using biodiversity within a plant species. Different plant genotypes can coop.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 7th, 2024

Cutting emissions the smart way: How an intensity-based approach drives real change

Investors' consideration of a firm's environmental performance, along with concerns about future impacts on profit, have led many firms to start trying to reduce their carbon footprint. But such environmental pressure—if not calibrated correctly—.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 7th, 2024

Daily 5 report for Oct. 7: Stellantis, already facing challenges, signals it"ll play hardball with the UAW

Once again, Stellantis is dominating our headlines with its latest challenge: playing hardball with the UAW. Last last week Stellantis filed nine lawsuits against the union, the first one in U.S. District Court in California, seeking to block any.....»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsOct 7th, 2024

Stellantis files 8 more lawsuits to block UAW strike, says union wants to revive jobs bank

The automaker is suing the UAW and 24 of its local chapters around the U.S., saying a strike would amount to a breach of contract......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsOct 7th, 2024

Supreme Court lets stand rules to curb mercury, methane emissions

The US Supreme Court declined on Friday to block environmental regulations aimed at reducing harmful emissions of mercury from power plants and methane from oil and gas facilities......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsOct 5th, 2024

Ford eases driving for cancer patients

The Ford SupportBelt is designed to reduce painful seat belt pressure on women recovering from a mastectomy......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsOct 4th, 2024

Malwarebytes Browser Guard updates block unwanted and unsafe content

Malwarebytes released new features for Browser Guard, its free browser extension for Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari that blocks content identified as potentially unwanted and unsafe. Users will now receive a pop-up alert if a website was involved.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsOct 3rd, 2024

Elon Musk claims victory after judge blocks Calif. deepfake law

Parody video creator joined Musk in “war” to block California deepfake law. Upholding the First Amendment, a senior US district judge has blocked California's deepfakes law, A.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsOct 3rd, 2024