map
-
Biology
New map shows areas at high risk of whaling vessel collisions – speed limits and route changes for ships could reduce tolls
A blue whale swims near a large ship near the Port of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Credit: Asha de Vos, CC BY-ND Imagine you’re a blue whale swimming along the coast of California every spring. You are looking for krill in the Santa Barbara Channel. While this area is full of fish, kelp forests, seaweed beds, and other underwater life, it…
Read More » -
Space & Cosmos
Astronomers map ‘danger zone’ of planet-forming disks in star clusters
X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Drake et al, IR: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Spitzer; Image processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. walk Most stars form collections called clusters or federations that contain very massive stars. These massive stars emit large amounts of high-energy radiation that can destroy relatively fragile disks of dust and gas that are in the process of merging to form new planets. A team of astronomers uses NASA’s…
Read More » -
Biology
Scientists map fruit fly brain to reveal insights into neural circuits
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A team of scientists supported by the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) BRAIN Initiative, including Dr. Davi Bock, associate professor of neuroscience at UVM’s Robert Lerner School of Medicine, has recently made significant advances in research. Ta. A neurobiological study successfully mapped the entire brain of Drosophila melanogaster, better known as Drosophila melanogaster. The study, published…
Read More » -
Physics
Nuclear theorists use supercomputers to map the building blocks of matter in 3D
Nuclear theorists from the HadStruc Collaboration have been working on a mathematical description of parton interactions using supercomputers, including machines in Jefferson Laboratory’s Data Center. Credit: Jefferson Laboratory/Eileen Devlin Deep within what we perceive as solid matter, the landscape is far from static: The interiors of the particles called hadrons that make up atomic nuclei are made up of a…
Read More » -
Science
Researchers use training models to map planted and natural forests from satellite imagery
(a) World, (b) Europe, (c) Asia, (d) North America, (e) Oceania, (f) South America, (g) Africa. Photo credit: Xiao Yuelong, Tongji University. Reforestation may seem like a simple way to combat climate change, but planted forests often encroach on natural forests, wetlands and grasslands, which can reduce biodiversity, disrupt natural habitats and disrupt carbon and water cycles. Forest cover is…
Read More »
