Water reservoirs had been partly depleted in the UK. Now heavy rainfall has seen a big increase in the amount of water in storage. For instance, in Yorkshire the water level of a reservoir has increased by almost 15 percentage points in a single week.
related: #rain #reservoir #UK
A new building material - consisting of rammed earth and cardboard - has been developed that reduces waste going to landfill sites, emits only a quarter of CO2 as concrete, but is strong enough for low-rise buildings.
related: #material #rammed_earth #cardboard #climate
In a small study with 30 participants it has been compared how quickly people recover from motion sickness. Listening to soft and joyful music improves the recovery rate from 43 (for no intervention) to 57 percent (with soft and joyful music).
related: #music #motion_sickness
A new study finds that a daily mango intake for 24 weeks may have health benefits even for people at risk of diabetes in spite of their high sugar content. It is not yet understood why this is the case.
related: #mango #prediabetes
On a farm in Thailand 10,000 ducks clean up after the rice harvest by eating insects, snails, and other pests during the five month of off-season without the need of harmful chemicals. The arrangement is beneficial both for rice farmers and duck breeders.
related: #duck #insect
A new study finds that eating kimchi, a traditional Korean vegetable based dish, can lower triglyceride and blood pressure values.
related: #kimchi #triglyceride #blood_pressure #health
It has been found out that waxworm caterpillars can eat and break down polyethylene plastic and thereby potentially contribute to tackling the global plastic waste problem.
related: #caterpillar #plastic
A 15-year study with more than 2400 older people finds that eating vegetables, whole grains, nuts, and healthy fats can slow health problems such as dementia and heart disease, whereas inflammatory diets with red meat and sugary drinks speed them up.
related: #diet #vegetables #whole_grain #nuts #health
A new nickel-based catalyst makes recycling plastic a lot easier since it reduces or potentially even eliminates the need to presort mixed plastic waste.
related: #plastic #recycling #catalyst
As a result of the Montreal Protocol, ozone-depleted substances were reduced by over 99 percent. This has led to a significant recovery of the ozone layer. Except for the Arctic and the Antarctic, it can be expected that it will fully recovered by 2040.
related: #ozone_hole #recovery
A new study finds that being slightly overweight - or even being moderately obese - does not increase the risk of death, unlike being slightly underweight.
related: #weight #mortality
New research with mice found that stimulating a receptor called GPR133 by a new compound, AP503, bone loss can be slowed or even reversed, thereby providing potentially a new treatment avenue against osteoporosis.
related: #bone #osteoporosis
After removing invasive bullfrogs from Yosemite National Park in the USA, the native pond turtle population is rising again.
related: #turtle #bullfrog #Yosemite
A new study finds that people with a higher sense of purpose in their lives have a 28 percent lower risk of developing cognitive impairment, including dementia.
related: #purpose_in_life #cognitive_impairment #dementia
A new powerful painkiller has been developed. Unlike opioids it does not show any dangers of addiction. Large studies are currently carried out.
related: #painkiller #addiction
New research finds that exercising can slow down the molecular clock in our bodies and even reverse it. In particular, aerobic and strength training have anti-ageing effects.
related: #exercise #anti_ageing
A small prototype of a new type of solar coating has been built which can redirect polarized sunlight to a window's edges where solar cells can then collect it to produce electricity. This way the cost for photovoltaic cells can be reduced and windows can be used to produce electricity without affecting the clarity of the windows.
related: #solar #photovoltaic #window
Following a Mediterranean diet, controlling calories, exercising, and receiving professional advice cuts the risk of diabetes type 2 by 31 percent.
related: #diabetes #Mediterranean_diet #calories #exercises
For the first time, dormant cancer cells could systematically be found and destroyed in breast cancer patients, improving survival rates to above 90 percent.
related: #breast_cancer #dormant_cell
A new study found that children who recently had a common cold were significantly less likely to become infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
related: #Covid19 #common_cold
In Korea, a rolling traffic barrier system has been developed that could replace the standard hard steel traffic barriers by rolling ones so that the impact is distributed more evenly. By better distributing the impact lives can be potentially saved in accidents.
related: #barrier #rolls
In a town in the Westman Islands of Iceland, there is a tradition to save baby Atlantic puffins that get lost on the island. Many people, including many children look at night for pufflings that lose their parents by going in the wrong direction and missing their way to the sea. They take the animals home and the next morning throw them off a cliff in the sea.
related: #puffin #rescue
