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Freedom was wider before the COVID-19 pandemic, and now we hardly remember that until the year 2020 we lived completely differently. Moreover, epidemics had a profound impact on the history of humanity, shaping the course of civilizations and...

Heatwave kills people, that's the reality. No matter how many measures are taken, there are casualties, but there is also a development of adaptive capacity. A team of scientists estimates that more than 47,000 people will die in Europe in...

Changes in temperature greatly influence life on this planet. The water temperature in Australia's Great Barrier Reef has reached its highest level in 400 years in the last decade, according to a study. Water temperatures have risen every...

The sky continues to offer surprises for the inhabitants of the Blue Planet. Some are bigger, others smaller, in the form of "stones". The meteorite that crashed near Berlin earlier this year is about 4.5 billion years old and belongs to...

The Minister of Research, Bogdan Ivan, and the Minister of Economy, Ştefan Radu Oprea, visited the "Elie Carafoli" National Aerospace Research and Development Institute (INCAS) where they claim to have found solutions for building a drone...

The fight against pollution is becoming more and more difficult. The poisoning of soil, water and air by human activities not only affects current generations but also future generations. Perfluoroalkylated and polyfluoroalkylated substances...

The bond between man and his pet is very close. The smell of stress in humans affects the emotional state of dogs and can push them to make choices considered more "pessimistic", according to a new study. Researchers from the University...

Slowing down the aging process can be achieved in the not too distant future. By blocking a single protein, scientists say they have been able to extend the average life expectancy of mice by about 25%, a success that raises the question of...

UBB School of Health became a partner of EIT Health (based in Munich, Germany), part of the European Institute of Innovation & Technology/EIT structure. According to the educational institution: "Babeş-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca...

Archeology still offers pleasant surprises for historians and the general public. Researchers from the Archaeological Academy of Sofia discovered a marble statue of the god Hermes in an ancient Roman sewer gallery at the site of Heraclea Sintica...

Tourism is facing problems related to the heat wave and its effects. Greece, a country that fears devastating fires this summer, has already suffered "more than twice as many" fires in June than in the same month of 2023 due to...

The past catches up with us in the most surprising ways, including those related to art. The oldest example of figurative cave art was discovered in the Indonesian island of Sulawesi by Australian and Indonesian scientists. The painting of a wild...

People have to adapt to new living conditions. The heatwave is increasingly present in the urban area. The number of days with temperatures above 35 degrees Celsius in 20 of the world's major capitals - from New Delhi to Jakarta and Buenos...

Excess pills are often harmful to health. A study found that taking daily multivitamins does not help people live longer and may even increase the risk of premature death. US researchers analyzed the medical records of nearly 400,000 adults who...

Interest in technology and mobile data consumption are at an all-time high. Growth is steady and by the end of this decade it will reach record numbers. The number of 5G subscriptions, globally, should reach almost 5.6 billion by the end of 2029,...

Pollution remains a major threat to life on earth. Air pollution, both indoor and outdoor, causes numerous victims globally, including children, and is now much more lethal than smoking, according to a report published under the auspices of...

Millions of people who rely on melting Himalayan snow for their water supply face a "very serious" risk of water shortages this year due to reduced snowfall. In this region, snowmelt feeds about a quarter of the total flow of 12 major...

Nature has its own rules by which it tries to face challenges of all kinds. Gray whales in the Pacific Ocean have shrunk by 13% over two decades, according to a study that provides new clues to the effects of climate change on the marine mammals....

There are also great victories on the environmental front, even if skepticism about the possible successes is fashionable. International commitments to protect the ozone layer are paying off, atmospheric concentrations of a family of harmful...

Space tourism is not a very easy business to manage. Virgin Galactic, a space tourism company, flew its last flight last week before a two-year hiatus from commercial operations to develop a new class of more cost-effective space vehicles....

Climate change is not the cause of all the misfortunes on the planet, there are other causes as well. A large iceberg has broken off from the Brunt Iceberg, in Antarctica, announced the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), a research institute in...

Investments in education and research are investments in a better future. The Minister of Research, Innovation and Digitization, Bogdan Ivan, declared that in the period 2024-2026 investments of one billion euros in fundamental research are...

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The discoveries of medical scientists often manage to surprise. Beyond revolutionary treatments, there are also conclusions from studies that help discover the causes of certain conditions.

The step from theory to scientific demonstration is not very easy to do and takes quite a lot of time. Scientists have demonstrated one of Albert Einstein's theories, proving not only the existence of a "plunge" region around a black...

The protest of the trade unions in culture seriously affects an important event. The National Commission of Museums and Collections declares its solidarity with the demands of the unions in culture and expresses its hope in the rapid adoption by...

Development through knowledge is fundamental to any modern state. The "Romania of Knowledge" project, dedicated to the development of the country through education, science, research and technology, vectors of progress and evolution of...

Meteorologists are rolling out information related to new and new records, and the studies are not encouraging at all. The big problem is that things are expected to get even hotter. Last summer was just the hottest on record, the hottest in...

Seen as a real "disease" afflicting humanity, the Internet also has benefits for... health. We don't say it, but serious specialists from Oxford. The data they provide can change the way online social interaction is viewed. The...

University competition is maintained at very high levels in several fields of activity. The Politehnica University of Timisoara (UPT) ranked first in the country in the field of "Engineering and Computer Science", in the international...

The European Horticulture Congress (Europe Horticulture Congress - EHC 2024) is taking place these days in Bucharest, at the Palace of the Parliament, until May 16. According to the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine in...

Dissatisfaction with working conditions also reached a place that seemed free from such problems. Nearly 50 employees - including 47 guards - sent an official notice to Cardinal Fernando Vergez Alzaga, the head of the Vatican City administration,...

The Romanian Academy announces the creation, in Bucharest, this year, of a regional center of the Europaea Academy, a prestigious institution that brings together science and art personalities from all over Europe. The announcement was made by...

Good intentions in the field of nature protection are only partially materialized to the end. Only a third of the world's marine protected areas (MPAs) are subject to a high or full level of protection to conserve biodiversity and increase...

It has become a habit that almost every month we experience is the warmest on record. All we have to do is set every record. April 2024 was no exception. The world just had its warmest April on record, extending an 11-month streak in which each...

Artificial Intelligence not only replaces some of the employees, but also predicts their resignations. It is known, trouble never comes alone. Employers worried about employee turnover or wondering how long a recruit will stay at their new job...

April started with unbearable temperatures in certain regions of the world. According to a study, the unbearable heat wave that hit the Sahel region at the beginning of April is linked to "anthropogenic" climate change, scientists from...

Climate change, with all its array of problems, is making its presence felt in all corners of this world. New information on this topic appears weekly.

Environmentally unthinkable things 50-100 years ago may soon become the norm. A team of researchers has calculated that the Arctic could soon be ice-free in September for the first time since records began, and this could happen this year....

The return to the classic methods of doing certain things is also catching on in terms of environmental protection. Natural predators such as birds, beetles and spiders are an effective alternative to using pesticides in fields, reducing pest...