Rapidly increasing industrial activities in Arctic

Rapidly increasing industrial activities in Arctic

The Arctic is threatened by strong climate change: the average temperature has risen by about 3°C since 1979 — almost four times faster than the global average. The region around the North Pole is home to some of the world’s most fragile ecosystems, and has experienced low anthropogenic disturbance for decades. Warming has increased the … Read more

Life-saving spongelike ‘bandage’ rapidly stops hemorrhaging and mitigates risk of infection

Life-saving spongelike ‘bandage’ rapidly stops hemorrhaging and mitigates risk of infection

Without proper medical invention, injuries sustained from traffic collisions, serious workplace accidents or weapons may result in fatal hemorrhaging. University of Central Florida researchers aim to prevent such bleeding in potentially deadly situations with a new hemostatic spongelike bandage with antimicrobial efficacy that they recently developed and detailed in a newly published study in the … Read more