Monthly Archives: July 2022

Concrete Urban Buildings, Neighbourhoods Can Heat Up Microclimates in Cities: Here’s How

New method of modelling urban building energy takes into consideration heat waves in urban cities and how human-caused parameters aggravate it. It studies the heating pattern of urban cities during city-wide heat waves. The research is based on a case study conducted in Los Angeles, California, during a five-day heatwave event in September 2009.Read More

Five Planets to Line Up in Sky This Month in Rare Conjunction, Will Be Visible With Naked Eyes: How to Watch

The spectacular celestial show will be visible towards the eastern horizon just before the Sun rises and obscures the view. Those living in the Northern Hemisphere will have to look towards the east and the south. Those in the Southern Hemisphere should look towards the east and the north for the delightful view.Read More

Scientists Develop New Compound That May Help Fight Elusive Cancer Types

Scientists have developed a compound that can kill some hard-to-treat cancer types. After the compound was identified, scientists scanned through a screen of chemical analogs of ERX-11 and observed that another compound named ERX-41 was effective in killing ER-positive cancers in petri dishes. It was also found that the compound managed to eliminate triple-negative br…Read…