Scientific Reviews
Best Popular Science Books in the Last 5 Years that you should not miss out
Abstract Every year thousands of popular science books are published, mostly in English language, to feed readers’ imagination and provide useful knowledge on scientific discoveries and research subjects which evoke a sense of wonder and make people marvel at the...
Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough, a Milestone for Future Clean and Limitless Energy Production. In 2022 nuclear fusion reaction achieved “net positive energy”
Abstract On 13th of December 2022, the head of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and other federal scientific leaders announced that an experiment of nuclear fusion reaction they ran at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California achieved “net energy”....
Global Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in Crisis. Two billion tonnes of MSW every year, a worrying worldwide environmental problem
Abstract Growing global municipal solid waste (MSW) reflects the world’s industrial and consumer culture of the last decades. Globally, people in developed and developing countries are discarding growing quantities of domestic waste due to the unprecedented rate of...
Is Hydrogen the Wonder Fuel for Decarbonization? Scientists argue that there are “greener” and more efficient options
Abstract The most important and urgent global environmental problem at present is rising surface temperature from increasing greenhouse gases and the association with climate change. In the last decades Hydrogen has been touted as a wonder green fuel from transport,...
The 12 Most Pressing Global Environmental Issues. Environmental problems humanity needs to resolve before 2050
Abstract The scientific consensus among researchers and environmentalists is that there is a large number of environmental problems, of which 12 are urgent and most important global environmental issues that humanity needs to resolve in the next 30 years (2050)....
Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors for Mortality and Disability of Adults. Lifestyle causes or modern civilization risk factors?
Abstract Since 1990 and for the first time in the history of human civilization, most newborns have very high chance to live their adult life for more than 65 years and beyond. With the global population experiencing extra years of life, the wellbeing of older adults...
Half of the World’s Cancer Deaths are Preventable. Reductions of lifestyle-modifiable risk factors: smoking, obesity-unhealhty diet, and drinking excess alcohol
Abstract. The 2019 Global Burden of Diseases (GBD) on cancer deaths was a large comparative risk assessment framework that was used to estimate cancer burden attributable to behavioural (or so called lifestyle risk factors), environmental, occupational, and metabolic...
Current Geopolitical Implications and Challenges of Historic Global Energy Transitions
Abstract. Energy in the form of controlled fire changed dramatically the course of human evolution on planet Earth. Fire allowed early humans to stay warm, cook nutritious food and meat, kill bacteria and pathogenic microbes, ward off predators and gave the...
Database Provides Millions of 3D Protein Structures by Artificial Intelligence. Deep-Learning Methods Can Design Proteins with Prespecified Functional Sites
Abstract Proteins are on the top of the list of the most important biomolecules that contribute to virtually every biochemical activity in the human body and other biological species. Knowledge of the 3D structure of proteins was fundamental for their function and...
Tertiary Education: High Demand for Expanded Access by World’s Youth Population. Challenges to globalization and and massification of higher education worldwide
Abstract In the last decade of the 21st century, young people under the age of 25, represent a significant portion of more than 40% of the world population and more than 25% of the total working age population. The current generation of young adults is very different...
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