Plants & Animals
Bumblebees surprise scientists with advanced social learning skills
In a groundbreaking discovery, bumblebees have been shown to possess a previously unseen level of cognitive sophistication. A new study, published in Nature, reveals that these fuzzy pollinators can learn complex, multi-step ...
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Scientists CT scanned thousands of natural history specimens, which you can access for free
Natural history museums have entered a new stage of scientific discovery and accessibility with the completion of openVertebrate (oVert), a five-year collaborative project among 18 institutions to create 3D reconstructions ...
Plants & Animals
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Extended horizontal branch detected in globular cluster NGC 1835
Using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), astronomers have investigated the stellar population of the globular cluster NGC 1835. They detected a remarkably extended horizontal branch in this system. The discovery, reported ...
Understanding wind and water at the equator are key to more accurate future climate projections: Study
Getting climate models to mimic real-time observations when it comes to warming is critical—small discrepancies can lead to misunderstandings about the rate of global warming as the climate changes. A new study from North ...
Earth Sciences
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Ancient stone tools found in Ukraine date to over 1 million years ago, and may be oldest in Europe
Ancient stone tools found in western Ukraine may be the oldest known evidence of early human presence in Europe, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
Archaeology
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Subaru Telescope discovers the faintest moon around icy giant planets
Using some of the largest telescopes in the world, including the Subaru Telescope, a team of astronomers discovered three new natural satellites orbiting the outermost planets in our solar system—one around Uranus and two ...
Astronomy
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The AI bassist: Sony's vision for a new paradigm in music production
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools are becoming increasingly advanced and are now used to produce various personalized content, including images, videos, logos, and audio recordings. Researchers at Sony Computer ...
Study finds consuming refined carbs might be linked to perceived facial attractiveness
In a new study, participants' levels of consumption of refined carbohydrates were statistically linked with their facial attractiveness as rated by heterosexual volunteers of the opposite sex. Visine and colleagues at the ...
Medical research
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Lit from within: How tiny wireless bulbs could revolutionize clinical health care
Researchers from the University of St Andrews and the University of Cologne have developed a new device platform that allows for smaller wireless light sources to be placed within the human body.
Biomedical technology
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Medical Xpress
Lit from within: How tiny wireless bulbs could revolutionize clinical health care
Espresso yourself: Wearable tech measures emotional responses to coffee
Nanosurgical tool could be key to cancer breakthrough
COVID-19 physiological impacts vary by sex, wearable technology reveals
Study: Protein helps prevent breast cancer metastasis
How fusion proteins hijack gene regulators to spur childhood cancer
Why some RNA drugs work better than others
Study reveals unexpected literacy in autistic people who cannot speak
Using AI to predict the spread of lung cancer
Novel device for stomach complaints is successful in human trial
New study may broaden the picture of the consequences of childhood adversity
Study could lead to new way to detect brain changes associated with Alzheimer's risk
Study in mice reveals how the body copes with airway closure
Virtual reality exposure plus electric brain stimulation offers a promising treatment for PTSD
Tech Xplore
The AI bassist: Sony's vision for a new paradigm in music production
New hydrogen producing method is simpler and safer, researchers say
Researchers reach new AI benchmark for computer graphics
New compact chips can convert light into microwaves
3D reflector microchips could speed development of 6G wireless
Research shows survey participants duped by AI-generated images nearly 40% of the time
Researchers create viscose from recycled textiles
Descriptive boost for visual accessibility
Astrophysicists unveil new phenomenon challenging textbook definition of white dwarf stars
Scientists have revealed why some white dwarfs mysteriously stop cooling—changing ideas on just how old stars really are and what happens to them when they die.
Astronomy
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New hydrogen producing method is simpler and safer, researchers say
Researchers in Sweden unveiled a new concept for producing hydrogen energy more efficiently, splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen without the dangerous risk of mixing the two gases.
Energy & Green Tech
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New analysis uncovers major issues with earlier suggestions that Spinosaurus pursued prey underwater
For years, controversy has swirled around how a Cretaceous-era, sail-backed dinosaur—the giant Spinosaurus aegyptiacus—hunted its prey. Spinosaurus was among the largest predators ever to prowl the Earth and one of the ...
Paleontology & Fossils
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Weird electron behavior gets even weirder: Charge fractionalization observed spectroscopically
A research team led by the Paul Scherrer Institute has spectroscopically observed the fractionalization of electronic charge in an iron-based metallic ferromagnet. Experimental observation of the phenomenon is not only of ...
Condensed Matter
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Finding new physics in debris from colliding neutron stars
Neutron star mergers are a treasure trove for new physics signals, with implications for determining the true nature of dark matter, according to research from Washington University in St. Louis.
Astronomy
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Invasive plant time bombs: A hidden ecological threat
Invasive plants can stay dormant for decades or even centuries after they have been introduced into an environment before rapidly expanding and wreaking ecological havoc, according to a new study led by the University of ...
Plants & Animals
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Scientists use a new type of nanoparticle that can both deliver vaccines and act as an adjuvant
Many vaccines, including vaccines for hepatitis B and whooping cough, consist of fragments of viral or bacterial proteins. These vaccines often include other molecules called adjuvants, which help to boost the immune system's ...
Bio & Medicine
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Not just humans: Bees and chimps can also pass on their skills
Bumblebees and chimpanzees can learn skills from their peers so complicated that they could never have mastered them on their own, an ability previously thought to be unique to humans, two studies said on Wednesday.
Plants & Animals
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New deep-sea worm discovered at methane seep off Costa Rica
Greg Rouse, a marine biologist at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and other researchers have discovered a new species of deep-sea worm living near a methane seep some 50 kilometers (30 miles) off the Pacific ...
Plants & Animals
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Espresso yourself: Wearable tech measures emotional responses to coffee
Researchers in Italy have introduced a novel approach for assessing the quality of coffee. In a pioneering new study, they have demonstrated the feasibility of using wearable technology to measure the emotional responses ...
Biomedical technology
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How new product development shapes firms and the economy
Understanding product life cycles plays an important role in the innovation arms race, helping to define firm growth and market competition.
Are women CEOs more risk-averse than men? Not necessarily, study shows
According to a commonly held assumption, women CEOs are more risk-averse than their male counterparts. Some studies have even demonstrated that women in top leadership roles are less likely than men to engage in acquisitions.
Uncovering the cyclization mechanism of cyclic β-1,2-glucan synthase
The polysaccharide β-1,2-glucan consists of repeating units of glucose linked together by β-1,2-glycosidic bonds. Cyclic β-1,2-glucans (CβGs) occur in different bacterial species and have a role in bacterial infections ...
Research identifies key drivers of life satisfaction and happiness
How someone feels about their personal appearance or attractiveness can significantly affect their level of life satisfaction, according to a new study out of York University, which looked at a broad range of factors and ...
Nobel laureates warn Milei budget cuts 'canceling' scientific research
Sixty-eight Nobel science laureates urged Argentina's self-professed "anarcho-capitalist" President Javier Milei Wednesday to restore budgets for science and technology that have been cut under his drive to slash public spending.
Selective operation of enhancement and depletion modes of nanoscale field-effect transistors
Nanoscale transistors are in demand for efficient digital circuits, and biasing of each device is critical. These stringent biasing conditions can be relaxed by obtaining precise values of the threshold voltages of the transistor. ...
What are Hubble and Webb observing right now? NASA tool has the answer
It's not hard to find out what NASA's Hubble and James Webb space telescopes have observed in the past. Barely a week goes by without news of a cosmic discovery made possible using images, spectra, and other data captured ...
Photocatalytic nonoxidative coupling of methane to ethylene over carbon-doped ZnO/Au catalysts
A study on the photocatalytic nonoxidative coupling of methane to ethylene over carbon-doped ZnO/Au catalysts was published by Prof. Wei Xiao (College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University) and Dr. Yuhao Peng ...
In peatland soil, a warmer climate and elevated carbon dioxide rapidly alter soil organic matter
Soils in northern freshwater wetlands, called peatlands, are cold, water-saturated, and acidic. These conditions slow microbes' decomposition of organic matter into greenhouse gases. This process stores carbon in the soil. ...
A new genus of fungi on grasses
While ecologically important, small mushrooms on monocots (grasses and sedges) are rarely studied and a lack of information about their habitat and DNA sequences creates difficulties in determining their presence or absence ...
Comparison of diploid and triploid hybrid fish from the same parents
The determination of animal growth rate and body size is an interesting scientific issue, and understanding the molecular mechanisms involved can guide agricultural production for genetic breeding. However, differences in ...
Deep sea and sediments bring iron to Antarctic waters, finds researcher
Deep sea and sediments bring iron to Antarctic waters. The iron that fertilizes the waters around Antarctica mostly comes from the deep, upwelling waters and the sediments around the continent.
Research shows people's perceptions can fuel political unrest
People's feelings about how morally divided a society is in the lead-up to an election can cause them to have extreme reactions if the result doesn't go their way, like the 6 January 2021 attacks on the US Capitol, new research ...
New nano-microscope enables simultaneous measurement of nano-composite material properties
The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) has developed a hybrid nano-microscope capable of simultaneously measuring various nano-material properties. This nano-microscope is essential for researching ...
Introducing multi-component liquid-infused surfaces for adaptive and functional coatings
Surface coatings have long been essential in various industries, offering protection and functionality. In recent years, liquid-infused surfaces (LIS) have emerged as a groundbreaking technology, revolutionizing how we approach ...
New report reveals Australia's material use and circular rate
Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, has released a new report on the country's material use, highlighting opportunities to transition to a more circular and sustainable economy.
Comparable net radiation between the high-elevation Tibetan Plateau and the low-elevation Yangtze River region: Study
Land–atmosphere interactions play a crucial role in shaping Earth's climate system, profoundly influencing weather patterns, climate variables, and ecological processes. Despite being located at similar latitudes, the Tibetan ...
Civilian 911 responders can enhance public safety, study finds
Deploying paramedics, social workers, and others to non-criminal emergency calls could significantly boost a police department's ability to respond to criminal emergencies while reducing negative interactions with the community, ...
Back on Earth: NASA's Orion capsule put to the test before crewed mission
The Orion spacecraft that traveled around the moon and back during 2022's Artemis I mission completed a different round trip when it recently returned to Ohio for testing.
Can we still trust public opinion polls?
As the dust settles on another Super Tuesday, Americans are watching with bated breath to see how closely the final tallies align with the latest polls.
