In a 2011 survey, over half of 16- to 22-year-olds, when asked to choose only two items from a list, said they would rather give up their sense of smell than go without technology like their phone or laptop. Compared to other senses, human smell often seems like an afterthought. However, researchers have discovered a […]
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Opportunistic Threat: Acinetobacter baumannii Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) is an opportunistic bacterium that infects individuals weakened by illnesses like pneumonia or wounds. It can colonize the lungs and cause infections in organs or on the skin, surviving on dry surfaces for up to a month, often found on healthcare workers. Resistant to traditional eradication methods,
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Heist movies are rarely about solving climate change, and for good reason. It’s hard to imagine George Clooney racing down the highway with a truckload of stolen diamonds, saying, “Hey, let’s crush these sparkly gems into powder and scatter them through the stratosphere to cool the planet.” Calculating Diamonds for Global Cooling However, a team
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Australia’s Food Safety Information Council recently released a report on the nation’s handwashing habits. It revealed that 19% of Australians don’t always wash their hands after using the toilet, and nearly half (42%) confess they don’t consistently wash their hands before handling food. Do you wash your hands every time you use the bathroom? What
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If extraterrestrials are observing Earth, they could potentially pick up on the radio signals we send to Mars to operate our rovers. Astronomers have begun monitoring the nearby TRAPPIST-1 system to see if aliens are communicating between their own planets. Earth has been emitting incidental radio signals for more than a century, but unlike what
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From fire-breathers to sprinters, climbers, and gymnasts, we’ve witnessed an impressive array of quadruped robots. Now, the fourth-generation Honey Badger has expanded the list of robodog abilities to include underwater walking. Founded in 2019, Poland’s MAB Robotics originated from a student research group that created their first robodog. The startup’s Honey Badger quadruped has seen
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The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled a new mesmerizing image of the spiral galaxy Messier 90 (M90) in the constellation Virgo. Originally captured using the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) in 1994, Hubble revisited M90 with its more advanced Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) in 2019 and 2023. This latest observation offers
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How would you feel about owning your own AT-ST walker from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi? The newly announced Tron 1 biped robot is the next best option. It’s slightly smaller than a walker, and unfortunately, there’s no riding inside it. Produced by the Chinese robotics company LimX Dynamics, known for its quadruped and
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Revolutionary Chip Detects Heart Attack Biomarkers in Minutes A small chip with a unique surface can accurately detect heart attack blood biomarkers within minutes, a much shorter time than current methods, even when they are present in very low concentrations. The researchers behind the device envision it being used as a home diagnostic tool. When
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Researchers have spent recent years investigating which type of plastic biodegrades most rapidly in marine environments, as millions of tons of plastic enter our oceans each year. They discovered that a common bioplastic, which has been in use for over a century, biodegrades quickly, and they have figured out ways to speed up this process.
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