Neuroterus valhalla is a newly described species of cynipid gall wasp discovered in the branches of a live oak tree near the Rice University graduate student pub Valhalla. Credit: Miles Zhang/Smithsonian NMNH Its name sounds legendary, but the newly uncovered insect Neuroterus (noo-ROH'- teh-rus) Valhalla does not look or act the part. It is barely...
Anxiety and other dysfunctional mental states are related to high levels of BETA brainwave activity. Credit: Steven Johnson If you or somebody you know experiences feelings of anxiety, mood swings, mild depression, panic attacks, or obsessive thoughts, this article could be what you have been searching for. Any dysfunctional mental state often results from a...
Credit: Volatus Aerospace The global supply chain is presently experiencing all kinds of glitches, from material scarcities to labor scarcities and beyond. Moving goods from one point to another has become much more expensive, and there is no quick fix in sight. However, a San Diego-based start-up plans to meet some of the demand for air...
Scientists from MIT have crafted a new composite material from a greater part of cellulose nanocrystals and a synthetic polymer. Credit: Adam Hunt Research on the new material has been published in the journal Cellulose. Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have engineered a new composite material made from cellulose and synthetic polymer. Cellulose fibers...
The dense sponge grounds discovered on the northerly Langseth Ridge seamount structure represent an astonishingly rich ecosystem, demonstrating the ability of sponges and associated microorganisms to exploit a variety of refractory food sources including fossil seep detritus. Credit: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / PS101 AWI OFOS system Giant sponge gardens Little food gets to the depths below the perpetually...
QESOCAS, Project Number: EXL01 - Atomic Clock The International Clock and Oscillator Networking (ICON) project have been endowed ₤ 1.5 million in financing from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to unite world-leading portable optical clocks and world-leading optical link space infrastructure to inspect the limits of precision time transfer. The project...
Exascale computing is the following milestone in the advancement of supercomputers. Capable of processing information much faster than today's most powerful supercomputers, exascale computers will certainly give researchers a new tool for addressing a few of the most significant obstacles facing our world, from climate change to understanding cancer to designing brand-new sort of...
An Holden vehicle. Credit: Igor Lushnickiy(pexels) The Jingle used to relate us to people who loved “kangaroos, football, meat pies, and Holden Cars.”Nowadays, Japanese utes and tiny Toyotas, Hyundais, and Mazda are our favorites.The news on Monday from General Motors, Holden’s US parents, stating that the brand will be “discontinued” and the regional design...
Majestic c.1929 Collection: Bobby Haas and Haas Moto Museum. © Haas Moto Galleries LLC. Photographer: Grant Schwingle Motorcycles in mainstream media Motorcycles are so manly, right? Think about Steve McQueen in The Great Escape, Arthur Fonzarelli in tv's Happy Days, and Daniel Craig's James Bond. All chaps, radiating controlled coolness, astride thunderous, throbbing engines. However, in Motorcycles-- Design, Art,...
There are many sorts of Opal, and also a wide array of names are made use of to connect concerning them. If you have spent a percentage of time considering the Opal, you have probably been shocked by this substantial vocabulary of lovely names. There is a logic behind fire opal, black Opal,...
