The Heterobrachia was little affected by the end-Triassic mass extinction, possibly because of a flexible mode of feeding of the larvae, an adaptation to relatively warm temperatures, and a flexible attachment of the mantle that allowed for covering the shell. Credit: Mariel Ferrari, CC-BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) A set of investigators, one with Instituto Patagónico de...
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain For many years, researchers have seen improved photosynthesis as one of the only feasible bright sides of increasing degrees of climatic carbon dioxide (CO2) -- since plants use CO2 for photosynthesis, it is expected that greater degrees of the gas will lead to much more effective plants. In an evaluation published in...
Texas A&M University researchers are using 3D printing and salt to create environmentally friendly polymers that will degrade over time. Credit: Texas A&M Engineering. Dr. Emily Pentzer, an associate educator in the Division of Materials Science and Engineering and the Division of Chemistry at Texas A&M College, makes 3D printed polymers more environmentally friendly with a...
Researchers developed a "DishBrain" system that associated neurons to a computer running the typical computer game Pong. Within five minutes, the cells commenced "learning" and improved their efficiency. The device of "learning" could entail the free-energy concept, according to which the brain searches for to lessen entropy (unpredictability) in its atmosphere. Recently research announced in...
Credit: NASA, Jim Watson / Getty Images An asteroid notoriously erased the dinosaurs about 66 million years ago. Could one more one do the very same to us? That question has led NASA researchers and designers to create the DART program, whose duty was to redirect the motion of an asteroid. The mission was a...
The Arecibo Observatory’s 305-metre-wide telescope dish partially collapsed in late 2020, after some supporting cables had snapped. Credit: Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty After one world-famous radio telescope at Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico collapsed 2 years back, many scientists hoped that the United States National Science Foundation (NSF), which runs the facility, would eventually build...
The system worked 3 times better than today's state-of-the-art passive cooling system. As the world's climate continues to warm up, the world demand for air conditioning is currently skyrocketing. In 2019, the requirement for cooling drew in 8.5% of the globe's total electricity consumption, equating to some one billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions. As more...
A close-up of the untethered exoskeleton. Credit: Stanford University. A new robotic, boot-like exoskeleton utilizes wearable sensors to adapt to each individual that wears it, marking a considerable progression for robotics. The device, explained in a study released yesterday, helps address one of the major obstacles in developing systems that aid people to walk:...
RIKEN physicists have created an LED that emits in a narrow region in the far ultraviolet that is safe for humans but deadly for viruses and bacteria. Credit: RIKEN RIKEN physicists have engineered an exceptionally efficient LED that is lethal to microorganisms and viruses while being safe for humans. Someday it may help nations overcome...
Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Hans Ellegren, centre, Eva Olsson, left and Thors Hans Hansson, members of the Nobel Committee for Physics announce the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics, from left to right on the screen, Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger, during a press...
