Guided by Dr. Michael Fradley, a group of scientists in the Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and also North Africa (EAMENA) project utilized a range of open-source satellite images to carefully study the area around the eastern Nafud desert, an region little researched in the past. The unexpected results, released in the journal...
The Marine Optical Buoy (MOBY) is an ocean-color sensor that serves as a primary reference instrument for satellite measurements of the color of the ocean. Single-cell plants called phytoplankton contain chlorophyll that reflects the green in sunlight, which gives the ocean color. Researchers can study these measurements to better understand the planet's climate. MOBY...
CRAIG NASH In the clear daylight, the Eurasian woodcock does not stand apart. Reddish brown plumes help the bird blend in with forest underbrush to avoid predators. However, at dawn and dusk, when males of the species swoop as well as a dart in the light luminosity to attract a mate, they really shine. Currently,...
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A team of neuroscientists led by a College of Pittsburgh Institution of Medicine scientist created a test to spot a new marker of Alzheimer's illness neurodegeneration in a blood sample. A research on their outcomes was released today in Brain. New Biomarker The biomarker, named brain-derived tau, or BD-tau, outperforms...
In Borromean rings, each circle holds the pattern together by passing through the other two circles. Credit: Alexandr Kakinen / Aalto University Researchers have demonstrated how three vortices can be linked to prevent them from being dismantled. The structure of the links resembles a pattern used by Vikings and other old cultures. However, this research...
A newly-developed 3D printing method could be utilized to cost-effectively create customized electronic 'machines' the size of insects which allow advanced applications in robotics, medical tools, and others. Robotics is one area where small volumes of advanced sensors, MEMS, can now be produced with 3D printing. Credit; David Callahan. The impact of the discovery of the...
Wake forest medical center Brain electrodes developed to mimic the hippocampus appear to increase the encoding of memories-- and are two times as effective in people with bad memory. A singular form of brain stimulation seems to boost people's capability to remember new details-- by imitating how our brains create memories. Memory prosthesis The "memory prosthesis," which includes...
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The impact of artificial intelligence-enabled eye scans on health Artificial intelligence-enabled eye scans could be utilized to rapidly and precisely forecast whether a person is in grave danger of heart disease, a recent investigation involving scientists from London's Kingston College has developed. The discoveries can pave the way for cardiovascular screening to be...
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 A crew of scientists, one from the University of Cambridge and the other three from the College of Oxford, has used whole-body 3D imaging innovation for more information about the evolutionary...
(Guido Mieth/Getty Images) Ice characteristics Ice is not constantly ice all the way through. Even at temperatures level well below freezing, its surface area can be coated in a membrane of quasi-liquid atoms, with its density typically only a few nanometers. Its formation procedure is referred to as premelting (or 'surface melting'), which is why your ice...
