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CoCo: A Platform Enabling Young People to Learn Collaboratively in Real-Time

Credit: MIT. Manuj Dhariwal and Shruti Dhariwal, Ph.D. candidates at the Media Lab, present a novel approach to creative collaboration in online learning settings. With the help of CoCo, a brand-new co-creative learning platform, educators can involve kids and teenagers in a limitless array of collaborative creative computing experiences with peers, whether seated next to one...

For the First Time Ever, Scientists Drill Into the Earth’s Rocky Mantle

Credit: Istock. As per a recent report from the Washington Post, scientists have successfully reached Earth's mantle by drilling approximately one mile beneath the ocean floor. This significant accomplishment was made possible by the JOIDES Resolution, an ocean drilling vessel. It is important to clarify that the scientists did not precisely drill into the mantle, and...

Human Activities Impose Wildlife Impact in Protected Zones, Study Finds

Credit: Unsplash. If the (30 by 30) initiative, which has garnered support from over 100 countries, achieves its goals, approximately 30% of both land and ocean ecosystems will be designated as protected areas by 2030. These areas are intended to preserve biodiversity and mitigate the effects of climate change. However, a groundbreaking study conducted by...

Hurricanes’ Deep Water Impact: Climate Effects Reaching Far and Wide

Credit: Unsplash. Scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, along with a colleague from Brandeis University and two from Oregon State University, have discovered proof that typhoons/hurricanes can force warm water into the depths of the ocean, transporting it to distant locations. Their findings, posted in the Proceedings of the National Academy...

Tsunamis Are Detected in the Atmosphere by NASA Researchers

Tsunami illustration. Credit: dosomething. New Hazard-Monitoring Technology Using GPS Signals to Find Waves in the Pacific Ring of Fire. The GUARDIAN (GNSS Upper Atmospheric Real-time Disaster Information and Alert Network) system was developed by scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Its primary goal is to supplement existing early warning systems by detecting tsunamis and other...

New Possibilities Found for Room-Temperature Superconductivity

To study superconducting materials in their “normal,” non-superconducting state, scientists usually switch off superconductivity by exposing the material to a magnetic field, left. SLAC scientists discovered that turning off superconductivity with a flash of light, right produces a normal state with very similar fundamental physics that is also unstable and can host brief flashes...

Hammerhead Sharks, The First Fish Specie Holding Their Breath.

The image shows a young scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini) in the vicinity of the ocean surface near Hawaii, with its mouth and gills visibly open. Credit: Biosphoto/Alamy Scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini) have developed a distinctive adaptation to conserve body heat while hunting in frigid depths. In order to enhance their hunting capabilities, they...

How Amazing Our Brain Is

The brain is a complex organ that controls thought, memory, emotion, touch, motor skills, vision, breathing, temperature, hunger and every process that regulates our body. Together, the brain and spinal cord that extends from it make up the central nervous system, or CNS. Credit:https: //www.hopkinsmedicine.org/ The Brain has the ability that makes us read, play...

Floating Farm, a New Concept of Sustainability

This floating farm transforms salty sea water into nutrients for agriculture and improves the marine environment! Credit: disenoyucatan. A New Concept of Green Preservation Floating Farm is a concept that involves the development of a sustainable farm on a floating platform. The idea behind the concept is to use the available space in water bodies such...

A Recently Discovered Type of Salty Ice Can Feed On the Surface Area of Extraterrestrial Moons

Jupiter's moons,also called Europa, have thrilling red streaks all over it´s surface. Scientists believe it's a frozen blend of water and salts, (like salty ice). Its chemical mark is unknown considering that it has no recognized substance on earth. Researchers discovered two new crystals made from water and table salt at low temperatures, below about...