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An ultra-short-period exoplanet discovered with TESS

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has detected a new ultra-short-period exoplanet. The newfound alien world, designated HD 20329 b, orbits its host star in slightly less than one day. The.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgNov 24th, 2022

Apple to fix Screen Time bug that allowed users to circumvent web browser content restrictions

Screen Time promises to allow parents to restrict access to various apps, website and content on their children’s devices. However, ever since Screen Time launched with iOS 12, Apple has been playing whack-a-mole as users discovered new workarounds.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsJun 5th, 2024

Key mechanism for maintaining proper telomere length identified

The length of telomeres that protect the ends of our chromosomes should be tightly regulated. Those that are too long predispose to cancer, and those that are too short lose their protective ability, resulting in telomere disorders with serious healt.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 5th, 2024

Blood sausages and yak milk: Bronze Age cuisine of Mongolian nomads unveiled

Bronze cauldrons were used by the inhabitants of the Mongolian steppe around 2,700 years ago to process animal blood and milk. This is shown by a protein analysis of archaeological finds from this period......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 5th, 2024

First Galaxy Z Fold 6 Image Reveals Refined, Squared Design

Samsung is continuing its trend to move away from the overly round hardware design aesthetic. We saw it with the Galaxy S23 Ultra into the Galaxy S24 Ultra and now it appears that we’re going to see it on the Galaxy Z Fold 5 into the Galaxy Z F.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  droidlifeRelated NewsJun 5th, 2024

How Online Gaming Affects Mental Health, According to Dutch Experts

According to CasinosZonderCruksOnline.com experts, there’s a serious side to online gambling. They’ve found some important things we need to know. This article talks about what Dutch experts have discovered. It focuses on how online casin.....»»

Category: topSource:  tapscapeRelated NewsJun 5th, 2024

Chasing down a cellular "short circuit" sheds light on how certain diseases begin

A group of researchers at University of California San Diego has identified the cause of a "short-circuit" in cellular pathways, a discovery that sheds new light on the genesis of a number of human diseases......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsJun 4th, 2024

Giant viruses discovered on Greenland ice sheet could reduce ice melt

Every spring when the sun rises in the Arctic after months of darkness, life returns. The polar bears pop up from their winter lairs, the Arctic tern soar back from their long journey south, and the musk oxen wade north......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsJun 4th, 2024

Galaxy Watch FE Leaks Show a Familiar Design

It's expected to launch at a more affordable price. The post Galaxy Watch FE Leaks Show a Familiar Design appeared first on Phandroid. While a lot of buzz and hype were recently centered around the Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 “Ultra”.....»»

Category: asiaSource:  phandroidRelated NewsJun 4th, 2024

What impact does ozone have on an exoplanet?

As we discover more and more exoplanets—and the current total is in excess of 5,200—we continue to try to learn more about them. Astrobiologists busy themselves analyzing their atmospheres searching for anything that provides a sign of life......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsJun 4th, 2024

Suppressing starlight: How to find other Earths

One underappreciated aspect of the current flood of exoplanet discoveries is the technical marvels that enable it. Scientists and engineers must capture and detect minute signals from stars and planets light years away. With the technologies of even.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsJun 4th, 2024

Remarkable new plant species steals nutrients from underground fungi

A distinctive plant that steals nutrients from underground fungi has been discovered as a new species by botanists from the Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) in collaboration with local naturalists and stakeholders. The research is published.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsJun 4th, 2024

Best Samsung deals: The Galaxy S24 Ultra is up to $870 off

If you're in search of some affordable new devices, check out these Samsung deals we've rounded up, which include TVs, smartwatches, and the Galaxy S24 Ultra......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsJun 4th, 2024

Rocky shores of Pacific Northwest show low resilience to changes in climate

A 15-year period ending in 2020 that included a marine heat wave and a sea star wasting disease epidemic saw major changes in the groups of organisms that live along the rocky shores of the Pacific Northwest......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 4th, 2024

Gigantic Jurassic pterosaur fossil unearthed in Oxfordshire, UK

A team of paleontologists has discovered a fossil of a gigantic flying reptile from the Jurassic period with an estimated wingspan of more than three meters—making it one of the largest pterosaurs ever found from that era......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 4th, 2024

Swarm satellites help aurora chasers discover Steve"s long-lost twin

Ever since aurora chasers discovered Steve, a mysterious ribbon of purple light in the night sky, scientists have wondered whether it might have a secret twin. Now, thanks to a photographer's keen eye, and data from ESA's Swarm satellites, we may hav.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsJun 4th, 2024

Human activity contributed to woolly rhinoceros" extinction, suggest researchers

Researchers have discovered sustained hunting by humans prevented the woolly rhinoceros from accessing favorable habitats as Earth warmed following the Last Ice Age......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsJun 4th, 2024

Researchers develop PFAS-free polymer membranes for semiconductor processing

Due to their stability and resistance to water and grease, PFAS chemicals (short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are used in a wide range industries, but they are harmful to health and the environment. Membranes containing PFAS are used in m.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 3rd, 2024

Researchers discover 400,000-year-old stone tools designed specifically for butchering fallow deer in Israel

A new study from Tel Aviv University identified the earliest appearance worldwide of special stone tools, used 400,000 years ago to process fallow deer. The tools, called Quina scrapers (after the site in France where they were first discovered), wer.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 3rd, 2024

TOI-1685 b is a hot and rocky super-Earth exoplanet, observations find

An international team of astronomers has performed follow-up observations of a nearby alien world known as TOI-1685 b. Results of the observations, published May 21 on the pre-print server arXiv, indicate that TOI-1685 b is a hot and rocky alien worl.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 3rd, 2024

Crucial shift in River Nile"s evolution during ancient Egypt discovered

Researchers have explored how the River Nile evolved over the past 11,500 years and how changes in its geography could have helped shape the fortunes of ancient Egyptian civilization......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 3rd, 2024