Bombardier beetle vs. assassin bug: Mimetic interactions via a shared enemy
Animals can defend themselves against their natural enemies in various ways. Well-defended species often share conspicuous body colors with other well-defended or undefended species, forming mimetic interactions......»»
Dung dynasty: The plant boosting powers of beetle recyclers
Dung beetles, those unsung heroes of the insect world renowned for their prowess in breaking down cattle dung, have now been found to have a positive impact on plant growth......»»
Take a high-speed ride on SpaceX’s emergency escape chute
SpaceX has shared footage from a ride inside the Crew Dragon's emergency escape chute after the spacecraft was placed on Pad 40 at Kennedy for the first time......»»
AMD is making the CPU more and more obsolete in gaming
AMD just shared a demo of Work Graphs with the additions of draw calls and mesh nodes, and the results are impressive......»»
Increased risk of major bark beetle outbreaks in Norway
The European spruce bark beetle has killed several hundred million spruce trees in Sweden and Central Europe in the last five years. A warmer climate will ultimately result in more damage also in Norwegian spruce forests. Fewer spruce trees and softe.....»»
Researchers uncover culprits behind pitting corrosion in 3D-printed stainless steel
Like a hidden enemy, pitting corrosion attacks metal surfaces, making it difficult to detect and control. This type of corrosion, primarily caused by prolonged contact with seawater in nature, is especially problematic for naval vessels......»»
Latest Apple Store reveals beautiful circular design [Gallery]
Apple has shared photos of the latest Apple Store, ahead of this week’s opening in Shanghai, China. The photos reveal a curved glass facade, with stairs leading down into a beautiful circular design in the main display area in the basement of th.....»»
NVIDIA"s shared VR environment technology is coming to Apple Vision Pro
A combination of technologies from NVIDIA involving Omniverse Cloud APIs will soon let enterprise developers interact with fully rendered 3D digital twins streamed to Apple Vision Pro.NVIDIA cloud streaming brings complex digital twins to Apple Visio.....»»
Audi pads EV lineup in U.S. with Q6 E-tron
The midsize Q6 E-tron is the first Audi model on Volkswagen Group's Premium Platform Electric architecture, which is shared with Porsche......»»
Tropical plants beat drought by interacting with specific microbes, study shows
Plant-soil-microbe interactions play a crucial role in processes that take place in the soil directly around plant roots, or the rhizosphere, and these processes contribute to nutrient cycling and metabolite turnover in the environment. Amid the wate.....»»
SpaceX shares awesome rocket imagery from Starship flight
SpaceX has shared some breathtaking imagery from the most recent Starship flight, including a close-up of the 120-meter-tall rocket leaving the launchpad......»»
Spike for Teams adds shared inbox support for streamlined team communication
I’ve been a big fan of Spike for many years, and their new Teams plan is one of the most credible alternatives to Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 we’ve seen in quite some time. Spike takes a different approach to managing your inbox by turning.....»»
In vivo production of CAR-T cells using virus-mimetic fusogenic nanovesicles
Chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) are synthesized membrane proteins that enable lymphocytes to recognize and respond to the specific antigens of target cells. Despite the impressive efficacy of CAR-T cell therapy in treating B-cell lymphoma or leukem.....»»
Research uncovers specific protein interactions needed for cells to break down and remove damaged mitochondria
Autophagy is a process used by cells as a recycling system to transport and break down organelles and other cytosolic components, which become enveloped in a membrane called the autophagosome. When this involves the removal of damaged mitochondria, i.....»»
Before Dune: Part Two, Denis Villeneuve made 2 unnerving Jake Gyllenhaal thrillers
Premiering a week apart in the early autumn of 2013, Prisoners and Enemy set director Denis Villeneuve on the path to Dune and Dune: Part Two......»»
Meta sues “brazenly disloyal” former exec over stolen confidential docs
Meta's former exec allegedly shared data center secrets with a shadowy startup. Enlarge (credit: Boris Zhitkov | Moment) A recently unsealed court filing has revealed that Meta has sued a former senior employee for "braz.....»»
Polarization-sensitive tomography made easy with tensorial tomographic Fourier ptychography
In the realm of medical imaging, there are quite a few different techniques to extract information from biological tissue based on its different interactions with visible light. Over the past decade, there has been a massive surge in research focusin.....»»
Can genetic parasites alter interactions between microbes and hosts?
Researchers from the Max Planck Institutes (MPI) for Evolutionary Biology in Plön and for Biology in Tübingen have made significant progress in understanding the evolution of interactions between plants and microbes. The study focuses on Pseudomona.....»»
SpaceX’s mighty Starship rocket stacked for third test flight
SpaceX has shared photos showing its mighty Starship rocket stacked ahead of its third test flight, which could take place any day now......»»
Mars attracts: How Earth"s interactions with the red planet drive deep-sea circulation
Scientists from the Universities of Sydney and Sorbonne University have used the geological record of the deep sea to discover a connection between the orbits of Earth and Mars, past global warming patterns and the speeding up of deep ocean circulati.....»»
"Are we dating the same guy?" These women-run groups are accused of being toxic, but they carry a feminist legacy
In 2022, a social network was formed in New York for women to share warnings about their interactions with men on dating apps. These were men who had allegedly lied, manipulated, cheated on, ghosted, used or abused them......»»