How "ice needles" weave patterns of stones in frozen landscapes
Nature is full of repeating patterns that are part of the beauty of our world. An international team, including a researcher from the University of Washington, used modern tools to explain repeating patterns of stones that form in cold landscapes......»»
First mass measurement with rare-RI ring reveals fine structure of element abundance patterns
Scientists have demonstrated the effectiveness of an innovative nuclear mass measurement method using the rare-RI ring (R3) facility at the Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory, and applied it to the mass measurement of a neutron-rich palladium isotope......»»
How Prescribed Burns Can Help Restore Eastern US Forests
A movement is growing to reintroduce controlled burns to forests and grasslands, bringing back the role of fire in creating biodiverse landscapes......»»
Topological synchronization of chaotic systems
Can we find order in chaos? Physicists have shown, for the first time that chaotic systems can synchronize due to stable structures that emerge from chaotic activity. These structures are known as fractals, shapes with patterns which repeat over and.....»»
Stone Age people may have gathered at night to watch animated “fireside art”
VR simulations showed firelight would make images on engraved stones move and flicker. A VR simulation showing what a Palaeolithic plaquette looks like under the flickering light of a fire. Several horses are engraved on this.....»»
EU to unveil landmark law to force Big Tech to police illegal content
Dark patterns, as well as targeting users based on religion or gender will be banned. Enlarge (credit: Justin Tallis | Getty Images) The EU is poised to unveil a landmark law on Friday that will force Big Tech to police their.....»»
Researchers biosynthesize anti-cancer compound found in venomous Australian tree
The Australian stinging tree (Dendrocnide moroides) is a plant that many people avoid at all costs. The tree, which is a member of the nettle family, is covered in thin silicon needles laced with one of nature's most excruciating toxins, a compound c.....»»
Research shows that forest management in Europe is out of alignment with natural patterns
European forests are in trouble. "Not because they're being lost," says University of Vermont scientist William Keeton. "Europe, actually, is greener and more heavily forested now than it has been in centuries." But many of the continent's forests ar.....»»
Record low Antarctic sea ice extent could signal shift
Sea ice around Antarctica shrank to the smallest extent on record in February, five years after the previous record low, researchers said Tuesday, suggesting Earth's frozen continent may be less impervious to climate change than thought......»»
California gives rivers more room to flow to stem flood risk
Between vast almond orchards and dairy pastures in the heart of California's farm country sits a property being redesigned to look like it did 150 years ago, before levees restricted the flow of rivers that weave across the landscape......»»
Variations in resource partitioning help maintain plant coexistence
Studying plant water use patterns to reveal plant hydrological niches in terrestrial plant communities is regarded as a breakthrough for understanding species combinations. However, how competition and coexistence work remain unanswered......»»
The plan to release genetically engineered mosquitoes in California
In the mosquito breeding rooms of British biotech company Oxitec, scientists line up fresh eggs, each the size of a grain of salt. Using microscopic needles, the white-coated researchers inject each egg with a dab of a proprietary synthetic DNA......»»
Researchers demonstrate how biomolecule mixtures communicate, interact and adapt to their environment
A post-doctoral researcher with the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center (CUNY ASRC) has made an important step toward understanding how complex mixtures of biomolecular building blocks form self-organized patterns......»»
Inferring the size of a collective of self-propelled Vicsek particles from the random motion of a single unit
Collective dynamics are ubiquitous in the natural world. From neural circuits to animal groups, there are countless instances in which the interactions among large numbers of elementary units bestow surprisingly complex patterns of tantalizing beauty.....»»
Uranium detectable in two-thirds of US community water system monitoring records
A study on metal concentrations in U.S. community water systems (CWS) and patterns of inequalities, researchers found that metal concentrations were particularly elevated in CWSs serving semi-urban, Hispanic communities independent of location or reg.....»»
Psilocybin rewires the brain for people with depression, study finds
Psilocybin fosters greater connections between different regions of the brain in depressed people, freeing them up from long-held patterns of rumination and excessive self-focus, according to a new study......»»
Gazelle Traveled Distance of Nearly Half Earth"s Circumference in Five Years
Maps of the journey show the importance of conserving vast, unfenced landscapes to aid the survival of Mongolian gazelles -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Former partners-in-crime likely to violently turn on one another: UK crime gang study
The first study to take a "network analysis" approach to patterns of violence within UK organized crime gangs (OCG) has shown that OCG members who previously offended together are likely to end up attacking one another......»»
I tried the kitchen gadget that turns fruit into...ice cream?
I've always envied people who could satisfy their sweet tooth with a piece of fruit. For me, a handful of grapes just doesn't come close to a scoop of sweet, rich ice cream. It wasn't until I discovered Yonanas, a kitchen appliance that turns frozen.....»»
Fabricating complex hierarchical biomimetic patterns with lasers
A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances reviews fabricating complex hierarchical biomimetic patterns with the use of novel spatiotemporally tailored interfering laser beams......»»
Research places new limits on the bizarre behavior of neutrinos
In a laboratory under a mountain, physicists are using crystals far colder than frozen air to study ghostly particles, hoping to learn secrets from the beginning of the universe. Researchers at the Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (C.....»»