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......»»
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 at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health found that metal concentrations were particularly elevated in CWSs serving semi-urb.....»»
How does sleep tracking work?
Just how does your fitness tracker or smartwatch work out your sleep patterns – and does it actually help?.....»»
Planting trees and shrubs brings woodland birds back to farms, from superb fairy wrens to spotted pardalotes
Rural landscapes are changing in southern Australia. Thanks to landholders, community volunteers and Landcare groups, farms are increasingly home to corridors of trees and shrubs along creeks, and paddocks bordered by trees......»»
Rational neural network advances partial differentiation equation learning
Math is the language of the physical world, and Alex Townsend sees mathematical patterns everywhere: in weather, in the way soundwaves move, and even in the spots or stripes zebra fish develop in embryos......»»
NASA finds new way to monitor underground water loss
Researchers have untangled puzzling patterns of sinking and rising land to pin down the underground locations where water is being pumped for irrigation......»»
Classification of 16 adult sleep patterns based on large-scale sleep analysis
A research group found that the human sleep patterns could be classified into 16 types by combining ACCEL, their original machine learning algorithm for sleep-wake classification, the dimension reduction method and the clustering method. The accelera.....»»
Researchers find patterns of handgun carrying among youth in rural areas, building foundation for injury prevention
The first results of research led by the University of Washington into handgun carrying by young people growing up in rural areas has found six distinct patterns for when and how often these individuals carry a handgun......»»
Prenatal protoplanet upends planet formation models
An international research team has discovered a new planet so young that it has yet to emerge from the womb of matter where it is forming. This is the youngest protoplanet discovered to date. Its location and the surrounding patterns of matter sugges.....»»
Tools reveal patterns of Neandertal extinction in the Iberian Peninsula
Neandertal populations in the Iberian Peninsula were experiencing local extinction and replacement even before Homo sapiens arrived, according to a study published March 30, 2022 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Joseba Rios-Garaizar of the Arch.....»»
Dyson Zone are noise-canceling, air-purifying headphones
The Dyson Zone is a set of noise-canceling headphones that also act as a wearable air purifier for use in dirty, urban landscapes......»»
Dyson Zone: Noise-canceling, air-purifying headphones
The Dyson Zone is a set of noise-canceling headphones that also act as wearable air purifier for use in dirty, urban landscapes......»»
New marking method gives biologists a better way to identify individual animals at night
Biologists and ecologists often need to identify individual animals in the wild to help answer questions related to population density, foraging patterns and more. But there's an issue: Many of the markers they use, such as tags with colors or number.....»»
Secret to keeping ice cream creamy (not crunchy) might be plant-based nanocrystals
New research could also help preserve other frozen foods, donated organs, and tissues. Enlarge / Don't you hate it when ice crystals form and make your ice cream all crunchy? Scientists at the University of Tennessee found that plant c.....»»
Plant-based nanocrystals could be the secret to preventing crunchy ice cream
New research could also help preserve other frozen foods, donated organs, and tissues. Enlarge / Don't you hate it when ice crystals form and make your ice cream all crunchy? Scientists at the University of Tennessee found that plant c.....»»
Underwater Permafrost Is a Big, Gassy Wild Card for the Climate
You’ve probably heard of permafrost, the frozen carbon-rich land. But it’s also thawing under the sea, burping up planet-warming gases......»»
Researchers first to sample permafrost CO2 emissions during fall and winter
The Arctic is warming along with the rest of the planet, and as this is happening, its permafrost—perennially frozen arctic soil that holds a lot of trapped organic matter from dead plants—is thawing. As the permafrost thaws, the organic matter i.....»»
The Web Foundation wants to kill malicious websites for good
The Web Foundation is looking to put an end to deceptive dark patterns in malicious websites......»»
Permafrost thawing faster than expected due to extreme summer rainfall
In the past 50 years, the Arctic region has been warming three times faster than the average rate of global warming. This warming thaws the permafrost, the permanently frozen Arctic soil. New research published in Nature Communications has revealed t.....»»
Nothing brings back the tired old trope of the iPhone killer
Nothing threw a few stones in its The Truth presser. Too bad it was lobbing them from a gilded, glass house......»»
Festivals forced to adapt as climate change disrupts historic weather patterns
When spring arrives, fragrant flower and sweet fruit festivals can't be far behind......»»