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Living in fear on Italy"s Campi Flegrei volcano

As a child, Alfredo Colato cooked eggs on this southern Italian volcano. Today, he is poised to flee Campi Flegrei, as experts warn earthquakes rocking his hometown could herald an eruption......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgOct 4th, 2023

Ancient fish-trapping network supported the rise of Maya civilization

The Maya were landscape engineers on a grand scale, even when it came to fishing. On the eve of the rise of the Maya civilization, people living in what’s now Belize turned a wh.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsNov 22nd, 2024

Researchers develop miRNA-tunable living interface for neurovascular remodeling

A research team led by Dr. Du Xuemin from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has reported a living interface with unique functionalities of durable secretion of bioactive exosomes with tunable con.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 22nd, 2024

Using light to create bioelectronics inside living organisms

Bioelectronics research and development of implants made of electrically conductive materials for disease treatment is advancing rapidly. However, bioelectronic treatment is not without complications. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have tak.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 22nd, 2024

Mysteries of the universe explored by professor, students in Italian underground lab

In an underground lab in a mountainous region of Italy that contains the coldest temperatures known to exist in the universe, teams of international scientists are to trying to solve one of the biggest mysteries in particle physics......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 22nd, 2024

Smarter city planning: Researchers use brain activity to predict visits to urban areas

Urbanization, the process by which cities and towns expand in size and population, is rapidly advancing globally, and the percentage of people living in urban environments has increased from 33% in 1960 to 57% in 2023......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 21st, 2024

COP29 viewpoint: "Climate finance" for the Pacific is mostly loans, saddling small island nations with more debt

As this year's UN climate summit reaches its final stage of negotiations, Pacific scholars are calling on world leaders to improve the dispersal system of climate finance to support people living in small island nations......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 21st, 2024

The mystery of the secretly sexual lichens

The patches of lichen you've probably seen growing on tree trunks and park benches might be easy to overlook, but they're actually some of the world's strangest living things. While they're sometimes mistaken for moss, lichens are miniature ecosystem.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 20th, 2024

First pairs of white dwarf–main sequence binaries discovered in clusters shine new light on stellar evolution

Astronomers at the University of Toronto (U of T) have discovered the first pairs of white dwarf and main sequence stars—"dead" remnants and "living" stars—in young star clusters. Described in a new study published in The Astrophysical Journal, t.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsNov 19th, 2024

Lonely dolphin in Baltic Sea found to be talking to himself

A team of marine biologists at the University of Southern Denmark has discovered a solo male dolphin living in the Baltic Sea, who appears to be talking to himself. In their paper published in the journal Bioacoustics, the group describes how they an.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 19th, 2024

Genetic analysis of hazelnut trees in British Columbia shows wide dispersal by Indigenous people

A team of environmental management specialists, dendrologists and Indigenous studies researchers found evidence showing that Indigenous people living in British Columbia cultivated hazelnut trees long before colonists from Europe arrived......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 19th, 2024

The myth of junk food-eating gamers is actually about social hunger—and gender, say researchers

Gamers are often associated with unhealthy diets, messy living spaces and at times asocial lifestyles. While the gamer stereotypes first mentioned have some basis in reality, this is not necessarily for the reasons we thought. This, according to new.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 19th, 2024

Cape Fear TV show from Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and Javier Bardem lands at Apple TV+

Apple TV+ has ordered a Cape Fear TV show from executive producers Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and Javier Bardem......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsNov 19th, 2024

A single cell"s siesta: How non-moving single-celled organisms manage to avoid bright light

Too much of a good thing is no good at all. Living organisms enjoy sunlight—in fact, they need it to stay alive—but they tend to avoid light that is too bright. Animals go to their shelter, humans have a siesta, even plants have mechanisms to avo.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 18th, 2024

Ancient Aztec "skull whistles" found to instill fear in modern people

A team of cognitive neuroscientists at the University of Zurich, has found that ancient Aztec "skull whistles" found in gravesites are able to instill fear in modern people. In their study, published in the journal Communications Psychology, the grou.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 18th, 2024

How marine worms regenerate lost body parts: Return of cells to stem cell-like state could be key

Many living organisms are able to regenerate damaged or lost tissue, but why some are particularly good at this and others are not is not fully understood. Molecular biologists Alexander Stockinger, Leonie Adelmann and Florian Raible from the Max Per.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 18th, 2024

The Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 changed my mind about small smartwatches

I've been wearing the 40mm Samsung Galaxy Watch 7, and my fear that it would be too small has been unfounded. Here's why it may be the better choice for you......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsNov 18th, 2024

I own a PlayStation 5 Pro. It still hasn’t replaced my regular old PS5

After living with the PlayStation 5 Pro for a few weeks, I'm still using my regular old PS5 more than I expected to......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsNov 18th, 2024

Hit sci-fi series Silo returns for season two today

One of the biggest hits on Apple TV+ returns for season two today: the sci-fi series Silo, based on the . Rebecca Ferguson stars as Juliette, an engineer who seeks to break out of the underground silo in which everyone is living. Following the exp.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  9to5macRelated NewsNov 15th, 2024

Climate change: Women"s role in the economy is key to a just transition

The realities of climate change are hitting home for many people living in the Global South. Food security, water access and health have been jeopardized by increased temperatures, extreme weather events and sea level rise......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsNov 15th, 2024

Using genetic code expansion to study membrane proteins

Over the years, chemical biology methods have made an important contribution to the study of integral membrane proteins. A key modern approach is genetic code expansion (GCE), which makes it possible to modify proteins directly in living cells to giv.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 14th, 2024