Mapping the "superhighways" travelled by the first Australians
'Superhighways' used by a population of up to 6.5 million Indigenous Australians to navigate the continent tens of thousands of years ago have been revealed by new research using sophisticated modelling of past people and landscapes......»»
What does lightning actually do to a tree?
The huge storms many Australians have experienced recently have damaged or toppled old trees which had withstood the vagaries of our weather for the past century or more......»»
Mapping the olfactory system in fruit flies
The distinctive smell of a flower… the unmistakable aroma of coffee… the dangers linked with inhaling smoke fumes. Sensory systems have evolved to provide us with immediate, finely tuned information about the world around us, whether they are col.....»»
A new method for mapping gene expression deep in the body could one day be used to track stem cells or cancer therapy
Even fans of black-and-white film can't deny that color brought new life to photography and motion pictures. And when it comes to learning what happens inside the body, there's no substitute for color. Were it possible, for example, to map out real-t.....»»
Unknown Space Object Beaming Out Radio Signals Every 18 Minutes Remains a Mystery
While mapping radio waves across the universe, astronomers happened upon a celestial object releasing giant bursts of energy -- and it's unlike anything they've ever seen before. From a report: The spinning space object, spotted in March 2018, beamed.....»»
Australia says WeChat has removed the account of its Prime Minister
Australia has accused WeChat of taking down Prime Minister Scott Morrison's account and redirecting his followers to a site that claims to provide information for Chinese Australians......»»
Australia says WeChat has removed the account of its prime minister
Australia has accused WeChat of taking down Prime Minister Scott Morrison's account and redirecting his followers to a site that claims to provide information for Chinese Australians......»»
GameLoop lets you play Android games on your PC
GameLoop is an emulator developed by Tencent for playing Android games on Windows. It features an app marketplace, support up to 2K resolution, smart key mapping and more......»»
Researchers use ghost imaging to speed up X-ray fluorescence chemical mapping
Researchers have developed a new, focus-free technique for creating chemical maps using X-ray fluorescence. The approach offers fast, high-resolution measurements, which could be useful for analyzing chemical composition for a range of applications i.....»»
MaNGA team releases largest-ever collection of 3D maps of nearby galaxies
Just over a month ago, scientists from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) released the complete dataset of 10,000 galaxies observed by the Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory (MaNGA) project, making MaNGA the largest galaxy survey of.....»»
Circular Dichroism beamline provides breakthrough in mapping chiral materials
A European research group has developed an exciting new imaging method on Diamond Light Source's beamline B23 that could improve the characterisation of chiral molecules in pharmaceuticals and other chiral molecules in the solid state. This pioneerin.....»»
CES 2022: AV Mapping provides music licensing solutions for visual content creators
When it comes to creating visual content, finding a proper soundtrack is as important as constructing and gathering materials for storytelling. However, due to copyright reasons, music licensing can be extremely complicated and time-consuming. To mak.....»»
How "Digital Twins" Are Transforming Manufacturing, Medicine and More
Time reports on virtual doppelgangers — also known as "digital twins". (Alternate URL here.) Created by feeding video, images, blueprints or other data into advanced 3-D mapping software, digital twins are being used in medicine to replicate.....»»
HDMI 2.1a is coming to CES 2022
On December 21, the HDMI Licensing Administrator (HDMI LA) revealed HDMI 2.1a at a pre-CES 2022 virtual press briefing. The standard comes with a single new feature called Source-Based Tone Mapping (SBTM), which helps optimize HDR signals TFT Central.....»»
Team develops kilohertz label-free non-contact quantitative mapping of optical properties for strongly turbid media
The ability to quantify optical properties (i.e., absorption and scattering) of strongly turbid media has major impacts on the characterization of biological tissues, fluid fields, and many others. However, the task of quantitative imaging of optical.....»»
Algorithm builds maps predicting overall state of environment based on available measurements
Skoltech researchers have come up with an approach for aggregating and mapping data on the quality of water, soil, or air for agriculture, industrial needs, consumer and environmental protection. The new algorithm relies on readings from multiple iso.....»»
Behind the Scenes at Art Basel Miami: The Biggest IRL Metaverse Party Yet
NFTs took over Art Basel Miami this year. Here's what TIME saw there, from body mapping to property speculation to pure hedonism. A version of this article was published in TIME’s newsletter Into the Metaverse. Subscribe for a week.....»»
Satellite and citizen data create precise range maps for at-risk bird species
Using satellite data and hundreds of thousands of crowd-sourced field observations, scientists have developed a more precise method for mapping the locations of habitats critical for the survival of more than 1,300 Central and South American forest b.....»»
Collecting and mapping carbon benefits of wind power, silviculture and peatlands
While renewable energy is needed, wind turbines cannot, for example, be built too close to residential areas due to noise and landscape factors. Then again, erecting turbines in uninhabited areas makes nature more fragmented and affects animals. The.....»»
High-resolution mapping method for G4 DNA structures developed
While investigating the unusual G quadruplex DNA structure (G4), the Simon Elsässer group has developed a more accurate method for mapping these structures in the genome. G4 CUT&Tag revealed numerous G4s in the human and mouse genome that were previ.....»»
Australia Is the Drunkest Country In the World, Survey Finds
Australians have been named the heaviest drinkers in the world after spending more time drunk in 2020 than any other nation. The Guardian reports: An international survey (PDF) has found Australians drank to the point of drunkenness an average of 27.....»»