New discoveries on the wreck of Antikythera
The wreck of Antikythera was recently brought into the spotlight by the film "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny." Far from the cinematic imagination, an international team of archaeologists, divers, engineers and physical and natural scientists i.....»»
Decolonising ecology? How to adopt practices that make science more equitable
Knowledge systems outside of those sanctioned by Western universities have often been marginalized or simply not engaged with in many science disciplines, but there are multiple examples where Western scientists have claimed discoveries for knowledge.....»»
Novel tool could fast-track cell discoveries
Proteins are the workhorses of cells, responsible for almost all biological functions that make life possible......»»
Not just for finding planets: Exoplanet-hunter TESS telescope spots bright gamma-ray burst
NASA has a long tradition of unexpected discoveries, and the space program's TESS mission is no different. SMU astrophysicist and her team have discovered a particularly bright gamma-ray burst using a NASA telescope designed to find exoplanets—thos.....»»
Uber, Lyft stocks plunge after Biden official says drivers are employees
Uber and Lyft argue treating drivers as employees would wreck their business. Enlarge (credit: lechatnoir / Getty) Stock in Uber is down more than 6 percent after President Joe Biden's new labor secretary, Marty Walsh, told Reuters that driver.....»»
Antibiotics protect apples from fire blight, but do they destroy the native microbiome?
Like humans, certain plants are treated with antibiotics to ward off pathogens and protect the host. Saving millions, antibiotics are one of the 20th century's greatest scientific discoveries, but repeated use and misuse of these life-saving microbia.....»»
100 million more IoT devices are exposed—and they won’t be the last
Name:Wreck flaws in TCP/IP have global implications. Enlarge (credit: Elena Lacey) Over the last few years, researchers have found a shocking number of vulnerabilities in seemingly basic code that underpins how devices communicate with the Int.....»»
NAME:WRECK Vulnerabilities Impact Millions of Smart and Industrial Devices
Catalin Cimpanu, reporting at Record: Security researchers have found a new set of vulnerabilities that impact hundreds of millions of servers, smart devices, and industrial equipment. Called NAME:WRECK, the vulnerabilities have been discovered by en.....»»
Pandemic-inspired discoveries: New insect species from Kosovo named after the Coronavirus
While the new Coronavirus will, hopefully, be effectively controlled sooner rather than later, its latest namesake is here to stay—a small caddisfly endemic to a national park in Kosovo that is new to science......»»
Fossil discovery deepens snakefly mystery
Fossil discoveries often help answer long-standing questions about how our modern world came to be. However, sometimes they only deepen the mystery—as a recent discovery of four new species of ancient insects in British Columbia and Washington stat.....»»
Animal model opens way to test Alzheimer"s disease therapies
Our knowledge of Alzheimer's disease has grown rapidly in the past few decades but it has proven difficult to translate fundamental discoveries about the disease into new treatments. Now researchers have developed a model of the early stages of Alzhe.....»»
Deep science: AI is in the air, water, soil and steel
This column aims to collect some of the most relevant recent discoveries and papers — particularly in but not limited to artificial intelligence — and explain why they matter. Research papers come out far too rapidly for anyone to read.....»»
New discoveries on deadly fungus—possibly a key for treatment
Aspergillus fumigatus kills as many people as malaria and tuberculosis, but is less known. It is found everywhere, for example in the soil or in our compost, but is not normally dangerous to healthy people......»»
Researcher theorizes worlds with underground oceans support, conceal life
One of the most profound discoveries in planetary science over the past 25 years is that worlds with oceans beneath layers of rock and ice are common in our solar system. Such worlds include the icy satellites of the giant planets, like Europa, Titan.....»»
Scientists Unlock Mysteries of World"s Oldest "Computer"
Scientists have used 3D computer modeling to figure out how the world's oldest "computer" worked. BBC reports: The Antikythera Mechanism has baffled experts since it was found on a Roman-era shipwreck in Greece in 1901. The hand-powered Ancient Greek.....»»
Scientists solve another piece of the puzzling Antikythera mechanism
“Our reconstruction fits all the evidence... gleaned from the extant remains to date." Enlarge / "Exploded" view of the new computer model of the Antikythera mechanism, showing how it might have worked. (credit: Tony Freeth) Scientists have.....»»
Giant Gravitational Wave Detectors Could Hear Murmurs From Across Universe
sciencehabit writes: Just 5 years ago, physicists opened a new window on the universe when they first detected gravitational waves, ripples in space itself set off when massive black holes or neutron stars spiral together. Even as discoveries pour in.....»»
Archeologists find intact ceremonial chariot near Pompeii
Officials at the Pompeii archaeological site in Italy announced Saturday the discovery of an intact ceremonial chariot, one of several important discoveries made in the same area outside the park near Naples following an investigation into an illegal.....»»
Researcher makes significant discoveries in scope of disease, parasite spread by feral cats
Kayleigh Chalkowski, a doctoral student in the Auburn University School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, is leading a research study that's making important discoveries about the scope of disease caused by a deadly parasite spread by feral cat popu.....»»
Study may lead to solutions for overeating
The 10-member team made discoveries about a specific area of the brain tied to recollection and the desire to seek and consume food. It could lead to a way to inhibit the desire to overeat......»»
Thanks to machine learning, the future of catalyst research is now
To date, research in the field of combinatorial catalysts has relied on serendipitous discoveries of catalyst combinations. Now, scientists from Japan have streamlined a protocol that combines random sampling, high-throughput experimentation, and dat.....»»