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Scientists develop a statistical fix for archaeology"s dating problem

Archeologists have long had a dating problem. The radiocarbon analysis typically used to reconstruct past human demographic changes relies on a method easily skewed by radiocarbon calibration curves and measurement uncertainty. And there's never been.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgSep 15th, 2021

Study reveals complex dynamics of philanthropic funding for US science

Private philanthropy has long been a key source of funding for U.S. scientists, particularly as government support has failed to keep pace with the rising cost of research......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

Rapid approach to creating cyclic peptide opens the way for new antibiotics

A discovery made by scientists at King's College London could speed up efforts to produce new antibiotics in the fight against antimicrobial resistance......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

Small, cool and sulfurous exoplanet may help write recipe for planetary formation

A surprising yellow haze of sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere of a gas "dwarf" exoplanet about 96 light years away from our own solar system makes the planet a prime target for scientists trying to understand how worlds are formed......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

Researchers find association between media diet and science-consistent beliefs about climate change

In a paper titled "The Politicization of Climate Science: Media Consumption, Perceptions of Science and Scientists, and Support for Policy," published May 26, 2024, in the Journal of Health Communication, researchers probed the associations between m.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

Webb opens new window on supernova science

Peering deeply into the cosmos, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is giving scientists their first detailed glimpse of supernovae from a time when our universe was just a small fraction of its current age. A team using Webb data has identified 10 tim.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

Think tech killed penmanship? Messy handwriting was a problem centuries before smartphones

Handwriting is dead. At least that's what a New York Times article announced in 2023 in its postmortem investigation "What Killed Penmanship?" But there was no doubt about the culprit: technology......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

What will a robot make of your résumé? The bias problem with using AI in job recruitment

The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution has begun, spreading to almost every facet of people's professional and personal lives—including job recruitment......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

Elephants have names for each other like people do, new study shows

Colorado State University scientists have called elephants by their names, and the elephants called back. Wild African elephants address each other with name-like calls, a rare ability among nonhuman animals, according to a new study published in Nat.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

High-tech kangaroo collars aim to prevent road accidents

It's a peculiarly Australian problem with potentially deadly consequences—wild kangaroos jumping from bushland on to highways full of moving vehicles......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

Protein study could help researchers develop new antibiotics

A bacterial enzyme called histidine kinase is a promising target for new classes of antibiotics. However, it has been difficult to develop drugs that target this enzyme, because it is a "hydrophobic" protein that loses its structure once removed from.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

Compressed titanium and sulfur nanoribbons can transmit electricity without energy loss, scientists find

When compressed, nanoribbons of titanium and sulfur can change properties dramatically, turning into materials with the ability to conduct electricity without losing energy, according to a study published in the journal Nano Letters......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

Improved prime editing system makes gene-sized edits in human cells at therapeutic levels

Scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have improved a gene-editing technology that is now capable of inserting or substituting entire genes in the genome in human cells efficiently enough to be potentially useful for therapeutic applic.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

Elon Musk reveals grand plan for Starship megarocket’s next test flight

SpaceX boss Elon Musk has revealed plans for the next Starship test flight as it seeks to develop the vehicle into a fully reusable transportation system......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

Scientists have traced the origin of the modern horse to a lineage that emerged 4,200 years ago

The horse transformed human history—and now scientists have a clearer idea of when humans began to transform the horse......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 9th, 2024

Scientists and Indigenous leaders team up to conserve seals and an ancestral way of life at Yakutat, Alaska

Five hundred years ago, in a mountain-rimmed ocean fjord in southeast Alaska, Tlingit hunters armed with bone-tipped harpoons eased their canoes through chunks of floating ice, stalking seals near Sít Tlein (Hubbard) glacier. They must have glanced.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 9th, 2024

Bizarre egg-laying mammals once ruled Australia—then lost their teeth

Finds may indicate what the common ancestor of the platypus and echidna looked like. Enlarge / The echidna, an egg-laying mammal, doesn't develop teeth. (credit: Yvonne Van der Horst) Outliers among mammals, monotremes l.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024

Quantum chemistry and simulation help characterize coordination complex of elusive element 61

When element 61, also known as promethium, was first isolated by scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 1945, it completed the series of chemical elements known as lanthanides. However, aspects of the element's exac.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024

Scientists record Earth"s radio waves from the Moon

On Feb. 22, a lunar lander named Odysseus touched down near the Moon's South Pole and popped out four antennas to record radio waves around the surface—a moment University of Colorado Boulder astrophysicist Jack Burns hails as the "dawn of radio as.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024

Researchers develop a roadmap for the development of information technology based on 2D materials

In a significant stride forward for the semiconductor industry, a new review paper from the "Shuang-Qing Forum" offers a comprehensive overview of the advancements and strategic roadmap for two-dimensional (2D) materials......»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024

Five ways artificial intelligence can improve your dating life

Artificial intelligence is going to transform how we date. The question is: will it be for better or worse? It's already causing some real problems, especially related to "romance scams" and other fraud......»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024