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Scientists sustainably create peptide-based medicines, pave way for greener cancer treatments

Scientists from the University of Manchester have uncovered a more efficient and sustainable way to make peptide-based medicines, showing promising effectiveness in combating cancers......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgJul 8th, 2024

Massive volcanic eruptions did not cause the extinction of dinosaurs, say climate scientists

Massive volcanic eruptions on the Indian peninsula have long been proposed as an alternative cause for the demise of the dinosaurs. This phase of active volcanism took place in a period just before Earth was struck by a meteorite, 66 million years ag.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated News2 hr. 38 min. ago

Nature"s instructions: How fungi make a key medicinal molecule

For roughly a century, ever since Alexander Fleming's accidental discovery of penicillin in 1928, fungi have proven to be a goldmine for medicines. They've provided treatments for a wide range of diseases, from infections and high cholesterol to orga.....»»

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Clouds obscure link between extreme rainfall and rising temperatures

Extreme rainfall is usually defined as the heaviest 5% of rain events in a specific area. As global air temperatures rise, scientists expect extreme rainfall to increase. This is because warmer air can hold more moisture. Recent examples of more extr.....»»

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Bloomberg: Apple scraps plans to offer iPhone hardware subscription service

Apple is no longer planning to create a “hardware subscription service” to make it as easy as possible to get a new iPhone every year. Bloomberg reports that the goal was “to make owning an iPhone like subscribing to an app,” but the project.....»»

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Where"s my qubit? Scientists develop technique to detect atom loss

Quiet quitting isn't just for burned out employees. Atoms carrying information inside quantum computers, known as qubits, sometimes vanish silently from their posts. This problematic phenomenon, called atom loss, corrupts data and spoils calculations.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News6 hr. 10 min. ago

Uncovering a centaur"s tracks: Scientists examine unique asteroid-comet hybrid

Although our solar system is billions of years old, we've only recently become better acquainted with one of its more dynamic and captivating inhabitants known as (2060) Chiron......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News6 hr. 10 min. ago

Nothing’s Android 15 update is now rolling out with these new features

Nothing has started the rollout of the Android 15-based Nothing OS 3.0 stable update, and the first two devices to get it are the Nothing Phone 2 and Phone 2a......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated News6 hr. 10 min. ago

Scientists provide insights into photosystem II under low-light conditions

In higher plants and green algae, photosystem II (PSII) usually combines with light harvesting complex II (LHCII) to form the PSII-LHCII supercomplex. Under low-light conditions, the PSII-LHCII supercomplexes are organized laterally into higher-order.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News7 hr. 10 min. ago

Nanopore-based "artificial tongue" can determine chemical makeup of alcoholic drinks

A team of chemists and biomedicine specialists at Nanjing University, in China, developed an "artificial tongue" based on biological nanopore technology that can be used to determine the chemical makeup of alcoholic drinks. In their paper published i.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News7 hr. 38 min. ago

Melting sea ice in Antarctica causes ocean storms, scientists say

The record-breaking retreat of Antarctic sea ice in 2023 has led to more frequent storms over newly exposed parts of the Southern Ocean, according to a study published Wednesday......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News7 hr. 38 min. ago

How bad will it get? Political scientists have a pessimism bias, study finds

The past decade has seen historic challenges for U.S. democracy and an intense focus by scholars on events that seem to signal democratic decline. But new research released Dec. 17 finds that a bias toward pessimism among U.S. political scientists of.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News7 hr. 38 min. ago

Ice is melting, seas are rising—how scientists are tracking the changes

Will the sea rise by 20 cm or 3 meters by 2100? This is obviously an interesting question to answer. Predicting the sea level in 75 years requires precise calculations and correct models of the melting of the ice from, e.g., Greenland. To do so, rese.....»»

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Scientists witness evolution in action when two lizard species meet for the first time

In South Florida, two Caribbean lizard species met for the first time. What followed provided some of the clearest evidence to date of evolution in action......»»

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Machine learning framework improves groundwater recharge estimates in Western Australia

A new study led by Griffith University has unveiled a machine learning-based framework to accurately estimate groundwater recharge in the Perth Basin, with a particular focus on the Gnangara groundwater system......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated News8 hr. 10 min. ago

Ancient clay remedy may have potential to boost modern gut health

A team of scientists has discovered that an ancient medicinal clay known as Lemnian earth (LE) could inspire new understanding of how to support present-day gut health......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated News8 hr. 10 min. ago

Climate change made Cyclone Chido stronger: Scientists

Climate change intensified Cyclone Chido as it barreled toward the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte, said a preliminary study by scientists studying the link between global warming and tropical storms......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated News8 hr. 10 min. ago

Building a backbone: Scientists recreate the body"s "GPS system" in the lab

Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute have generated human stem cell models which, for the first time, contain notochord—a tissue in the developing embryo that acts like a navigation system, directing cells where to build the spine and nervous.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated News8 hr. 10 min. ago

Dormant massive black hole in the early universe challenges existing models

Scientists have spotted a massive black hole in the early universe that is "napping" after stuffing itself with too much food. Like a bear gorging itself on salmon before hibernating for the winter, or a much-needed nap after Christmas dinner, this b.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated News8 hr. 10 min. ago

Thin-film tech makes nuclear clocks a 1,000 times less radioactive and more affordable

In the quest for ultra-precise timekeeping, scientists have turned to nuclear clocks. Unlike optical atomic clocks—which rely on electronic transitions—nuclear clocks utilize the energy transitions in the atom's nucleus, which are less affected b.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated News8 hr. 10 min. ago

A push to cool Australian cities may inadvertently increase our skin cancer risk, unless we act

Picture this: you're working from home and it's sweltering outside. You venture out for a coffee and move between patches of shade as you go. Good thing you wore your sunglasses, because the glare of the new footpath almost blinds you. You order your.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated News8 hr. 10 min. ago