Sebastian Cox creates subtle treehouse from scorched larch
Designer Sebastian Cox has designed a treehouse in the English countryside that features scorched larch cladding, a shingled roof and a balustrade of chestnut branches. Read more Designer Sebastian Cox has designed a treehouse in the English.....»»
Live Christmas trees affect indoor air chemistry, researchers find
Every holiday season, Americans buy nearly 30 million live Christmas trees. Many families enjoy not only having a live tree inside their homes but also smelling the fresh fragrance it creates. That smell comes from chemicals called volatile organic c.....»»
Banks use your deposits to loan money to fossil-fuel, emissions-heavy firms
Your $1,000 in the bank creates emissions equal to a flight from NYC to Seattle. Enlarge (credit: d3sign) When you drop money in the bank, it looks like it’s just sitting there, ready for you to withdraw. In reality, y.....»»
Fermi mission creates 14-year time-lapse of the gamma-ray sky
The cosmos comes alive in an all-sky time-lapse movie made from 14 years of data acquired by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. Our sun, occasionally flaring into prominence, serenely traces a path through the sky against the backdrop of high-en.....»»
Ballerinas are stepping into sensor suits so one Christmas you may be able to understand the nuances of The Nutcracker
Throughout the festive season, countless individuals delight in the enchantment of ballet spectacles such as "The Nutcracker." Though the stories of timeless performances are widely known, general audiences often miss the subtle narratives and emotio.....»»
How to clear and reset Firefox"s profile folder on macOS
Mozilla's macOS Firefox browser stores cached files on your Startup Disk and can take up space. This is how to reset Firefox to get back some of that consumed storage.When you run the Mozilla Foundation's Firefox web browser on your Mac, it creates a.....»»
McLaren pivots to customer order-based allocations for stores
McLaren said that an order-based allocation model creates supply flexibility, drives retailer profitability and rewards good customer experience......»»
Ocean acidification creates legacy of stress for red abalone, study finds
Stressful childhoods can affect an individual's adult years and influence future generations. Scientists at the University of California, Davis, found a similar pattern holds true for red abalone exposed as babies, and again as adults, to the stress.....»»
Klarna freezes hiring because AI can do the job instead
Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski says the buy now, pay later company will freeze hiring and use AI to take on tasks previously done by employees. Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski is betting so big on AI that he's instituted a hiring freeze......»»
Google TV Creates Holiday Movie Advent Calendar
Need some new ideas for holiday movies this month? Google TV has kicked off an advent calendar of flicks to help you decide and maybe introduce you to something you haven’t seen before. Through the main Google TV page, Google will showcase a ne.....»»
Q&A: Unveiling a new era of imaging—engineers lead breakthrough microscopy techniques
When microscopes struggle to pick up faint signals, it's like trying to spot subtle details in a painting or photograph without your glasses. For researchers, this makes it difficult to catch the small things happening in cells or other materials. In.....»»
Pokemon GO Adds Haptics, Annoys Most Players But Me
Earlier in the week, I fired up Pokemon GO because I’m trying to complete a task that requires 30 days in a row of catching a Pokemon. As I tossed the Poke ball and it landed, I thought I noticed subtle haptics with the hit and then shake of th.....»»
A fullerene-like molecule made entirely of metal atoms
A small team of chemists from Nankai University, Nanjing Tech University and Shanxi University, all in China, working with a colleague from Universidad San Sebastián, in Chile, has, for the first time, created a fullerene-like molecule made entirely.....»»
Rust to riches: Goethite"s role in shaping Australia
Have you noticed many Australian landscapes, like the outback and our deserts, are brown and orange? This is especially easy to see when looking at a satellite image. Australia's red center is colored by an abundant mineral scorched into Australian s.....»»
New computer code for mechanics of tissues and cells in three dimensions
Biological materials are made of individual components, including tiny motors that convert fuel into motion. This creates patterns of movement, and the material shapes itself with coherent flows by constant consumption of energy. Such continuously dr.....»»
"Out of control" fires endanger wildlife in Brazilian wetlands
The Pantanal wetlands in western Brazil are famed as a paradise of biodiversity, but these days they have enormous clouds of smoke billowing over them, as raging wildfires reduce vast expanses to scorched earth......»»
New water treatment method can generate green energy
Researchers from ICIQ in Spain have designed micromotors that move around on their own to purify wastewater. The process creates ammonia, which can serve as a green energy source. Now, an AI method developed at the University of Gothenburg will be us.....»»
Caribbean island of Dominica creates world"s first marine protected area for endangered sperm whale
The tiny Caribbean island of Dominica is creating the world's first marine protected area for one of earth's largest animals: the endangered sperm whale......»»
Researcher creates world"s first database of animal "odors" using shingleback lizards
Scientists have used bobtail lizards to create the world's first database of "odors" from a living animal......»»
German big wave surfer turns to science to tame the breakers
Sebastian Steudtner already holds the world record for the largest wave ever surfed, but as the giant wave season begins, the German is looking to science and technology to chase a new high......»»
Team creates synthetic enzymes to unravel molecular mysteries
A University of Texas at Dallas bioengineer has developed synthetic enzymes that can control the behavior of the signaling protein Vg1, which plays a key role in the development of muscle, bone, and blood in vertebrate embryos......»»