Thaw and redraw: melting glacier moves Italian-Swiss border
Way up in the snowy Alps, the border between Switzerland and Italy has shifted due to a melting glacier, putting the location of an Italian mountain lodge in dispute......»»
Ancient pathogens released from melting ice could wreak havoc on the world, new analysis reveals
Science fiction is rife with fanciful tales of deadly organisms emerging from the ice and wreaking havoc on unsuspecting human victims......»»
Development of atactic C-C main chain polymer with a high melting point
Polymers with carbon–carbon (C-C) bonds (C-C polymers) in the main chain skeleton such as polyethylene and polypropylene are important industrial materials and are utilized as common plastics......»»
"Time-traveling" pathogens in melting permafrost pose likely risk to environment, say scientists
Ancient pathogens that escape from melting permafrost have real potential to damage microbial communities and might potentially threaten human health, according to a new study by Giovanni Strona of the European Commission Joint Research Center and co.....»»
Everything leaving Netflix in August 2023
Goodbye, Mean Girls, The Ring, and The Italian Job! C'est la vie, Les Misérables! Find out what is leaving Netflix in August 2023......»»
Tourists lost in Italian mountains saved by iPhone 14 Emergency SOS via satellite
Two tourists rescued off a mountain may be the first save scored in Italy by the iPhone 14's Emergency SOS via satellite feature.Emergency SOS via satelliteIn March, Apple expanded the feature to six countries, including Australia, Belgium, Luxembour.....»»
SentinelOne introduces cloud data security products
Malware attacks are becoming more sophisticated, and as business increasingly moves to the cloud, companies need to up their defenses to protect against them. SentinelOne announced its Cloud Data Security product line and the general availability of.....»»
How a molecular motor moves in a network
A new study determines the efficiency of a single-molecule heat engine by considering a series of ratchets that transfer energy along a network......»»
Machine learning and computer vision allow study of animal behavior without markers
With a new markerless method it is now possible to track the gaze and fine-scaled behaviors of every individual bird and how that animal moves in the space with others. A research team from the Cluster of Excellence Center for the Advanced Study of C.....»»
Political violence more acceptable in former Confederate states than Union and border states, research finds
Roughly 160 years after the end of the Civil War, division among residents of the North and South lingers, according to researchers......»»
Space geodetic observations help reveal variations in Earth"s surface loads
Motion of the Earth's surface mass, including the atmosphere and oceans as well as hydrology and glacier melting, causes the redistribution of Earth's surface loads, deformation of the solid Earth, and variations in the gravity field......»»
Greenland has greener history than previously thought
New analysis of samples collected from underneath Greenland's ice sheet reveal the Arctic island was much greener as recently as 416,000 years ago. The findings overturn previous views that Greenland's continental glacier, which covers about 80 perce.....»»
Long-forgotten frozen soil sample offers a warning for the future
Ancient soil was buried under a mile of ice until excavated during the Cold War. Enlarge / Water and sediment pour off the melting margin of the Greenland ice sheet. (credit: Jason Edwards/Getty Images) About 400,000 yea.....»»
Why new SSDs are melting down, and how to protect yours
PCIe 5.0 SSDs based on the Phison E26 controller are advised to be used with a cooler to run safely without any overheating issues......»»
Satellites map aftermath of Emilia-Romagna floods
The Italian region of Emilia-Romagna was devastated by severe floods in May 2023, claiming lives and displacing thousands of people, resulting in an estimated €8.8 billion in damages. With the region still grappling with the aftermath, satellites h.....»»
Infinix could be borrowing design cues from Nothing for its next phone
It looks like the Nothing Phone’s transparent design is catching on, at least as far as Infinix’s next smartphone is concerned. Smartphone tech has peaked. We’re at that point where any gains in performance feels marginal and border.....»»
Alfa Romeo to reveal limited-edition supercar, reports say
The car, which could be called the 33, will be based on the Maserati MC20 Cielo roadster, which has a mid-mounted V-6 engine, according to reports in the Italian media......»»
Spill of 1,200 barrels of crude blight Ecuadoran beach
A leak at an oil terminal spilled at least 1,200 barrels of crude onto a beach popular with tourists in northwest Ecuador, near the border with Colombia, officials said Thursday......»»
Proton Pass finally lets you save credit card info with a new update
Swiss software developer Proton released the Proton Pass password manager app in late June, and I was testing the app even before that. I am … The post Proton Pass finally lets you save credit card info with a new update appeared first on BGR......»»
Researchers demonstrate efficacy of curcumin in protecting coral from damage caused by climate change
Researchers at Italian Institute of Technology—IIT and University of Milan-Bicocca, in cooperation with Genoa Aquarium in Italy, have recently published a study in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, which demonstrates the efficacy of curcumin, a.....»»
Centuries-old teeth could indicate the effectiveness of pandemic quarantines
Italian officials have provided an interdisciplinary group of researchers from the University of South Florida access to the remains of individuals who died from the Black Death, a plague that killed millions of people in the 14th century, to help de.....»»