The Squishy, Far-Out New Experiments Headed to the ISS
Muscle cells, 3D-printed lunar regolith, and le Blob will soon orbit 250 miles above Earth......»»
Pepper’s Scope: What’s Old Is New Again
Sometimes something comes along that really captures your attention, not only because it is cool, but also because it is a clever re-use of things you’ve already considered to be common. Joshua Ellingson’s experiments came up in my twitt.....»»
Estimating the informativeness of data
Not all data are created equal. But how much information is any piece of data likely to contain? This question is central to medical testing, designing scientific experiments, and even to everyday human learning and thinking. MIT researchers have dev.....»»
Crabs and Lobsters May Get Similar Rights To Mammals In UK Experiments
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: Scientific experiments on crabs and lobsters could be curbed when the animal sentience bill becomes law, the Guardian has learned. There are few restrictions on how crustaceans and decapods can b.....»»
“Oreology” investigates mystery of why Oreo creme filling usually sticks to one side
MIT team also designed 3D-printed DIY rheometer for at-home or classroom experiments. If you have to test the mechanics of an Oreo, what better fixture is there than an oreometer? Everyone has their preferred method for snacking on tasty.....»»
Intense laser light modifies the pairing of electrons
The quantum-mechanical exchange interaction between electrons, a consequence of the Pauli exclusion principle, can be specifically modified with intense infrared light fields on time scales of a few femtoseconds, as time-resolved experiments on sulfu.....»»
Nanotechnology research: Faster, cheaper COVID tests
A nanotechnology research group entered the race to develop a rapid test for COVID-19 in August 2020, running experiments on a new sensor for an American manufacturing company. The group tested nanotechnology-based optical sensors designed for COVID-.....»»
German and Austrian deer thus far spared SARS-CoV-2 infections, unlike US deer
In North America, SARS-CoV-2 has spread from humans to white-tailed deer. The deer are now considered SARS-CoV-2 reservoirs and may even spill virus back to humans. A science team headed by the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz.....»»
Experiments show efficient strategies evolve better over generations when people have a choice of a better teacher
A quartet of researchers, three from Princeton University, the other the University of California, Berkely has found via experimentation that strategies for solving problems become more efficient over generations when the people involved are able to.....»»
New deep inelastic scattering experiments measure two mirror nuclei
Scientists are holding up a "mirror" to protons and neutrons to learn more about the particles that build our visible universe. The MARATHON experiment, carried out at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, ha.....»»
Russian, US ISS record-holders return to earth
A record-breaking US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts were headed for Earth Wednesday in the first space landing since Russia's invasion of Ukraine sent tensions between Moscow and the West to Cold War levels......»»
The Drone Operators Who Halted Russian Convoy Headed For Kyiv
"Ukrainian special forces teamed up with IT professionals on ATV four-wheelers to target the infamous Kiev convoy," writes longtime Slashdot reader darkseid. "Every Help Desk Geek's Walter Mitty fantasy!" The Guardian reports: One week into its invas.....»»
It’s part drone, part plane, and headed to the skies in 2025
The Prosperity 1 is a remotely operated, fully electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft that could start ferrying passengers through the sky in 2025.....»»
Plastic bag bans may unintentionally drive other bag sales
When cities or counties institute plastic bag bans or fees, the idea is to reduce the amount of plastic headed to the landfill......»»
GPU prices and availability: How much are GPUs today?
When will you be able to buy a new graphics card? We dug into GPU prices and availability to see where the market is at and where it's headed......»»
CROPSR: A new tool to accelerate genetic discoveries
Scientists have developed CROPSR, the first open-source software tool for genome-wide design and evaluation of guide RNA (gRNA) sequences for CRISPR/Cas9 experiments. This tool significantly shortens the time required to design a CRISPR experiment an.....»»
Fermi Arcs in an antiferromagnet detected at BESSY II
An international cooperation has analyzed samples of NdBi crystals, which display interesting magnetic properties. In their experiments including measurements at BESSY II, they could find evidence for so called Fermi arcs in the antiferromagnetic sta.....»»
Daring NASA helicopter captures stunning view of the Martian desert
NASA's trusty helicopter will soon enter some precarious terrain.The aerial craft Ingenuity is headed to a dried-up river delta in the Jezero Crater, a land filled "with jagged cliffs, angled surfaces, projecting boulders, and sand-filled pockets tha.....»»
Updated UI Headed to YouTube TV Users
According to a post published to reddit, it looks like a UI update is coming soon to YouTube TV, but it’s unknown for sure which platforms will see it first. From the details provided, these changes have first been spotted on the Chromecast wit.....»»
Experiments show why early humans began adding handles to tools
A team of researchers at the University of Liverpool has tested the assumption that hafted tools (those with handles) provided early humans with enough benefit to warrant their construction and use. In their paper published in Journal of the Royal So.....»»
Conducting research in marketing with quasi-experiments
Researchers from University of Toronto, MIT, and University of British Columbia published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that aims to broaden the use and usefulness of quasi-experimental methods in marketing by describing the underlying l.....»»