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Tiny terrapins have a better memory than you may think

Adult terrapin turtles have a superpower: Unlike most land-dwelling animals, they prefer the slightly salty water found in marshes up and down the East Coast......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgNov 3rd, 2021

Earth"s oldest, tiniest creatures are poised to be climate change winners—and the repercussions could be huge

The world's oceans are home to microscopic organisms invisible to the human eye. The tiny creatures, known as "prokaryotes," comprise 30% of life in the world's oceans......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 14th, 2024

This tiny robot vacuum can do more than some full-sized competitors

The SwitchBot Mini Robot Vacuum K10+ Pro is an upgraded version of the existing K10+, offering more suction and upgraded features......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsAug 14th, 2024

Some solitary mammals have surprisingly social lives: What one researcher has learned from a tiny south African rodent

We probably all know someone who lives a solitary life. But not everyone realizes that there are solitary individuals in the animal kingdom, too. Examples of solitary species are some shrews, and large predators, such as black bears (Ursus americanus.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 14th, 2024

"Mirror" nuclei help connect nuclear theory and neutron stars

Adding or removing neutrons from an atomic nucleus leads to changes in the size of the nucleus. This in turn causes tiny changes in the energy levels of the atom's electrons, known as isotope shifts. Scientists can use precision measurements of these.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 14th, 2024

Waste into gold: Oyster shells repurposed as magic "Seawool"

Growing up on Taiwan's west coast where mollusk farming is popular, Eddie Wang saw discarded oyster shells transformed from waste to function—a memory that inspired him to create a unique and environmentally friendly fabric called "Seawool"......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 12th, 2024

Discovery of tiny bone sheds light on mysterious "hobbit" humans

The discovery of a tiny arm bone suggests that an ancient human dubbed "hobbits" only shrank down to their diminutive size after they arrived on an Indonesian island a million years ago, scientists said on Tuesday......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 10th, 2024

Researchers discover new material for optically-controlled magnetic memory

Researchers at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) have made unexpected progress toward developing a new optical memory that can quickly and energy-efficiently store and access computational data. While studying a.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsAug 9th, 2024

This new feature may give new AMD chips a 21% gaming boost

If you have an MSI motherboard, you might be able to give your latest Ryzen CPU quite a boost in gaming through memory overclocking......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsAug 9th, 2024

First map of vegetation across Antarctica reveals a battle for the continent"s changing landscape

A tiny seed is stuck between loose gravel and coarse sand. There is nothing else alive around it. All it can see is a wall of ice reaching 20 meters up into the sky. It is cold. Survival is hard around here. In winter, it is dark even during the day......»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsAug 9th, 2024

Achieving quantum memory in the notoriously difficult X-ray range

Light is an excellent carrier of information used not only for classical communication technologies but also increasingly for quantum applications such as quantum networking and computing. However, processing light signals is far more complex, compar.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 9th, 2024

Gaia data shows hundreds of tiny moons orbiting around asteroids

New data about binary asteroids comes from ESA's Gaia mission, a space-based telescope which has spotted new potential moons around 350 asteroids......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsAug 8th, 2024

DDR6 rumors: everything we know about the next-gen RAM

DDR6 is the next generation of memory that's coming down the pipe, and though it's early days, the performance potential of this RAM is exciting......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsAug 8th, 2024

Fewer car journeys and more flights: How COVID-19 has changed the way we travel

Four years after the outbreak of COVID-19, the pandemic seems like a distant memory for many. Yet its impacts on our lifestyle today are often profound and long-lasting, with many researchers on a mission to quantify it across sectors......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 8th, 2024

Best price hits Apple"s M3 MacBook Pro 14-inch, now $1,499

With a bump up in memory, Apple's current M3 MacBook Pro 14-inch is $300 off in addition to $50 off AppleCare thanks to an exclusive coupon. Units are in stock at press time with free expedited delivery.In an epic price cut that's available exclusive.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsAug 8th, 2024

A new mechanism for animal food caching behavior discovered

New research from Hebrew University proposes a novel, non-memory-based mechanism for how animals cache and retrieve food. Instead of relying on memory, the researchers suggest that animals use a neural mechanism similar to hash functions in computing.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 8th, 2024

Ultrasmall Space Junk Can Be an Invisible Satellite Killer. Scientists Are Learning How to Track It

An ambitious U.S. government program is working to detect and track millions of tiny space junk pieces—down to the size of a sand grain—throughout low-Earth orbit and beyond.....»»

Category: scienceSource:  sciamRelated NewsAug 8th, 2024

New ‘Hobbit’ Fossil Clarifies Origin Story of this Tiny Human Relative

A tiny human relative called the hobbit, or Homo floresiensis, may have evolved from a larger ancestor that shrunk upon arriving on the Indonesian island of Flores, a new fossil suggests.....»»

Category: scienceSource:  sciamRelated NewsAug 8th, 2024

Lemurs use long-term memory, smell, and social cues to find food

How do foraging animals find their food? A new study by New York University researchers shows that lemurs use smell, social cues, and long-term memory to locate hidden fruit—a combination of factors that may have deep evolutionary roots......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 7th, 2024

Lenovo’s tiny workstation is discounted from $1,759 to $879 today

The Lenovo ThinkStation P3 Tiny Workstation is super sleek and tiny. It's on sale now at Lenovo making it even more appealing......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsAug 7th, 2024

Flash deal: Apple"s M3 14-inch MacBook Pro with 16GB RAM plunges to $1,549

B&H is shaving $250 off the price of a top-selling M3 MacBook Pro 14-inch configuration, with the 16GB RAM / 512GB SSD spec dropping to $1,549 with an exclusive discount.The Space Gray 14-inch MacBook Pro has a bump up in memory to 16GB, while still.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsAug 7th, 2024