What is Wi-Fi Direct? Here’s everything you need to know
What is Wi-Fi Direct? This technology creates useful connections between devices, especially mobile devices. Here's everything you need to know about this tech......»»
How government payments to the vulnerable can multiply to create economic growth for everyone
The economic fallout of COVID-19 left people around the world facing a significant threat to their livelihood. As governments scrambled to mitigate the pandemic's impact on their populations, many decided to use direct payments to support vulnerable.....»»
Direct ink writing of high-resolution cellulose structures
Three-dimensional (3D) printing has a significant role in membrane production for water purification and bio-separation, with capacity to create new and cleverly designed structures......»»
Discovery of magnetic liquid crystal: First direct observation of spin quadrupole moments in a spin-nematic phase
Liquid crystal is a state of matter that exhibits properties of both liquid and solid. It can flow like a liquid, while its constituent molecules are aligned as in a solid. Liquid crystal is widely used nowadays, for example, as a core element of LCD.....»»
E3 is officially dead, and so is the version of the industry it was made for
Direct online marketing, distribution made an expensive annual show unnecessary. Enlarge / RIP to a real one. (credit: Aurich Lawson) Update (Dec. 12, 2023): After missing four years in a row due to COVID and waning i.....»»
Researchers transform captured greenhouse gases into cyclic carbonates with biomass derivatives
Carbon dioxide is the main contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, which are responsible for global warming and climate change. Direct capture of CO2 in the air is one of the solutions proposed to reduce its concentration in the atmosphere, but comb.....»»
Spinning up control: Propeller shape helps direct nanoparticles, researchers say
Self-propelled nanoparticles could potentially advance drug delivery and lab-on-a-chip systems—but they are prone to go rogue with random, directionless movements. Now, an international team of researchers has developed an approach to rein in the s.....»»
Against the Storm feels like WarCraft without the war, and it’s weirdly calming
Build a town, direct its workers, and be weirdly tranquil as it washes away. Enlarge / I'd like to pretend I'd built a settlement this neatly compact and organized—with street grids, even—but alas, this is a provided screensh.....»»
Decoupled direct payments make agriculture more productive, finds study
Better alignment with the market is one of the goals pursued by the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in recent decades. One of the measures used to achieve this was to decouple direct payments from production. Agricultural economists at the Tech.....»»
Winter isn"t coming: climate change hits Greek olive crop
Greek organic farmer Zaharoula Vassilaki looks with admiration at a huge olive tree on her property believed to be over two centuries old, still yielding despite a direct lightning hit years ago......»»
New constraints on the presence of ultralight dark matter in the Milky Way
Dark matter, composed of particles that do not reflect, emit or absorb light, is predicted to make up most of the matter in the universe. Its lack of interactions with light, however, prevents its direct detection using conventional experimental meth.....»»
Vinigrol targets protein disulfide isomerase to block inflammatory response, shows study
Researchers led by Prof. Wang Lei from the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) and their collaborators have identified the direct target of vinigrol as protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) on the cell membrane. Vinigrol activ.....»»
Deep-sea coral evidence found for enhanced subglacial discharge from Antarctica during meltwater pulse 1A
Subglacial discharge from the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) likely played a crucial role in the loss of ice sheet and the subsequent rise in sea level during the last deglaciation. However, no direct proxy is currently available to document subglacial di.....»»
A lithium mine for EV batteries is coming to Arkansas, says Exxon
With EV incentives tied to domestic battery content, US lithium mines are needed. Enlarge / These are piles of lithium harvested in Bolivia; Exxon's site in Arkansas will look almost entirely unlike this as it will use direct li.....»»
Apple TV+ takes us into aerial battle with "Masters of the Air"
A new teaser trailer for the Apple TV+ Second World War drama "Masters of the Air" has been released ahead of the show's streaming on January 26, 2024."Masters of the Air," coming to Apple TV+ (source: Apple)While not a direct sequel, "Masters of the.....»»
Researchers realize water-air acoustic communication based on broadband impedance matching
With increasing demand for exploration and utilization of marine resources, achieving direct and efficient communication between water and air has been an urgent need. Sound waves, as the only propagation way with low attenuation in both water and ai.....»»
Presence of atomic oxygen confirmed on both day and night sides of Venus
A multi-institutional team of astrophysicists from Germany has made the first direct observation of oxygen atoms in the day side atmosphere of Venus. In their project, reported in the journal Nature Communications, the group studied data from the Str.....»»
Apple says it is not making a new 27-inch iMac
Apple really wants customers to buy the new , so much so they have told The Verge today that the company has no plans to make a 27-inch iMac running on Apple Silicon. This means prospective buyers can stop holding out hope for a direct successor t.....»»
Epic "Killers of the Flower Moon" flops at the box office
Despite its potentially promising box office takings in its first week in theaters, Apple TV+ movie "Killers of the Flower Moon" dropped 61% in its second weekend.Lily Gladstone and Leonardo DiCaprio in 'Killers of the Flower Moon'"Killers" by direct.....»»
LIGO surpasses the quantum limit
In 2015, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), made history when it made the first direct detection of gravitational waves—ripples in space and time—produced by a pair of colliding black holes......»»
How to use PDF Debugger to inspect a PDF file"s code
Apple ended direct PostScript file support in macOS Sonoma, but you can still peek inside PDF files to see what they contain, by using PDF Debugger.PDF - the web's ubiquitous document format was invented at Adobe Systems in the early 1980's. At that.....»»