Prowess, persistence yield first-anywhere heart procedure

Dr. James McCabe displays a clothespin-like MitraClip like the one he detached and removed via catheter from John Steenmeyer’s heart.  Credit: UW Medicine photo Cardiologists at the UW Medicine Heart…

Ritual hoard found in Ukraine’s Verteba Cave |

Archaeologists from the Borschivskyy Local History Museum have uncovered a ritual hoard in Verteba Cave in the Ternopil province, Ukraine. The cave contains up to 8km’s of passageways which was…

Archaeologists analyse remains of Roman purse found in Merida |

A team of archaeologists from the University of Granada (UGR), the Consortium of the Historical-Artistic and Archaeological Monumental City of Mérida, and the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), have analysed…

Ultralow temperature terahertz microscope capabilities could enable better quantum technology

Terahertz microscope with cryogenic insert. Credit: Department of Energy Ames National Laboratory A team of scientists from the Department of Energy’s Ames National Laboratory have developed a way to collect…

Increased efficiency for solar cells with depth-based property analysis

A roadmap for restoring functional ecosystems using ecosystem engineers – Functional Ecologists

Dr. Gianalberto Losapio from the University of Lausanne and University of Milan discusses with us their recently accepted paper “Monitoring and modelling the effects of ecosystem engineers on ecosystem functioning,”…

Where do psychedelics users find trusted information?

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Against the backdrop of some 50 years of legal prohibitions, interest and activity surrounding psychedelics has been surging in recent decades. From new clinical research into…

Proposed perovskite-based device combines aspects of electronics and photonics

By sandwiching bits of perovskite between two mirrors and stimulating them with laser beams, researchers were able to directly control the spin state of quasiparticles known as exciton-polariton pairs, which…

Deja Vu – Climate Weekly

Sign up to get our weekly newsletter straight to your inbox, plus breaking news, investigations and extra bulletins from key events The Cop28 presidency has teamed up with the fossil fuel…

Brazil’s internet bill row, explained

Companies like Telegram, whose logo is pictured here on a smartphone, and Google say their business is threatened by a new bill in Brazil aimed at regulating disinformation online. Messaging…