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African leaders call for a bigger role in energy transition
African leaders called for regional cooperation and more climate investments, as the second Africa Climate Summit opened this Monday in Addis Ababa. Heads of state urged the continent to play…
50 years ago, NASA sent two spacecraft to search for life on Mars. The missions’ findings are still discussed today
NASA’s Viking landers were the first spacecraft to successfully touch down on the surface of Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP Finding life beyond Earth would be a major scientific discovery…
Twisted bilayer graphene reveals two distinct strongly interacting topological phases
Electron interaction plays a critical role in the Hofstadter energy spectrum of moiré quantum materials. Credit: Minhao He. Magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene (MATBG) is a material created by stacking two…
New app makes cerebral palsy screening more accessible, paving the way for early diagnosis
The Baby Moves VIEW app allows parents to film their baby’s movements at home and safely send the recording to assessors for review. Credit: University of Melbourne A smartphone app,…
Does the nearby exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e support life? New James Webb Space Telescope data could help us find out
Astronomers have investigated the atmosphere and potential habitability of a famous “Goldilocks zone” planet using NASA’s powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The planet in question is TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized…
Putting AI vision into better focus with method that mimics human processing
NYU researchers are building an algorithm that would enable AI systems to learn from their environment, such as a city street, in order to effectively identify its surroundings. Credit: New…
Just like humans, many animals get more aggressive in the heat
Citations E.K. Francispillai, S.M. Dietsch and L.J. Chapman. Effects of temperature on fish aggression and the combined impact of temperature and turbidity on thermal tolerance. Journal of Thermal Biology. Vol. 125, October…
Second Africa Climate Summit seeks to jump hurdles to green industrialisation
As the second Africa Climate Summit began in Ethiopia on Monday, a progress report launched by Kenya’s president highlighted how shortfalls in clean energy and infrastructure, a decline in manufacturing…
