Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain One in eight patients in hospitals in Africa is critically ill, and one in five of the critically ill die within a week, according to a…
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Designing a satellite to hunt small space debris
This image, with Earth’s north polar region at center, shows satellites (orange dots) and space debris (pink dots) in orbit through the ionosphere on July 22, 2024. Ionosphere model data…
New insights into Inca pilgrimages to volcanic peaks
Archaeologists have examined the ritual landscape the Inca used during their pilgrimages to perform capacocha rituals on volcanic peaks. The capacocha was a sacrificial rite among the Inca that typically…
Methane’s collision with gold surfaces reveals how quantum interference and symmetry dictate molecular behavior
The interior of the vacuum chamber during a scattering experiment. The detector is shown in gray (top right) and the Au(111) gold surface is shown in yellow. The lines indicate…
Fundamental insights bring them a step closer to practical use
Professor Kelsey Hatzell and postdoctoral researcher Se Hwan Park stand in the Hatzell lab. Credit: Bumper DeJesus, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment From laptops to electric vehicles, lithium-ion…
Dairy farm workers’ sleep and stress levels impacted by calving season demands
Credit: cottonbro studio from Pexels Sleep is as important to humans as food and water, but it is often sacrificed to work, especially for farm workers. Dairy farming, in particular,…
Research challenges idea that bias is a technical flaw
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers challenge the widespread belief that AI-induced bias is a technical flaw, arguing instead that AI is deeply influenced by societal power dynamics. It learns from…
Unraveling the origin of extremely bright quantum emitters
Schematic of light emission from the color center at the oxide/SiC interface. Credit: Osaka University Many next-generation quantum devices rely on single-photon emitters based on optically active defects in solids,…
Making it ‘dirtier’ could improve astronaut health
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Astronauts often experience immune dysfunction, skin rashes, and other inflammatory conditions while traveling in space. A new study published in the journal Cell suggests that these…
Alzheimer’s Study Identifies 16 Risk Genes
Summary: A large whole-genome sequencing study has uncovered 16 new genes linked to Alzheimer’s disease, expanding genetic research beyond European ancestry. Researchers analyzed data from 49,149 individuals, nearly half of…
