Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Picture dusk falling somewhere in the Solomon Islands. A fisher’s skiff glides home using a whisper-quiet electric outboard motor. In the Cook Islands, a big battery…
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Rare Particle Pairs Point to Primordial Soup’s Temperature at Different Stages
Newswise — UPTON, N.Y. — At the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science user facility for nuclear physics research at DOE’s Brookhaven…
How sound and light act alike—and not—at the smallest scale
The setup of the experiment in the optical lab, with the semiconductor crystal containing the double slits in the centre. Credit: Leiden University A world-famous light experiment from 1801 has…
No Evidence the Gut Microbiome Causes Autism
Summary: Experts reviewing decades of research conclude there is no scientific evidence that the gut microbiome causes autism. They highlight major flaws in observational studies, mouse experiments, and clinical trials,…
Stinky socks help replace human bait in surveys for river blindness
Across Africa, human flycatchers are required to act as bait to catch blackflies near rivers. Credit: DISSECT project New research shows that it’s possible to end the practice of using…
Traces of submerged city discovered beneath Lake Issyk-Kul
Archaeologists from the Russian Academy of Sciences have discovered traces of a submerged city beneath the surface of Lake Issyk-Kul in eastern Kyrgyzstan. Located in the western Tianshan Mountains, Lake…
The Hidden Risks You Make Every Day
Summary: Researchers surveyed more than 4,300 people to create the first large-scale inventory of modern real-life risky choices, revealing which decisions people actually struggle with in daily life. The most…
Image compression method combines classic techniques for greater efficiency and flexibility
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In his research, Professor Marko Huhtanen from the University of Oulu, who specializes in applied and computational mathematics, introduces a new method for compressing images. This…
Northern lights may be visible in 10 states Nov. 13-14
The northern lights could still be visible tonight (Nov. 13-14) as lingering effects from recent solar eruptions continue to ripple through Earth’s magnetic field. Minor (G1) to strong (G3) geomagnetic…
