+Proba-3 will provide new views of the Sun and space weather. Credit: European Space Agency ESA’s Proba-3 will be the first mission to create an artificial total solar eclipse by…
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Large subterranean cisterns among new discoveries at Darazya
Archaeologists excavating at Darazya in the Mareotis region of Egypt have discovered two large subterranean cisterns. During antiquity, Darazya was a Greco-Roman town that may align with descriptions in ancient…
Directive 8020: Everything we know about Supermassive’s sci-fi horror game
If you’ve already burned through all the best space horror games available at the moment, don’t worry, as The Dark Pictures Anthology: Directive 8020 is entering our orbit in the…
Unknown language found on mysterious stone tablet
An inscribed tablet with an unknown language has been discovered at Bashplemi lake in Georgia’s manisi Municipality. According to a study published in the Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology,…
How We Filter Out Background Sounds When Speaking
Summary: Researchers have traced how the brain filters out background noise during speech using signals between the motor and auditory cortices. These milliseconds-long electrical signals, called auditory corollary discharge, originate…
Empathy Loss in Dementia Linked to Brain Activity Changes
Summary: Frontotemporal dementia, affecting about 3% of dementia patients in Sweden, is characterized by a loss of empathy that challenges patients and their families. Using functional MRI, researchers found that…
Bioprinting technique creates functional tissue 10x faster
HITS-Bio for SCT fabrication. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-54504-7 Three-dimensional (3D) printing isn’t just a way to produce material products quickly. It also offers researchers a way to develop…
Engineers reveal concept for detonative propulsion
Conceptual scheme of a supersonic vehicle using the ram-rotor detonation engine. Credit: Chinese Journal of Aeronautics Detonation is a supersonic combustion wave, characterized by a shock wave driven by the…
A herbivore-induced defense- plant protein in honeydew enhances natural enemy fitness – Functional Ecologists
In this post, Pablo Urbaneja-Bernat, tenure track at Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (Spain), presents his work ‘Not just candy: A herbivore-induced defense- plant protein in honeydew enhances natural…
Infrared detectors made from quantum dots—a keener eye for the invisible
On the dot: Quantum dot-based IR detectors applied to an optic fiber. Credit: Empa What do motion detectors, self-driving cars, chemical analyzers and satellites have in common? They all contain…
