Hank Greenberg might be the best baseball player you’ve never heard of. Greenberg was the first baseman for the Detroit Tigers during the 1930s and 1940s. His career was relatively…
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Quantum researchers come up with a recipe that could accelerate drug development
Section of the quantum simulator at the Quantum for Life Centre. Credit: University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen mathematicians have developed a recipe for upgrading quantum computers to simulate complex…
Top ISS ‘safety risk’ is a leak that has been ongoing for 5 years, NASA audit finds
A long-running leak is the top “safety risk” affecting the plan to keep astronauts on board the International Space Station until 2030, a new NASA audit found. The affected area,…
Promising Alzheimer’s drug candidate prevents buildup of tau proteins in lab and fruit fly studies
The brain of a 7-day-old fruit fly with Tau expressed in a neuronal circuit used by the fly in olfactory memory. The green outlines the neurons, which are starting to…
My Experiences in Ecology – Functional Ecologists
For Black History Month 2024, the British Ecological Society (BES) journals are celebrating the work of Black ecologists around the world and sharing their stories. In this blog, Dr Bashir…
Morocco mobile desalination units quench remote areas’ thirst
Since 2023, Morocco has built some 44 of these desalination stations, also called “monobloc” — compact, transportable units. In the small fishing village of Beddouza in western Morocco, locals have…
South America treated to rare ‘ring of fire’ eclipse
The eclipse starts off looking like a ‘bite’ has been taken out of the Sun. Skygazers on the tip of South America were treated Wednesday to a spectacular “ring of…
Banning tobacco sales among young people could prevent 1.2 million lung cancer deaths, study suggests
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Creating a generation of people who never smoke could prevent 1.2 million deaths from lung cancer globally, according to a study led by researchers from the…
Archaeologists discover a burial chamber containing two ornate coffins
Archaeologists from Sohag University and the Free University of Berlin have discovered two ornate wooden coffins in a burial chamber adjacent to the tomb of Djefaihapi in Asyut, Egypt. Djefaihapi…
Do NFTs create value in games? There are at least three ways to look at it
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When blockchain is introduced into video gaming, the economy and sometimes the entire design of such games focus on artificial scarcity and ownership of game items.…
