SpaceX’s Starship megarocket will fly for the sixth time ever less than two weeks from now, if all goes according to plan. Elon Musk’s company announced today (Nov. 6) that…
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Controlling skyrmions at room-temperature in 2D topological spin structure technology
Schematic of 2D skyrmion electrical control. Credit: Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) has, for the first time in…
Quantum vortices confirm superfluidity in supersolid
Simulation of quantum vortices superimposed with experimental data. Credit: University of Innsbruck, Austria Supersolids are a new form of quantum matter that has only recently been demonstrated. The state of…
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Biodiversity market takes off at COP16, in shadow of carbon credit chaos
Several new guidelines for biodiversity credits were launched at COP16 in Cali, Colombia, where activists warned on risks to nature conservation efforts The emerging market in nature protection was all…
Stem cells can tailor their role in gene therapy based on the underlying disease, study suggests
Credit: CC0 Public Domain RCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milan researchers have discovered that hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) adapt their lineage commitment during gene therapy based on the underlying…
Aquatic robot’s self-learning optimization enhances underwater object manipulation skills
The team’s accessible hardware platform (2000 USD) consists of 2 cameras and a parallel jaw gripper for research and development of underwater visuomotor policy learning. Credit: Liu et al. In…
Viewpoint: Understanding risk—Why parts per trillion (or smaller) trace of pesticides sparks intense fear?
At speaking engagements, I would often remind audiences of Bruce Ames’ quote on coffee and pesticides. In an attempt to reassure us on relative toxicity, Ames noted how there are…
Putting vampire bats on treadmills reveals an unusual metabolism
Vampire bats have become such specialized bloodsuckers that they metabolize their food more like some blood-feeding flies than like other known mammals, a new experiment shows. The common vampire bat…
