Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Using state-of-the-art energy efficiency technologies to renovate existing properties and construct new ones could enable Europe’s construction sector to almost eliminate its carbon emissions by 2060,…
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Citizen science collaboration yields precise data on exoplanet WASP-77 A b
Artists Concept of the WASP-77 A b system. Credit: NASA Exoplanet Catalog A planet swings in front of its star, dimming the starlight we see. Events like these, called transits,…
Scientists have just turned giant panda skin cells into stem cells
With roughly 2,000 giant pandas remaining in the wild, scientists have spent the last several decades looking for new ways to help the iconic black-and-white bears stave off extinction. And…
Exoplanets could be hiding their atmospheres
Illustration of the tidally locked world TRAPPIST-1f. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Most of the exoplanets we’ve discovered orbit red dwarf stars. This isn’t because red dwarfs are somehow special, simply that they…
Team proposes AI-powered approach to establishing a ‘carbon-neutral energy city’
The operational data used in the demonstration study. Credit: Korea Institute Of Energy Research A joint research team has developed key technologies to realize “Urban Electrification” using artificial intelligence (AI).…
AI is learning to read your emotions, and here’s why that can be a good thing
Using both contemporary psychological methods and AI tools can help achieve a clearer path to emotion quantification through artificial intelligence. Credit: Feng Liu, East China Normal University Using a fusion…
Hubble lights the way with new multiwavelength view of galaxy NGC 1559
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features the galaxy NGC 1559. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, F. Belfiore, W. Yuan, J. Lee and the PHANGS-HST Team, A. Riess, K.…
Life might thrive on the surface of Earth for an extra billion years
This schematic shows the relationship between the different physical and chemical processes that make up the carbonate-silicate cycle. In the upper panel, the specific processes are identified, and in the…
Ceremonial objects unearthed in ritual pit
Archaeologists have unearthed a ritual pit containing ceremonial objects during excavations at Solnitsa in the Varna region of Bulgaria. Solnitsa, meaning “Saltworks” was a fortified prehistoric settlement that emerged around…
Men are carrying the brunt of the ‘loneliness epidemic’ amid potent societal pressures
A few weeks before Justin Bieber and his wife, Hailey, announced in May 2024 that they were expecting, the pop icon posted a selfie where he appears tearful and distraught.…
