Old Kingdom mastaba discovered in Dahshur

A joint Egyptian-German archaeological mission has discovered a mastaba from Egypt’s Old Kingdom Period during excavations at Dahshur. Dahshur is an ancient Egyptian pyramid complex and necropolis in markaz Badrashin…

Researchers take major step toward developing next-generation solar cells

A technician installs solar panels on the roof of the building which houses the University of Colorado Center for Innovation and Creativity in Boulder.  Credit: Glenn Asakawa/University of Colorado The solar…

Fear Distorts Reward Decisions Differently for Women and Men

Summary: Fear can significantly influence women’s preference for immediate financial rewards over larger, delayed ones, a decision-making bias known as “delay discounting,” while men’s choices remain unaffected by their emotional…

Heat to blame for space pebble demise

This meteoroid broke up by thermal stresses just before entering Earth’s atmosphere, creating a cluster of meteors over Norway on October 30, 2022, recorded by Allsky7 station AMS119 operated by…

Social Isolation Linked to Accelerated Aging

Summary: Researchers have uncovered a significant correlation between social isolation and accelerated biological aging, indicating that individuals with limited social connections are at a higher risk of premature mortality. Utilizing…

New research finds a direct communication path between the lungs and the brain

Credit: Cell (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.03.001 University of Calgary researchers have discovered the lungs communicate directly with the brain when there is an infection. Findings show that the brain plays a…

New reactor could save millions when making ingredients for plastics and rubber from natural gas

Rawan Almallahi, a doctoral graduate of chemical engineering and the study’s first author, is preparing a reactor for a performance test inside a furnace. Suljo Linic, the Martin Lewis Perl…

New studies suggest millions with mild cognitive impairment go undiagnosed, often until it’s too late

Mild cognitive impairment – an early stage of dementia – is widely underdiagnosed in people 65 and older. That is the key takeaway of two recent studies from our team.…

Plants and flammability—Deep inside the mechanisms of wild fires – Functional Ecologists

In this revisited blog post, Indra Boving, a PhD candidate at University of California-Santa Barbara, USA, shares her work ‘Live fuel moisture and water potential exhibit differing relationships with leaf-level…

A model that could broaden the manipulation skills of four-legged robots

The legged robot ANYmal opens a fridge door using pedipulation. Credit: ETH Zurich. Robotic systems have become increasingly sophisticated over the past decades, evolving from rudimental stiff robots to a…