Analysis confirms California’s Salton Sea region to be a rich domestic lithium resource

Credit: Jeremy Snyder/Berkeley Lab On Nov. 28, The U.S. Department of Energy announced results of the most comprehensive analysis to date quantifying the domestic lithium resources in southern California’s Salton…

Guidance on evaluating a privacy protection technique for the AI era

Evaluating any claim to differential protection requires examining every component of the differential privacy pyramid. Its top level contains the most direct measures of privacy guarantees, including epsilon, which is…

Avoiding ‘wine teeth’ at those holiday parties

The holidays are all about parties, and parties are all about drinking wine. But if you’re a red wine lover, how do you avoid stained teeth? “When you drink red…

Why do some lizards and snakes have horns?

Horns aren’t just for rhinos and cattle. A fair number of snake and lizard species have heads adorned with spiky, scaly accessories. But how the reptiles snag food may determine…

Cat Ownership Linked to Increased Schizophrenia Risk

Summary: Researchers systematically reviewed and meta-analyzed research from 1980 to 2023 to investigate the relationship between cat ownership and schizophrenia-related disorders. Out of 1915 studies initially identified, 17 were included…

Study paves way for development of advanced quantum networks

Illustration of the process of light scattering inside the cavity directly to the waveguide through interaction between the optical and mechanical domains. Credit: André Garcia Primo/UNICAMP The ability to transmit…

Researchers observe a hallmark quantum behavior in bouncing droplets

MIT mathematicians tracked a droplet as it bounced through a structure inspired by the theoretical “quantum bomb test.” The shows the droplet’s trajectories when the “bomb” is present, and the…

Colour differs between red flowers and red fruits – Functional Ecologists

In this post, Zhe Chen—a postdoc at the CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences—share his recently published…

Next-Gen Wi-Fi 7 Standard Expected To Be Finalized in Early 2024

Certification of Wi-Fi 7- the next generation in wireless networking for home, enterprise, and industrial environments- is expected by the end of the first quarter of 2024, according to a…

Tracking Undetectable Space Junk – Technology Org

Colliding pieces of space debris emit electric signals that could help track small debris littering Earth’s orbit, potentially saving satellites and spacecraft. Satellite and spacecraft operators may finally be able…