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…
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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…
Citizen Scientist Group Finds 15 Rare ‘Active Asteroids’
Not all asteroids are alike. Some of them, known as “active” asteroids, sport comet-like tails of gas and dust. Studying active asteroids could reveal clues to how the solar system…
Australia moots jail time for illegal vape sellers
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Illegally selling or manufacturing vapes in Australia could spell up to seven years in jail under new legislation proposed Thursday, as authorities moved to toughen rules…
New study highlights troubling trends in midlife mortality in the US and UK
Study figure: Age-standardized mortality from drug-related causes from 2000-2019. CEE, Central and Eastern European country. ‘Peer’ indicates a high-income country comparable to the U.S.. Credit: Oxford Population Health A new…
Neolithic people navigated the Mediterranean Sea using sophisticated boats
A study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, proposes that Neolithic communities living along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea utilised technologically sophisticated boats for travel and trade 7,000 years…
New survey on deep learning solutions for cellular traffic prediction
Taxonomy of key deep learning techniques for cellular traffic prediction showing methods for temporal and spatial-temporal prediction. Credit: Xing Wang et al. The bustling streets of a modern city are…
Astrocytes Remember: A New Layer of Immune Memory Uncovered
Summary: Astrocytes, traditionally non-immune cells within the central nervous system, possess the ability to develop an immune memory, responding more vigorously to subsequent immune challenges. This groundbreaking study reveals that…
Key test drive of Orion on NASA’s Artemis II to aid future missions
Credit: NASA Astronauts will test drive NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the first time during the agency’s Artemis II test flight next year. While many of the spacecraft’s maneuvers like big…
New review on p53 biology and reactivation in blood cancers
A simplified scheme of p53 regulation in cells upon stress and the drugs currently evaluated in clinical trials for p53 reactivation for improved therapy in MDS and AML. Credit: Biomarker…
