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Study uses satellite imagery to identify over 1,000 Andean hillforts
A new study, published in the journal Antiquity, uses satellite imagery to survey hillforts known as pukaras in the Andean highlands. Pukaras, meaning fortress in both Quechua and Aymara, were…
Molecular clusters on glial cells show they are more than our brain’s ‘glue’
Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell Reports (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.113844 Neuroscientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center have found that an often-overlooked type of brain cell called glia has more of a role…
Webb finds dwarf galaxies reionized the universe
Astronomers estimate 50,000 sources of near-infrared light are represented in this image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. Their light has traveled through various distances to reach the telescope’s…
Researchers found 37 mine sites in Australia that could be converted into renewable energy storage
A potential pumped hydro site using the Cadia Hill Gold Mine near Orange in NSW. Credit: Google, Airbus. The world is rapidly moving towards a renewable energy future. To support…
A promising leap towards computers with light-speed capabilities
The team’s reprogrammable light-based processor. Credit: Will Wright, RMIT University Scientists have created a reprogrammable light-based processor, a world-first, that they say could usher in a new era of quantum…
Researchers discover tunable room-temperature nonlinear Hall effect in bismuth thin films
Non-linear Hall effect in bismuth thin films can be controlled by the geometry of the microfabricated arc-shaped channels. Credit: B. Schröder/ HZDR A research team from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)…
Honda Unveils First Hydrogen-Powered Consumer Vehicle in US
The first hydrogen fuel cell consumer vehicle for America was announced Tuesday by Honda. With a name that doesn’t quite roll off the tongue, the CR-V e:FCEV combines a hydrogen…
Researchers model blood-brain barrier using ‘Tissue-in-a-CUBE’ system
The modular Tissue-in-a-CUBE platform for drug screening, a new alternative model for animal testing. Credit: RIKEN A research team at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan…
OpenAI seeks dismissal of parts of NY Times copyright suit
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain OpenAI asked a US judge to dismiss several elements of a lawsuit brought by The New York Times, which accuses the ChatGPT creator of using millions…
