Prehistoric societies in the Spanish Levantine mastered climbing and used equipment |

According to a study published in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal, Spanish Levantine rock art provides distinctive visual evidence that indicates how societies in Eastern Spain had developed expertise in climbing…

Culture and Geography Significantly Influence Sleep Patterns

Summary: A new study reveals that culture and geography significantly influence sleep patterns. Using data from Nokia smartwatches, the researchers analyzed 52 million logs over four years from 30,082 individuals…

Researchers achieve milestone in energy capacity of supercapacitors

New opioid use raises death risk 11-fold in those with dementia

Older adults who begin using opioid painkillers after a dementia diagnosis have a significantly greater risk of death—about 11-fold within the first two weeks, according to new research. The risk…

NASA’s Psyche mission enters home stretch before launch

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is shown in a clean room on June 26 at the Astrotech Space Operations facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA/Frank Michaux Engineers…

Researchers demonstrate the functioning of a photo-rechargeable two electrode battery

Schematic of the photo-battery full-cell demonstrated by Amar et al at TIFR. Credit: Amar Kumar T. N. Narayanan and colleagues from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Hyderabad (TIFRH) report…

Droplet Levitation Is a New Way To Explore Airborne Viruses and Microorganisms

Newswise — WASHINGTON, July 18, 2023 – Self-sustained levitation of millimeter-sized droplets was recently discovered by researchers at Tyumen State University, in Russia, during an experiment to select combinations of…

New theory for a periodically driven quantum dot–cavity system

Optical micrograph of the DQD–cavity composite device. Credit: Gu Sisi et al A team led by Prof. Guo Guoping and Prof. Cao Gang from the University of Science and Technology…

Unveiling synchronization preferences of quantum thermal machines

(a) Schematic diagram of the quantum thermal machine considered. The red and blue rectangles represent hot and cold baths, the horizontal lines represent the quantum energy levels of the working…

Australia will update the ‘fantasy’ net zero plan it inherited

Australia’s new climate minister says the plan relied too heavily on future technologies – the new one will include sectoral plans Australian climate and energy minister Chris Bowen has slammed…