An image of Dr. Michal Karpinski obtained using a standard Fresnel lens (photo: Mirosław Kazmierczak, source: University of Warsaw). Credit: Mirosław Kaźmierczak Light is a key carrier of information. It…
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5,000 deep-sea animals new to science turned up in ocean records
More than 5,000 animal species previously unknown to science live in a pristine part of the deep sea. Their home — called the Clarion-Clipperton Zone — sits in the central…
Afternoon exercise linked with greater improvements in blood sugar levels for patients with type 2 diabetes
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Over 37 million Americans have diabetes, and 90 to 95% of that population are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Lifestyle interventions, such as a healthy diet…
New HP and Sonos Devices Level Up a Home Office Workstation
Every six months or so, I re-evaluate the configuration of my home office workstation for improvements and enhancements. Admittedly, my specific requirements skew to the higher end of what the…
Armenians hacked with Pegasus spyware during war: NGO
The Israel-made malware, which can seize control of a smartphone’s microphone and camera, hit global headlines in 2021. At least a dozen Armenian journalists, NGO workers and officials had their…
Here’s how AI is protecting bees and helping farmers pollinate crops
Artificial intelligence (AI) offers a new way to track the insect pollinators essential to farming. In a new study, we installed miniature digital cameras and computers inside a greenhouse at a strawberry farm…
Sudden infant death syndrome may have biologic cause
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is a case where the death of an apparently healthy infant before their first birthday remains unexplained even after thorough investigation.…
Study shows dementia risk increases the earlier a person develops diabetes
Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research published in Diabetologia shows an association between type 2 diabetes (T2D) and developing dementia in later life—with the risk of dementia increasing the earlier…
Archaeologists discover lost church in submerged medieval settlement |
A multi-institutional team of archaeologists have discovered the remains of a church from the submerged medieval settlement of Rungholt in the North Frisian Wadden Sea, Germany. Rungholt reportedly sank beneath…
