Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Delaware have claimed a gel made with the addition of the right nanoparticles can mix oil and water to create immiscible fluids with uses ranging from batteries to water filters and tint-changing smart windows. As described in a new Nature Communications paper, the new […]
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NASA offers opportunity to engage with Mars Perseverance Rover landing
American independent space agency, NASA has announced on Thursday that to discuss events surrounding the landing of its Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, it will host virtual news briefings, live shows, and activities in the week of February 15. NASA announced the viewing guide for the landing of its Mars 2020 Perseverance rover on […]
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Researchers find why plant diversity is so important for bee diversity
During summers, bumblebees and honey bees can be seen foraging on the same flower species, whether in Britain or many other countries. Now, researchers at the Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects (LASI) at the University of Sussex, have found that different bees dominate particular flower species and revealed why. […]
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Shared partisanship and social media ties
A study examines links between partisanship and ties on Twitter. Many people value partisanship as key to their identity. However, it is unclear whether individuals are more likely to form social connections based entirely on shared partisanship. Mohsen Mosleh, David Rand, and colleagues created eight Twitter bots designed to appear human. Four profiles […]
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Study: Managing aerosol lining could reduce Covid-19 spread
Researchers have suggested that stabilizing airway lining mucus in aerosol infected individuals might help manage the spread of COVID-19, according to a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). The findings show that while examining 194 healthy individuals, ages 19-66 […]
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Researchers develop flexible piezoelectric crystal
A team of researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), have developed a new material that can flex and bend forty times more than its competitors when electricity is applied to it. This discovery will open the way to better micro machines. Conversely, when it is bent, it generates […]
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Study alerts consequences of computer generated simulation on VR exergames
A study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, UniSA analysts explored the outcomes of playing perhaps the most mainstream VR exergames – Beat Saber – finding that one out of seven players actually announced VR ailment 40 mins after they had completed the process of playing. The study […]
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Covid-19 and socioeconomic inequality in Indiana
Researchers report how the COVID-19 pandemic has increased socioeconomic inequality in the United States. The Great Recession of 2007-2009 exacerbated socioeconomic inequities experienced by racial and ethnic minorities and those without college degrees. Given the high unemployment levels reported during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is concern about the pandemic’s potential to similarly widen socioeconomic inequality. […]
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Brazil to launch its first domestically designed observation satellite
Brazil is finalizing the details to launch the first Earth observation satellite designed, integrated, tested, and operated by the country, said the National Institute of Space Research (INPE) on Wednesday. The institute, which is responsible for the project, said in a statement that the satellite, named Amazonia 1, will be launched […]
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SpaceX Starship prototype rocket explodes on landing after test launch
A prototype of SpaceX’s Starship rocket exploded during a landing attempt minutes after a high-altitude experimental launch from Boca Chica, Texas, yesterday, in a repeat of an accident that destroyed a previous test rocket. The Starship SN9 that blew up on its final descent, like the SN8 before it, was […]
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SpaceX aims to launch ‘all-civilian’ trip into orbit
SpaceX announced yesterday it’s aiming to launch this year the first all-civilian mission into Earth’s orbit, led by a tech billionaire who plans to raffle off one of the spots aboard the craft. Entrepreneur Jared Isaacman is to be joined by three other novice astronauts for a multi-day journey into […]
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Study discovers expected restorative targets can repress colorectal cancer progression
Scientists from Nagoya University have found that colorectal cancer tissues contain two kinds of fibroblasts (a sort of cells found in connective tissue), namely those that promote and restrain cancer that the harmony between them is generally engaged with the spread of the disease. Their findings, published in the journal Gastroenterology, suggest […]
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Scientists find strategy to protect developing brain from prenatal stress in mice
New research from the University of Iowa and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center demonstrates that offspring can be protected from the effects of prenatal stress by administering a neuroprotective compound during pregnancy. Working in a mouse model, Rachel Schroeder, a student in the UI Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience, drew a connection […]
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Liquid machine-learning system adapts to changing conditions
MIT researchers have developed a type of neural network that learns on the job, not just during its training phase. These flexible algorithms, dubbed “liquid” networks, change their underlying equations to continuously adapt to new data inputs. The advance could aid decision making based on data streams that change over […]
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Scientists understand ‘tummy bug’ bacteria
The process through which bacteria commonly responsible for seafood-related stomach upsets go dormant and then “wake up,” has been discovered. Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a marine bacterium that can cause gastroenteritis in humans when eaten in raw or undercooked shellfish such as oysters and mussels. Some of these bacteria are able to turn dormant in […]