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Scientists Record Plants Communicating With Each Other to Warn Them of Potential Threats

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The Arabidopsis plant cells glow green after exposure to VOCs, signifying plant-to-plant communication. (Image Credit: Aratani et al. Nature Communications, 2023) When a plant is damaged by insects or other means, it releases volatile organic compou...
- 24 Jan 2024
MIT's Imaging System Captures Light Traveling - Trillion-Frames-Per-Second Camera

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The imaging solution produces a frame every two trillionths of a second, and the result shows the movement of light at roughly half a trillion frames per second. (Image credit: MIT) Light travels at 186,000 miles per second, 671,000,000 miles per ho...
- 19 Jan 2024
Scientists and Alien Hunters Team Up to Talk to Whales

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The team had a 20-minute conversation with a humpback named Twain in her own language by using contact calls, a simple call that lets other whales know they are in the vicinity. (Image credit: Pixabay) A team of scientists from the University of Cal...
- 3 Jan 2024
Strange Matter Orbiting Massive Black Hole Emits Powerful Radiation Every 76 Minutes

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The strange matter orbits the massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way and pulses gamma-ray radiation aimed at the Earth. (Image credit: Pixabay) A pair of scientists, Gustavo Magallanes-Guijon and Sergio Mendoza, from the National Autonom...
- 29 Dec 2023
Scientists Develop Material That Changes Shape Depending on Temperature

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The composite material expands and contracts based on temperature in order to perform specific tasks. (Image credit: University of Illinois) Scientists from the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champagne) have developed a new composite material that c...
- 19 Dec 2023
Noninvasive Mind-Reading AI Translates Thoughts into Text

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The portable, noninvasive system could help those unable to speak to communicate with others using thought. (Image credit: University of Technology Sydney via YouTube) Researchers from the GrapheneX-UTS Human-centric Artificial Intelligence Centre ...
- 15 Dec 2023
Californian Woman Sets a New Record With 52 Chip Implants in Her Body

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Anatasia won a Guinness world record for implanting 52 chips in her body. (Image Credit: Guinness World Records) We've seen many accomplishments in the technological world, but Anastasia Synn may have taken the cake — she implanted a recor...
- 7 Dec 2023
3D Printing Technique Could Lead to Better Prosthetics

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The team 3D printed a robotic hand in one go via the slow-curing plastics method. (Image Credit: ETH Zurich/Thomas Buchner) For the first time, ETH Zurich and US startup Inkbit researchers created a new laser scanning technique to 3D print a robotic...
- 22 Nov 2023
Researchers Create a New Way to Make Laser Pulses More Powerful

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Pulse compression in plasma. The pulse’s high-frequency components (front) and low-frequency components (back) reflect at various positions, causing the laser pulse to compress. (Image Credit: Nature Photonics) UK and South Korean...
- 17 Nov 2023
Scientists Have Discovered a Hidden Landscape Beneath an Ice Sheet in Antarctica

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Scientists discovered a landscape hidden underneath an ice sheet in Antarctica. (Image Credit: Stewart Jamieson) Scientists recently announced they found a hidden landscape featuring valleys and hills underneath a 1.6-mile deep ice sheet in Antarcti...
- 15 Nov 2023
Scientists Discovery a Virus Latching on Another Virus

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UMBC researchers used a transmission electron microscope to capture images of a satellite virus attaching to a helper virus. (Image Credit: Tagide deCarvalho) Some viruses (satellites) typically rely on the host organism and another virus (helper)...
- 7 Nov 2023
The Cause of Mars’ Biggest Quake Revealed - and The Sensors Used

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NASA’s InSight lander recorded the largest Marsquake on May 4th, 2022. (Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) On May 4th, 2022, NASA’s InSight lander recorded the largest seismic event on Mars --- a 4.7 magnitude quake call...
- 25 Oct 2023
Magnetoelectric Material Could Help With Nerve Damage Recovery

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The team’s magnetoelectric material stimulates neurons and repairs severed nerves. (Image Credit: Robinson Lab/Rice University) Rice University researchers have engineered the first magnetoelectric material that can treat nerve damage or neuro...
- 19 Oct 2023
The Vela Pulsar Has Released a Staggering Amount of Energy

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The team believes the Vela pulsar emitted 20 TeVs of radiation energy. (Image Credit: Science Communication Lab for DESY) On October 5th, scientists revealed that High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS) data shows the Vela Pulsar released a staggeri...
- 16 Oct 2023
Tsunami Warning System Upgraded

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Map of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai underwater volcano in the Pacific Ocean. (Image CredutL The National Map, USGS) On January 15th, 2022, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai underwater volcano erupted, prompting rare tsunami tidal ...
- 6 Oct 2023
Anser Cubesats Launch Into Orbit to Monitor the Iberian Waters

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The ANSER team installed the CubeSat aboard the Vega spacecraft. (Image Credit: ESA-CNES-Arianespace/Optique video du CSG) Spain’s ANSER (Advanced Nanosatellite Systems for Earth-observation Research) CubeSats trio has launched into orbit at t...
- 5 Oct 2023
Cheap Desalination Device Turns Saltwater into Drinkable Water

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A ten-stage prototype is placed in a boat-like reservoir. (Image Credit: Jintong Gao and Zhenyuan Xu) MIT and Shanghai Jiao Tong University engineers developed a solar-powered desalination system designed to convert saltwater into safe drinking...
- 3 Oct 2023
The Story: After Seven Long Years, NASA's OSIRIS-REx Returned the Sample Capsule to Earth

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Image showing OSISRIS-Rex getting ready to touch the surface of Bennu. (Image Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona) NASA's OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer) spacecraft final...
- 29 Sep 2023
Robot Storm Chasers Deploy Globally

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Water gliders are often deployed underwater to help study a hurricane. (Image Credit: University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography) Weather robots like torpedo-shaped watercraft gliders created by the University of Georgia’s Skida...
- 27 Sep 2023
What's New on Mars? Perseverance and MOXIE Complete Feats!

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NASA's Ingenuity helicopter flew on Mars for 102.4 minutes throughout 57 flights. (Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS) NASA's Ingenuity has achieved a remarkable feat, surpassing all expectations. It embarked on a flight lasting more th...
- 15 Sep 2023
AI Models Are Officially Better Than Our Own Noses

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(Image CreditL Kalhh/pixabay) Nowadays, machines can replicate a human's eyesight and taste but haven't caught up on the smell side. Of course, we've seen e-noses that detect cancer in blood cells and examine the air surroundi...
- 12 Sep 2023
Researchers Develop Device That Detects Early Signs of Rejection in Transplanted Organs

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The ultra-tiny sensor can detect transplanted organ rejection up to three weeks earlier than traditional monitor techniques. (Image Credit: Northwestern University) Northwestern University researchers developed a tiny soft device capable of monitori...
- 11 Sep 2023
Paralyzed Man Can Feel and Move Again Through AI-Enable Brain Implants

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Keith Thomas felt his sister’s hand as she held it for support. He suffered a spinal injury in 2020 that left him paralyzed from the chest down. (Image Credit: Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research Northwell Health) Three years ago, Keith ...
- 10 Aug 2023
Google’s Brain2Music Reconstructs Music from Previously Listened Songs

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Researchers created an AI model that produces short music clips based on what someone listened to. (Image Credit: Mohamed_hassan) Google researchers have developed Brain2Music, an AI tool that generates short song snippets based on the music s...
- 9 Aug 2023
Stars on Mars and Extraordinary Cave-Exploring Robots

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The RADDOG robot accompanies the cast of the Stars on Mars reality TV series. (Image Credit: Twitter/RADDOGAITX) On June 5th, Fox started airing Stars on Mars, a reality TV series featuring twelve celebrities and former athletes competing in a Mars ...
- 8 Aug 2023