Researchers have discovered a hormone in mice that prevents bone loss during lactation and could one day be used to treat osteoporosis Researchers have discovered a hormone in mice that prevents bone loss during lactation and could one day be used to treat osteoporosis Researchers have discovered a hormone in mice that prevents bone loss during …
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What if testing for Lyme disease were as simple as dropping a tick in a test tube at home, waiting a few minutes, and looking for a change of color? MIT Sloan Fellow and physician Erin Dawicki is making it happen, as part of her aspiration to make Lyme testing accessible, affordable, and widespread. She …
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A dead whale was tagged with satellite tracking equipment and monitored for more than a week as part of an effort to help authorities better deal with giant carcasses that get washed ashore A dead whale was tagged with satellite tracking equipment and monitored for more than a week as part of an effort to …
Floating whale carcasses are a problem – can we predict their drift? Read More »
Trucks outfitted with weather sensors, lasers and balloons are mapping urban microclimates in the extreme heat of the US Southwest Trucks outfitted with weather sensors, lasers and balloons are mapping urban microclimates in the extreme heat of the US Southwest Trucks outfitted with weather sensors, lasers and balloons are mapping urban microclimates in the extreme heat …
Mobile weather labs map toll of extreme heat in scorching US cities Read More »
Adding crushed basalt rocks and special fertilisers to soils could cut nitrous oxide emissions without harming the ozone layer, but these strategies will cost billions Adding crushed basalt rocks and special fertilisers to soils could cut nitrous oxide emissions without harming the ozone layer, but these strategies will cost billions Adding crushed basalt rocks and special …
Crushed rocks and fertiliser switches can cut nitrous oxide from farms Read More »
Italian firm Energy Dome is building a “CO2 battery” in Sardinia that will store excess power from renewables and release it back to the grid when needed Italian firm Energy Dome is building a “CO2 battery” in Sardinia that will store excess power from renewables and release it back to the grid when needed Italian firm …
Giant dome filled with CO2 could store excess power from renewables Read More »
Anthropologists have been arguing for 20 years about whether Sahelanthropus, a hominin that lived about 7 million years ago, was one of the first bipedal apes Anthropologists have been arguing for 20 years about whether Sahelanthropus, a hominin that lived about 7 million years ago, was one of the first bipedal apes Anthropologists have been arguing …
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A team of researchers has developed a soft, stretchy electronic device capable of simulating the feeling of pressure or vibration when worn on the skin. This device represents a step towards creating haptic technologies that can reproduce a more varied and realistic range of touch sensations for applications such as virtual reality, medical prosthetics and …
Soft, stretchy electrode simulates touch sensations using electrical signals Read More »
A recent discovery by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) confirmed that luminous, very red objects previously detected in the early universe upend conventional thinking about the origins and evolution of galaxies and their supermassive black holes. A recent discovery by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) confirmed that luminous, very red objects previously detected …
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Hydrothermal vents can be found around the world at the junctions of drifting tectonic plates. But there are many hydrothermal fields still to be discovered. During a 2022 expedition of the MARIA S. MERIAN, the first field of hydrothermal vents on the 500-kilometer-long Knipovich Ridge off the coast of Svalbard was discovered. Hydrothermal vents can …
Investigating newly discovered hydrothermal vents at depths of 3,000 meters off Svalbard Read More »