This article was originally published by Knowable Magazine. The stories have become horribly familiar: houses so overrun by bedbugs that the bloodsucking insects pile an inch deep on…
Read more The ‘Unthinkable’ New Reality About BedbugsHospital germs and pathogens are not always transmitted directly from person to person. They can also spread via germ-contaminated surfaces and objects. Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials…
Read more Bacteria, stay out!Joint press release Utrecht University and Natural History Museum Maastricht Newswise — The cradle of palaeontology – the study of fossil remains of animals and plants – lies…
Read more Mosasaurs had discriminating taste, palaeo-CSI findsNewswise — The fossils were found 40 years ago in north-eastern France. An international team of palaeontologists from the Naturkunde-Museum Bielefeld in Germany, the Institute of Paleobiology of…
Read more Ancient sea monster discovery reveals oldest mega-predatorThe Science Newswise — The outer planets of our solar system, like Uranus and Neptune, are water-rich gas giants. These planets have extreme pressures of 2 million times…
Read more Scientists Discover a New Phase of High-Density, Ultra-Hot IceNewswise — Four out of five emperor penguin colonies in the Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica, saw no chicks survive to fledge successfully in the spring of 2022, reports a…
Read more Climate change: Emperor penguin breeding fails due to Antarctic sea ice lossNewswise — A new study led by Archaeologist Michelle Bebber, Ph.D., an assistant professor in Kent State University’s Department of Anthropology, has demonstrated that the atlatl (i.e. spear…
Read more Prehistoric Women’s Use of Atlatl Weapons Balanced Division of Labor in HuntingThe Science New research sheds light on the mechanism behind how a special material changes from an electrically conducting metal to an electric insulator. The researchers studied lanthanum…
Read more Thanks to Trapped Electrons, a Material Expected to be a Conducting Metal Remains an InsulatorNewswise — Although the prehistoric site of Eynan-Mallaha in northern Israel has been thoroughly examined since 1955, it still holds some surprises for scientists. Seven prehistoric wind instruments…
Read more Earliest Levantine wind instruments foundNewswise — Up to eight percent of the sand in concrete and mortar used to make a single-story house could be replaced with shredded used disposable diapers without…
Read more Engineering: Diapers to HousesNewswise — Swedish obstetricians and gynecologists are noticeably more emotionally stable and conscientious compared to the majority of the Swedish population. Based on the doctors’ personalities, their decision-making…
Read more Midwives and doctors have better emotional stability.Newswise — The genomes of two hornet species, the European hornet and the Asian hornet (or yellow-legged hornet) have been sequenced for the first time by a team…
Read more Genetic code of hornets sequenced to understand their successful invasionNewswise — The contents of six sealed ancient Egyptian animal coffins — which were imaged using a non-invasive technique — are described in a study published in Scientific Reports.…
Read more Unveiling the secrets of sealed animal coffins in ancient EgyptNewswise — The earliest artificial neural network, the Perceptron, was introduced approximately 65 years ago and consisted of just one layer. However, to address solutions for more complex…
Read more Is Deep Learning a necessary ingredient for Artificial Intelligence?Newswise — University of Wyoming researchers’ study of how microscopic creatures called tardigrades survive extreme conditions has led to a major breakthrough that could eventually make life-saving treatments…
Read more Scientists use tardigrade proteins for human health breakthroughNewswise — A collaboration between the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) and the Polytechnic University of Milan has found that when a fluid is pumped through…
Read more New pumping strategy could slash energy costs of fluid transport by 22%Newswise — Scientists have for the first time constructed the reference genome for the source of the popular fibre supplement, psyllium husk, which could boost supplies of the…
Read more New discovery to bulk up gluten-free fibre supplementNewswise — Two common wild plants contain extracts that inhibit the ability of the virus that causes COVID-19 to infect living cells, an Emory University study finds. Scientific…
Read more Extracts from two wild plants inhibit COVID-19 virus, study findsNewswise — New York, NY—December 23, 2022—Lung cancer is the deadliest cancer in the United States and around the world. Many of the currently available therapies have…
Read more New Bacterial Therapy Approach to Treat Lung Cancer1. Background Natural gas is a relatively clean burning fossil fuel, that causes less air pollution than coal and is widely used in the world. Recent studies have…
Read more Model analysis of atmospheric observations reveals methane leakage in North China
