Tag: physics
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Digging up new species of Australia and New Guinea’s giant fossil kangaroos
[ad_1] An artist’s impression of the newly described fossil species Protemnodon viator and its relative Protemnodon anak, compared at scale to the living red kangaroo and eastern grey kangaroo. Credit: Flinders University Paleontologists from Flinders University have described three unusual new species of giant fossil kangaroo from Australia and New Guinea, finding them more diverse…
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Tandem heat waves, storm surges increasingly batter coasts: Study
[ad_1] Deadly flash floods devastated Libya’s coastal city of Derna in September 2023. Coastal communities need to prepare for simultaneous extreme weather events as heat waves increasingly overlap with surges in sea levels due to climate change, a study published on Thursday warned. Extreme heat and sea levels are typically monitored and studied individually but…
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What did Roman wine taste like? Much better than previously thought, according to new research
[ad_1] The dolia defossa wine cellar of Villa Regina (Boscoreale). Emlyn Dodd. Credit: Ministero della Cultura – Parco Archaeologico di Pompei From a modern, scientific perspective, the wine Romans drank is often seen as an inconsistent, poorly made and thoroughly unpleasant beverage. It is alleged that Roman winemakers had to mask their products’ flaws by…
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The experimental demonstration of a verifiable blind quantum computing protocol
[ad_1] Photograph of the photonically networked trapped-ion quantum processor server at the University of Oxford, Credits: David Nadlinger. Quantum computers, systems that process and store information leveraging quantum mechanical phenomena, could eventually outperform classical computers on numerous tasks. Among other things, these computers could allow researchers to tackle complex optimization problems, speed up drug discovery…
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Research team discovers more than 50 potentially new deep-sea species in one of the most unexplored areas of the planet
[ad_1] A Chaunax documented on the southwestern flank of Rapa NuiA Chaunax (genus of bony fish in the sea toad family) documented during Dive 664, a transect is located on the southwestern flank of Rapa Nui. The dive began at ~600 m depth and traveled upslope to ~200-300 m. The island is located near the…
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ProtoDUNE’s argon filling underway, a significant step toward next era of neutrino research
[ad_1] ProtoDUNE begins liquid argon filling. Credit: CERN CERN’s Neutrino Platform houses a prototype of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) known as ProtoDUNE, which is designed to test and validate the technologies that will be applied to the construction of the DUNE experiment in the United States. Recently, ProtoDUNE has entered a pivotal stage:…
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Study proposes large-scale biomanufacturing workflow to produce natural killer cells and extracellular vesicles
[ad_1] HFB-produced NK92 cells yielded large quantities of small NK92-EVs. Credit: Journal of Extracellular Vesicles (2023). DOI: 10.1002/jev2.12387 A team of uOttawa Faculty of Medicine researchers have developed a path to a biomanufacturing process that could potentially transform how Canada generates immunotherapeutic materials—specifically natural killer cells and extracellular vesicles (EVs)—to fuel tomorrow’s novel cancer treatments.…
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Report links H&M, Zara to environmental destruction in Brazil
[ad_1] Aerial image showing the destruction of native vegetation in the Cerrado savanna in Sao Desiderio, Brazil. Fast fashion giants H&M and Zara have used cotton from farms linked to massive deforestation, land-grabbing, corruption and violence in Brazil, a report by the environmental group Earthsight said Thursday. Based on satellite images, court rulings, shipment records…
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Japanese astronaut to be first non-American to set foot on moon
[ad_1] The moon over Tokyo on September 10, 2022. A lucky Japanese astronaut will become the first non-American to set foot on the moon during one of NASA’s upcoming Artemis missions, US President Joe Biden announced Wednesday. The offer to Japan—an opportunity many nations have long dreamed of—came as part of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s…
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Recent advances in application of polysaccharides in cosmetics
[ad_1] by KeAi Communications Co. Promoting effect of polysaccharide on the wound repair process. Credit: Qingyuan Wu, et al. With the increasing application of natural ingredients in the cosmetics industry, the beneficial properties of natural polysaccharides have been effectively harnessed. Certain polysaccharides exhibit superior moisturizing capabilities compared to hyaluronic acid, while others demonstrate whitening effects…