A 150-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Flight Mystery May Finally Have an Answer - Archaeopteryx may have taken off by using two or three powerful leaps to reach the speed needed for sustained flight. With wings that could not lift high above its back and no keeled breastbone to power a modern-style launch, Archaeopteryx faced a basic problem: how did this early bird get off the ground?...
Bluetooth Shock Collar Keeps Wearer On Task - Like a lot of us [Liam Kloppers] had a problem with doomscrolling. Unwilling to go cold-turkey because he does find some utility in social media. He tried a number of …read more
So, You Found a Foden Steam Lorry in a Field. What Next? - It’s quite likely that many readers will have harbored dreams of owning, or at least driving, a steam engine of some kind. [James Hervey-Bathurst] was lucky enough to do so …read more
TikTok to pay $400 million settlement in U.S. children's privacy case - TikTok has agreed to pay $400 million to settle a lawsuit with the U.S. Department of Justice over claims that the video-sharing platform violated federal children's privacy laws, the department announced Friday.
Quantum dots keep their glow under heat after dual modification - Quantum dots are semiconductor crystals only a few nanometers in size. Their ability to produce bright, precisely tunable colors has made them promising materials for light-emitting diodes, displays, solar cells and other ...
Using the Basic SNES Hardware to Play Minecraft - After previously putting a very basic version of Minecraft on the Game Boy Color, [Tobi] decided to have some fun and port that version also to the Super Nintendo (SNES), …read more
Almost All Plant-Based Meat Alternatives Contain Mycotoxins, Study Finds - New research on plant-based foods and drinks found that hundreds of vegetarian and vegan products contained mycotoxins, naturally occurring poisonous compounds produced by fungi. Plant-based meats and drinks are often marketed as modern alternatives to traditional animal products, but many still rely...
Quantum Experiment Breaks a Long-Standing X-Ray Energy Limit - An experiment by researchers at the University of California San Diego and TU Wien has revealed a new quantum regime that generates coherent X-rays at higher energies than conventional rules predict. When intense laser light strikes certain atoms, the atoms can respond by producing laser pulses at far...
Natural Compound in Broccoli Could Help Treat a Rare, Incurable Neurological Disease - Swinburne researchers have discovered how broccoli could help treat an extremely rare and incurable disease that affects only about 200 Australians. A naturally occurring compound in broccoli is being investigated as a possible treatment for Friedreich ataxia, a rare nervous system disease. Research from...
A New Quantum Blueprint Could Make States Easier To Tell Apart - MIT and University of Ferrara researchers created a mathematical blueprint for designing distinguishable non-Gaussian quantum states. Researchers worldwide are working to develop quantum systems for sensing, communications, computing, and control that could outperform today’s technologies. A major challenge...
Strange Quantum Oscillations Reveal New Physics in an Exotic Material - Experiments and theoretical analysis show that under extreme magnetic fields, electrons in zirconium pentatelluride behave in an unusual way that points to a topological origin rather than interactions among many particles. Under magnetic fields strong enough to push electrons toward their quantum limits,...
The Shutter Makes This 3D Printed Camera Special - Making a film camera is a project within the reach of almost anyone, from the experimenter with cardboard and sticky tape, to the machinist with an aluminium billet. But 3D …read more
New Soil Test Could Improve Our Understanding of a Vital but Limited Nutrient - A simpler method for measuring DNA-bound phosphorus could improve understanding of soil microbes and nutrient cycling. Scientists have created a simpler, more cost-effective way to measure a biologically important form of phosphorus in soil. The method offers a clearer view of how nutrients move through...
CCP’s New Influence War: Turning Foreign Audiences Against Each Other - While many people are still busy trying to identify who has taken money from the CCP, its real overseas influence operation has already evolved to this level. Many people may not even realize how they are being influenced before they end up becoming unwitting tools in someone else’s information war....
