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This week, India became the first of all the nations in the current moon race to reach the coveted lunar south pole. India’s latest moon lander, the Chandrayaan-3, has successfully touched down on the lunar surface, ending a weeks-long mission that could have taken a very different turn at any point. Tech. Entertainment. Science. Your …
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Fashion and social media are both ever evolving. So why not put the two together? New research in Manufacturing & Service Operations Management says utilizing social media to predict sales of apparel and footwear items based on social media posts and interactions about color is possible and successful. “We partner with …
Scientists have long assumed that national parks help conserve wildlife and protect biodiversity. But is that truly the case? Fresh research from the University of Montana, international partners and NASA-affiliated scientists suggests that parks do indeed enhance bird diversity inside their borders. Large parks also support higher diversity of both birds and mammals in nearby …
A 47-year-old woman named Ann has found her voice again, thanks to the efforts of an AI brain implant. Ann, who suffered a stroke several years ago, has been unable to speak for 18 years. However, with the help of several electrodes connected to her brain tissue, Ann was able to speak again through a …
Work on a new ‘verbal treasure trove’ captures nuances and uses of Shakespeare’s words. Credit: Lancaster University, UK William Shakespeare used the word “dotage” to capture reduced mental ability (as in being blindly in love) rather than as a quaint term for old age, “successes” were really outcomes—one could talk of a “bad success”—and it …
A study led by researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and Weill Cornell Medicine discovered a new relationship between cancer cells and the immune system, and shows how cancer can selfishly hijack a normally helpful immune pathway. Usually, activation of this key immune pathway — called the STING pathway — triggers a strong …
by Light Publishing Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics And Physics, CAS a, Experimental setups for direct current (DC) and alternative current (AC) modulation characterizations, which consist of a light source, a metafiber EOM, a signal generator with a voltage amplifier and an optical detector. Depending on DC or AC modulation tests, the light …
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A study by health policy researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and University of Southern California projects that the expected health and economic well-being of Americans nearing retirement age in the lower half of the economic distribution today is no better than that of their counterparts more than …
by St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Board, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Credit: CC0 Public Domain A Montana judge’s ruling that the state’s relentless protection and promotion of fossil fuels violates young people’s right to a “clean and healthful environment” is groundbreaking—and potentially not just on the topic of climate change. In Missouri, retrograde state laws or failed …
Unexpected inhomogeneity of proton transport through 2D crystals. a,b, SECCM maps for two graphene devices. The white dashed circles mark the rim of the 2-μm-diameter apertures in SiNx. c,d, AFM force maps for the devices in the panels above. Wrinkles and edges are clearly visible in the AFM maps and correlate with high-conductivity areas in the …