Brain Gratewick, CC 2.0 license A pandemic among frogs has been going on worldwide for years—the culprit: a fungal infection that has affected amphibians on nearly every continent. But now, the discovery of a virus that has evolved to replicate inside this fungus could be the key to saving nearly 500 species of frogs that …
A newly developed hydrogel can safely remove microplastics from water, a study reveals. The study is published in Nanoscale, and it highlights the importance of finding new ways to remove these harmful, tiny plastics from our drinking water. The hydrogel works by absorbing the tiny plastics, allowing them to be more easily removed from oceans …
Science fiction often relies heavily on holographics to showcase the future of technology. For the most part, though, holographic tech has always seemed a bit outside our wheelhouse, with the tech needed to create realistic holographic displays being exceptionally expensive. Now, though, researchers have done it with an ordinary iPhone screen. Currently, the only way …
Researchers may have unlocked the potential for gravity-free technology. A new study published in Applied Physics Letters highlights how researchers have made huge breakthroughs in magnetic levitation, the use of magnets to cause items to levitate in air for extended amounts of time. This is also the most common form, and the researchers at the …
World Netball has banned transgender players from international competition with immediate effect under a new participation and inclusion policy issued on Monday. The global governing body of what has traditionally been, and remains at international level, a women’s sport said it had undergone a lengthy consultation before issuing the policy. “Following detailed review of the …
Here’s an inside look into ASML’s factory and how it managed to dominate advanced chipmaking. (MIT Technology Review) 2. Hong Kong passed a tough national security law that makes it more dangerous to protest Beijing’s rule. (BBC) 3. A new bill in France suggests imposing hefty fines on Shein and similar ultrafast-fashion companies for their …
What if everything in our world has a soul and mind? What if every desk, chair, and potted plant has a conscious stream of thoughts? That’s the basic idea behind Panpsychism, a theory first put forward in the late 16th century by Francesco Patrizi. It’s been a hundred years or so since science won out …
A new type of phase-change concrete could completely revolutionize how we handle icy conditions. That’s because the new concrete is capable of melting ice and snow, removing the need to use salt or shoveling. Scientists have created a new self-heating material that could heavily reduce the amount of plowing and salting needed to keep roadways …
The evolution of life on Earth is a highly theorized thing. While there are many theories as to how life came to be on our little blue marble, some believe that it all came about because RNA spontaneously began to replicate itself. It’s a pretty controversial theory, as far as they go, but now scientists …
What if you could make your old PC twice as fast without having to upgrade any of the hardware? That’s the idea behind new research into a system called simultaneous and heterogeneous multithreading, or SHMT. According to a presentation shared by researchers, this PC breakthrough could revolutionize our modern PC speeds without hardware upgrades. It’s …