Paleontology student makes a splash with his first co-author credit on recent study identifying a new species of ancient fish. Alberta, Jan 14, 2024.- A 72-million-year-old sturgeon fossil has been discovered in Edmonton’s North Saskatchewan River Valley, the first fish material of any kind found from that time period and inContinuar Leyendo
By Blaine Friedlander New York, Jan 12, 2024.- A tiny, hardworking bacterium – which weighs one-trillionth of a gram – may soon have a large influence on processing rare earth elements in an eco-friendly way. In a new study, Cornell scientists show that genetically engineering this bacterium could improve theContinuar Leyendo
Astronomers have found a direct link between the explosive deaths of massive stars and the formation of the most compact and enigmatic objects in the Universe — black holes and neutron stars. With the help of the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) and ESO’s New Technology TelescopeContinuar Leyendo
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have found a rare oddball event in an oddball place. París, Jan 10, 2024.- A Fast Radio Burst (FRB) is a fleeting blast of energy that can – for a few milliseconds – outshine an entire galaxy. Over the past few years hundreds ofContinuar Leyendo
New study: Microplastic fibers are settling substantially slower than spherical particles in the atmosphere and might even reach stratosphere Vienna, Jan 09, 2024.- How far microplastics travel in the atmosphere depends crucially on particle shape, according to a recent study by scientists at the University of Vienna and the MaxContinuar Leyendo
Simple blood test can predict who will get severe disease and could also point the way to future treatments. Alberta, Jan 08, 2023.- A cross-disciplinary University of Alberta research team has uncovered a biological marker for scleroderma that can predict which patients will develop severe disease and could also leadContinuar Leyendo
Researchers have developed an augmented reality head-up display that could improve road safety by displaying potential hazards as high-resolution three-dimensional holograms directly in a driver’s field of vision in real time. Cambrigde, Jan 05, 2024.- Current head-up display systems are limited to two-dimensional projections onto the windscreen of a vehicle,Continuar Leyendo
París, Jan 04, 2024.- An international team of astronomers has assembled and reprocessed observations of the exoplanet WASP-121 b that were collected with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in the years 2016, 2018 and 2019. This provided them with a unique dataset that allowed them not only to analyse theContinuar Leyendo
Women from low socio-economic backgrounds consider themselves to be less talented than all other groups – even if they show the same performance levels. This is shown by a new study led by Christina Bauer at the University of Vienna. This misconception contributes to the pronounced disadvantage in domains suchContinuar Leyendo
Study models the benefits of strategies to cope with and alleviate extreme heat in specific US cities through the end of the century Tempe, Dec 31, 2023.- Extreme heat waves, once considered rare, are now frequent and severe in cities due to climate change. Phoenix faced such a brutal heatContinuar Leyendo
