Wednesday, September 18, 2024

ScienceBlog.com Newsletter

"Ukraine's energy rebirth: renewables key to post-war recovery."

Views expressed in this science and technology update are those of the reporters and correspondents. Accessed on 19 September 2024, 0238 UTC.

Content and Source: https://scienceblog.com/newsletter

Please check link or scroll down to read your selections. Thanks for joining us today.

Russ Roberts (https://hawaiisciencejournal.blogspot.com).

Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more

Ukraine’s Energy Rebirth: Renewables Key to Post-War Recovery

Sep 18

READ IN APP

Read: Ukraine’s Energy Rebirth: Renewables Key to Post-War Recovery

A, Photo of the tusked animal of the Horned Serpent panel. B, interpretive drawing of its head. C, skull of a Lystrosaurus (14-03-2024, Oviston Nature Reserve) showing the prominent tusks, photographed in situ at the moment of its discovery, before excavation, and unprepared. D, complete skeleton of a Lystrosaurus (BP/1/9100, Oviston Nature Reserve) with its vertebral column curved into an opisthotonic "death pose", ex situ, prepared. E, the ‘mummified’ foot of a Lystrosaurus (28-08-2022, Fairydale, Bethulie District) showing the warty aspect of its preserved skin, ex situ, unprepared.

Ancient Rock Art May Depict Extinct Species, Predating Scientific Discovery

Researchers at WashU Medicine have developed a method in mice to reduce damage from spinal cord injuries by using engineered immune cells. Mice that received this treatment showed improved recovery from their injuries, indicating potential for developing this therapy for human use.

New Discovery Could Help Fine-Tune Scarring in Spinal Cord Injuries

Finger Counting Boosts Math Skills in Kindergarteners, New Study Reveals

Using computational simulation, the Kobe University bioengineer KOH Sangho and his team could show that the fungal wood-separating enzyme binds to a short hemicellulose tail before separating the hemicellulose and lignin portions.

Japanese Scientists Unlock Nature’s Wood-Eating Secrets

When protein antigens are injected into the small intestine of wild-type mice, they are passed to dendritic cells in the Peyer's patches; similar experiments in M-cell-deficient mice result in fewer dendritic cells receiving the protein antigen.

Food Antigens Suppress Tumor Growth in Small Intestine, Study Finds

Frank Li, assistant professor in the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy and the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech, and Qinge Xie, a Ph.D. student in the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy at Georgia Tech.

Browser Extensions Compromise Privacy for Millions, Georgia Tech Study Finds

Anoles are kind of like the chicken nuggets of the forest.

Lizards Use Underwater Bubble Breathing to Evade Predators, Study Finds

Central America could play troubling new role in cocaine trade

Ketamine lozenges are made at a compounding pharmacy.

Ultra-Low-Dose Ketamine Shows Promise in Easing Opioid Withdrawal Symptoms

Largest Genetic Study Reveals Overlap in Risk Factors for Alzheimer’s and Vascular Dementia

Nuclear theorists in the HadStruc Collaboration have been working on a mathematical description of the interactions of partons using supercomputers, including machines in Jefferson Lab's Data Center.

Physicists Map 3D Structure of Protons and Neutrons Using Supercomputers

Childhood Trauma’s Long-Term Health Impacts Differ by Sex, UCLA Study Finds

A gravitational atom. Just as electrons can orbit around the nucleus of an atom, a cloud of previously undiscovered ultralight particles can orbit around pairs of black holes.

Black Hole Mergers Could Reveal Elusive Ultralight Particles

An artist’s illustration depicts a primordial black hole (at left) flying past, and briefly “wobbling” the orbit of Mars (at right), with the sun in the background. MIT scientists say such a wobble could be detectable by today’s instruments. Credits:Credit: Image by Benjamin Lehmann, using SpaceEngine @ Cosmographic Software LLC.

Mars’ Wobble Could Reveal Dark Matter, MIT Study

illustration of a wealthy man surrounded by golden objects

Income Inequality Perception: Why We Underestimate the Wealth of the Top 1%

Share Science Blog Newsletter

Live Science Newsletter

"Study of ancient craters suggests Earth once wore a Saturn-like ring."

Views expressed in this science and technology update are those of the reporters and correspondents. Accessed on 18 September 2024, 1403 UTC.

Content and Source: https://www.livescience.com

Please check link or scroll down to read your selections. Thanks for joining us today.

Russ Roberts (https://hawaiisciencejournal.blogspot.com).

September 18, 2024

CONNECT WITH LIVESCIENCE

Amazing science every day

Top Science News

(Oliver Hull)

Earth once wore a Saturn-like ring, study of ancient craters suggests

The ring could be responsible for a prolonged drop in temperatures millions of years ago.

Astronomy & Astrophysics

(NASA)

A passing star may have kicked the solar system's weirdest moons into place

A passing star may have kicked the weird moons of giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn into place, new research suggests.

Animals

(Shane Gross)

Ocean Photographer of the Year 2024: See stunning photos of hungry whale, surfing seagull, freaky fish babies, land-loving eel and adorable toxic octopus

Check out some of the best photos from 2024's Ocean Photographer of the Year competition.

Biology

(Bruno Vellutini)

Watch mesmerizing video of weird waves that 'shape life itself' inside a fly embryo

Video of cell division occurring in a developing fly embryo named winner of the 14th annual Nikon Small World in Motion competition.

Technology

(Cemile Bingol/Getty Images)

'Their capacity to emulate human language and thought is immensely powerful': Far from ending the world, AI systems might actually save it

From disaster recovery to conservation and healthcare, plenty of AI projects will greatly benefit humanity, Microsoft experts Juan M. Lavista Ferres and William B. Weeks say.

Daily Quiz

Which part did NASA's Voyager 1 probe recently have to swap out as it flew through interstellar space?

Learn the answer here.

Its gyroscopes

Its telecommunication system

Its antenna

Its thrusters

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Smithsonian Magazine-the Daily

"Archaeologists unearth ancient Egyptian barracks."

Views expressed in this science and technology update are those of the reporters and correspondents. Accessed on 18 September 2024, 0250 UTC.

Content and Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com

Please check link or scroll down to read your selections. Thanks for joining us today.

Russ Roberts (https://hawaiiscience journal.blogspot.com).

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

View in Browser

FEATURED ARTICLES



The barracks were designed as a series of mudbrick rooms. (Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities)

These Ancient Egyptian Barracks Paint a Vivid Picture of Military Life During the Reign of Ramses II
Archaeologists unearthed a series of mudbrick rooms filled with religious tributes, soldiers' personal effects, engraved weaponry and animal bones
Sonja Anderson

ADVERTISEMENT


	The Sprawling Sculpture at the Center of the National World War I Memorial Has Been Unveiled in Washington, D.C.
	An 11-Year-Old Boy Rescued a Mysterious Artwork From the Dump. It Turned Out to Be a 500-Year-Old Renaissance Print
	SPONSOR: NATIONAL ARCHIVES FOUNDATION Exhibition of Photos by Russell Lee of Mining Communities That Helped Build the Nation
	Four Places to Find Fossilized Shark Teeth in the United States
	Deaths From Antibiotic-Resistant Infections Could Reach 39 Million by 2050, Study Suggests

ADVERTISEMENT


	No Longer Full of Commuters, Atlanta's Old Subway Cars Are Now Filled With Fish
	IN CASE YOU MISSED IT How to See a Stunning Supermoon and Partial Lunar Eclipse on Tuesday
	A Mysterious Seismic Signal Lasted Nine Days Last Year. It Was a Mega-Tsunami Caused by Climate Change, Researchers Say
	Easter Island's Ancient Population Never Faced Ecological Collapse, Suggests Another Study
	Rare Yellow-Eyed Penguin Wins New Zealand's Bird of the Year Contest
	The Seven Most Interesting Discoveries We’ve Made by Exploring Saturn
	See the Wonders of Bird Engineering in These Photos of Intricate Nests
	This Female Civil War Soldier Participated in the Bloodiest Battle in American History and Spied on the South—or Did She?
	The Madcap History of Mad Magazine Will Unleash Your Inner Class Clown


TODAY IN HISTORY
On this day in 2011, the Occupy Wall Street movement launched its first official protest in Zuccotti Park, in New York City's Financial District. The protesters called for greater social and economic equality, and the disorganized initiative sparked an international Occupy movement. Learn about other historical instances of unrest on Wall Street.
PHOTO OF THE DAY

The Tree of Thoughts © Mohamadreza Jalilzadeh

FOLLOW SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE


Questions about this newsletter?
Contact Us
Write us: Smithsonian Magazine Online
MRC 513, P.O. Box 37012 \| Washington, D.C. 20013
For all other questions or comments, please visit https://www.smithsonianmag.com/contact/
Unsubscribe / Manage Preferences \| Privacy Statement © 2024 Smithsonian Magazine. All Rights Reserved.