Collaborate Disseminate
Newts do it. Lizards do it. Even educated axolotls do it. Regenerating limbs isn’t something many animals can do, but now there’s a surprising new addition to the list – alligators. A new study has shown for the first time that young American alligator… Continue reading Alligators found to regenerate lost tails in surprising study
Mars may be incredibly dry and dusty today, but evidence continues to pile up that it was once a very watery world. Now the Curiosity rover has found signs of an ancient flood of biblical proportions, most likely kicked off by a climate-changing astero… Continue reading Curiosity finds evidence of ancient megaflood on Mars
The CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing tool has shown promise in treating a wide range of diseases, but getting it into cells in the first place can be challenging. Now, researchers in Australia have packaged the tool inside porous materials called metal organic… Continue reading Super-porous material transports cancer-killing CRISPR inside cells
As fun as board games are, they can be a fiddly hobby, time consuming to set up, and expensive to keep buying the new ones. Arcade1Up’s Infinity Game Table, currently on Kickstarter, digitizes dozens of classic games like Monopoly and Scrabble into a t… Continue reading Touchscreen table packs dozens of digital board games and puzzles
A simple home test for breast cancer and a solar energy-harvesting window made of recycled materials are the big winners of this year’s James Dyson Awards. The annual competition encourages university students to develop innovative solutions to current… Continue reading Home cancer-screen kit and UV-harvesting windows win James Dyson Awards
Last week, the Earth had its closest shave with an asteroid ever recorded, when a small space rock skimmed just 370 km (230 miles) above the surface. For comparison, that’s closer than the orbit of the International Space Station.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading Earth’s nearest miss on record as small asteroid zips by closer than ISS
Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) is a mosquito-borne virus that, in the worst case scenario, can infect the brain and become deadly. It’s notoriously difficult to treat, but now scientists have discovered the protein it latches onto – and us… Continue reading Decoy molecule draws deadly mosquito-borne virus away from the brain
As useful as X-rays are for imaging bones, there’s only so much we can see in a flat greyscale image. But this new scanner adds color and a third dimension, creating high resolution, cutaway 3D models that can diagnose bone fractures and monitor healin… Continue reading 3D color X-ray machine heads for trials
All of the major smartphones of 2020 have been revealed and released, meaning it’s finally time to sit some of them side by side and see how they stack up. To help you decide which one is best for you, New Atlas compares the specs and features of the i… Continue reading 2020 phone comparison: iPhone 12 vs Pixel 4a and 5 vs Galaxy S20
Some advanced electronic devices, such as superconductors and quantum computers, can currently only function at extremely cold temperatures. Now engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technolgy (NIST) have developed a tiny cryogenic therm… Continue reading Tiny superconducting thermometer monitors ultracold temperatures