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From slime mold resembling a cute mushroom to an unprecedented look at the embryonic hand of a gecko, this year’s winners of the Nikon Small World photo contest reveal the stunning sights of a hidden microscopic universe.Continue ReadingCategory: Photo… Continue reading Tiny triumphs in the Nikon Small World photo awards
New research led by a team from New York University has found evidence a common viral infection can trigger inflammatory bowel disease in genetically susceptible people. Across a series of mouse experiments the researchers demonstrated how a norovirus … Continue reading A stomach virus is suspected to trigger inflammatory bowel disease
Over the last couple of months researchers tracking emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants have started noticing something strange. No one new variant has looked like taking over but instead a variety of different subvariants seemed to be accumulating the same m… Continue reading As Omicron mutates wildly the virus shows first signs of convergent evolution
A team of researchers in the UK has developed a fully automated artificial intelligence-enabled system that can scan retinal images for vascular health, helping identify those at high risk of heart disease and stroke.Continue ReadingCategory: Health &a… Continue reading AI-enabled eye scan delivers stroke and heart disease risk scores
In its 13th year, the Pano Awards continues to present the most awe-inspiring imagery of any photo contest going around, with the overall winner stitching 40 separate drone shots together to depict a massive glacier in China.Continue ReadingCategory: P… Continue reading Highlights from world’s most spectacular photo contest: The Pano Awards
For over a decade, artist David Bowen has explored the strange relationship between the natural world and robotics. His latest sculpture uses the electrical signals of a houseplant to control a swinging machete.Continue ReadingCategory: TechnologyTags:… Continue reading Meet the artist giving control of machetes to plants & guns to flies
New modeling from researchers at Curtin University has simulated 300 million years of tectonic plate movement to predict the formation of a supercontinent called Amasia. The modeling estimates the Pacific Ocean closing and America colliding with Asia.C… Continue reading Modeling predicts supercontinent Amasia will form in 300 million years
The Siena Photo Awards reliably deliver a most spectacular array of shots and this year’s winners are no exception, from tourists being accosted by polar bears and hippos, to surreal snaps of headless swimmers and Angelina Jolie covered in bees.Continu… Continue reading Siena Photo Awards serve up the best of 2022
A new systematic review has presented strong evidence the development of type 1 diabetes is linked to infection by enterovirus, a large group of common viruses. The findings build on a growing hypothesis linking the viruses to type 1 diabetes, with vac… Continue reading Increasing evidence a common virus triggers type 1 diabetes
An ice-diver investigating a sunken whale carcass, a flying fish under the water’s surface, and crab hitch-hiking on a jellyfish are just a few of the stunning highlights from this year’s Through Your Lens photo contest.Continue ReadingCategory: Photog… Continue reading The top underwater photos of 2022 in the Through Your Lens awards