Collaborate Disseminate
Slashdot reader Hmmmmmm shared this report from NBC News:
Octopuses don’t always hunt alone — but their partners aren’t who you’d expect. A new study shows that some members of the species Octopus cyanea maraud around the seafloor in hunting gr… Continue reading Octopuses Recorded Hunting With Fish – and Punching Those That Don’t Cooperate
[Project 326] wanted to know exactly what gas was in some glass tubes. The answer, of course, is to use a spectrometer, but that’s an expensive piece of gear, right? …read more Continue reading Spectroscopy on the Cheap
An anonymous reader shares a report: In the decade-long fight to control CRISPR, the super-tool for modifying DNA, it’s been common for lawyers to try to overturn patents held by competitors by pointing out errors or inconsistencies. But now, in a surp… Continue reading Two Nobel Prize Winners Want To Cancel Their Own CRISPR Patents in Europe
YouTuber The Science Furry has been attempting to make a split-anode magnetron and, after earlier failures, is having another crack at it. This also failed, but they’ve learned where to focus their efforts for the …read more Continue reading Making A Split-Anode Magnetron
What is the size of a single molecule of oil? What may initially seem like a trick question – answerable only through the use of complicated, high-tech scientific equipment – …read more Continue reading Estimating the Size of a Single Molecule of Oil Using Water
Although not as prevalent as Flash memory storage, ferroelectric RAM (FeRAM) offers a range of benefits over the former, mostly in terms of endurance and durability, which makes it popular …read more Continue reading Inside a 1999 Ramtron Ferroelectric RAM Chip
Neurable’s MW75 Neuro is an everyday brain-computer interface that aims to boost your productivity. It also raises questions about data privacy. Continue reading I Tried These Brain-Tracking Headphones That Claim to Improve Focus
Everyone knows that time’s arrow only goes in one direction, regardless of the system or material involved. In the case of material time, i.e. the ageing of materials such as …read more Continue reading The Possibility of Reverting Time on the Ageing of Materials
Polypropylene and polyethylene plastics “can be recycled,” reports Ars Technica. But as “polyolefin” polymers, “the process can be difficult and often produces large quantities of the greenhouse gas methane.
“Now, researchers at the University of Cal… Continue reading Vaporizing Plastics Recycles Them Into Nothing But Gas, Researchers Find
The Washington Post reports:
An international team of scientists published a peer-reviewed paper Thursday saying genetic evidence indicates the coronavirus pandemic most likely originated with a natural spillover from an animal or animals sold in a ma… Continue reading Scientists Again Link Covid Pandemic Origin to Wuhan Market Animals