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A new species of ancient sea worm with an impressively elaborate set of star-shaped chaetae has been discovered after its puzzling fossilized form was found to be animal not mineral. And just as impressive, the 500-million-year-old aquatic annelid has … Continue reading Fabulous 500-million-year-old annelid named after Dune’s epic sandworms
It would certainly be logical to think that plants don’t do well when exposed to forest fire smoke. New research, however, suggests that certain crops get hardier and more disease-resistant when liquid smoke is added to the soil.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading For more robust, disease-resistant crops … just add liquid smoke?
A recent trial has found a specific type of video-game therapy is as effective as traditional methods of rehabilitation in patients recovering from a stroke. The trial also found the novel therapy reduces the need for face-to-face time with occupationa… Continue reading Video-game-based stroke therapy as effective as in-person rehab
Having your blood pressure measured via an inflatable arm cuff can be stressful, potentially causing that pressure to be higher than normal when the reading is taken. A new finger clip device, however, is promised to make the process quicker and easier… Continue reading Finger clip could find use in less stressful blood pressure tests
New two-dimensional nanomaterials called MXenes that are being examined by the Missouri University of Science and Technology may lead to new superlubricants that could better protect the delicate moving parts of future Mars rovers.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading 2D nanomaterial shows promise as superlubricant for Mars rovers
Applying the wearable sensors of the future could be as simple as sketching out a shape on your arm, according to new research that investigates the potential for bioelectronics to be applied through graphite pencil lead and ordinary office copy paper…. Continue reading Pencil tattoos could be the most natural wearable sensors yet
Looking for impurities in drinking water or other liquids typically involves chemical analysis, which may be time-consuming. Now, however, scientists have created an inexpensive system in which light – that’s converted to sound – is used to i… Continue reading Laser "pinging" shows promise for fast and cheap water testing
A team of volcanologists at the University of Missouri turned fashion models recently as they showed off prototype lava suits that are designed as comfortable, hard-wearing field outfits for scientists bound for the slopes of Vesuvius and the… Continue reading Volcanologists model latest flame-resistant lava suit fashions