The night sky is now a little clearer.
With the ultimate goal of creating a comprehensive map of the universe, the 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time project passed a major milestone in October when its testing camera at the NSF-DOE…
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These scientific feats set new records in 2024
2024 was studded with record-setting scientific discoveries. From tracing the origins of glow-in-the-dark animals to developing the world’s fastest microscope, these superlative feats captured our imagination.
Ancient…
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AI sniffs out whiskey flavor notes as well as the pros
Humans’ noses can be adept at detecting delicate hints of apple or smoke in a glass of whiskey. But with machine learning, computers might also be Whiskey Masters.
By connecting the molecular makeup of 16 different whiskies with…
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A new microbead proves effective as a plastic-free skin scrubber
A new degradable microbead could soon replace plastic exfoliants in skin cleansers.
The polymer spheres effectively remove permanent marker and eyeliner on animal skin samples and break down into molecules similar to sugars and amino…
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VR-haptics-enhanced training holds potential to transform dental education
A new comprehensive literature review of the benefits and challenges of integrating haptics-enhanced virtual reality training, or VR-haptics for short, in dental education curricula highlights the transformative potential of VR-haptics in dental…
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CMS Experiment Searches for Higgs Boson Pair Production in Proton-Proton Collisions
Using data from high-energy proton-proton collisions in Run 2 of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), physicists with the CMS Collaboration have released its latest search for the production of Higgs boson pairs, known as di-Higgs, and…
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Meet H. Stan Thompson, the Man Who Coined the Term “Hydrail”
IEEE Life Senior Member H. Stan Thompson has lived a couple of professional lives. For decades, he was a planning engineer and futurist at Bellsouth Telecommunications, which was formed from the merger of two Regional Bell Operating Companies…
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Scientists Identify Genetic Variants that Determine Tooth Shape
One of these genetic variants was inherited from Neanderthals, according to a study led by University College London researchers.
El Sidron Neanderthals taste wild mushrooms, pine nuts and forest moss. Image credit: Abel Grau, CSIC…
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Physicists ‘bootstrap’ validity of string theory
String theory, conceptualized more than 50 years ago as a framework to explain the formation of matter, remains elusive as a “provable” phenomenon. But a team of physicists has now taken a significant step forward in validating string theory by…
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String figures shed light on cultural connections and the roots of mathematical reasoning
New research suggests that the making of string figures, a globally documented practice, may point to shared cultural heritage stretching back millennia. The research offers a new way to investigate the evolution and distribution of cultural…
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