A restoration project of Edfu Temple has restored the original colours of the temple’s interior carvings.
Edfu was one of several temples built during the Ptolemaic Kingdom, located on the west bank of the Nile in Edfu, Upper Egypt. Construction…
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Into the Light – Environment | Weizmann Wonder Wander
Photosynthesis, the process by which plants, algae and certain kinds of bacteria convert solar radiation into chemical energy, must adjust itself to changes in the intensity of sunlight, so as to ensure its efficient use. Just like our pupils,…
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Feeling Gravity’s Pull – Nautilus
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I met Claudia de Rham nearly 20 years ago at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical…
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“Vampiric” burial unearthed in Bishop’s former palace
Archaeologists from the Lublin Voivodeship Conservator of Monuments have unearthed a “vampiric” burial in the gardens of the Palace of the Uniate bishops, located on Góra Chełmska, Poland.
The palace is part of the cathedral complex of the…
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Deepak Pathak Named to MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35 List
09/11/2024 Mallory Lindahl
Robotics Institute Raj Reddy Assistant Professor Deepak Pathak was named to MIT Technology Review’s list of 35 Innovators Under 35 for his work in self-supervised…
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Robots Use Neural Motion Planning To Navigate Challenging Obstacles in Unfamiliar Environments
Neural Motion Planning helps improve how robots react in new environments and perform tasks like removing a book from a shelf cluttered with other items.
Humans can grab a book from a shelf with little obvious thought. But it’s a complex…
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Ghastly finds at gallows execution site
Archaeologists from the State Office for Monument Preservation and Archaeology of Saxony-Anhalt are currently excavating the site of a former gallows in Quedlinburg, Germany.
Gallows are usually wooden structures made of two vertical posts, a…
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Plastic Fantastic: Green, Strong and Edible – Chemistry | Weizmann Wonder Wander
Billions of tons of plastic waste clutter our world. Most of it has accumulated on the ground and in the oceans or disintegrated into tiny particles known as microplastics that pollute the air and the water, penetrating vegetation and the…
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Why Physics Is Unreasonably Good at Creating New Math
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Mathematics has long been the basis for advances in physics. Albert Einstein…
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New Circuit Made of DNA Has Everything Wired In – Chemistry | Weizmann Wonder Wander
Weizmann Institute of Science researchers were thrilled when they managed to observe the birth of a protein made by a single DNA molecule: No one had previously seen this event outside a cell. That excitement, however, was only the beginning. The…
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