Eye-tracking allows studying aspects that cannot be seen, for example, the thinking processes of a student solving a mathematical problem. Researchers at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) are the first in Lithuania to integrate eye-tracking…
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Tycho Brahe dabbled in alchemy. Broken glassware is revealing his recipes
Artifacts from the ruins of a medieval laboratory are spilling a famous scientist’s secrets.
A chemical analysis of broken glassware belonging to 16th century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe revealed elevated levels of nine metals,…
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Testing spooky action at a distance
Researchers at MIT recently signed a four-year collaboration agreement with the Novo Nordisk Foundation Quantum Computing Programme (NQCP) at Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen (UCPH), focused on accelerating quantum computing…
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Some ‘forever chemicals’ may be absorbed through our skin
Forever chemicals are everywhere.
They’re in school uniforms, food packaging, cosmetics and personal care products (SNE: 11/18/22; SN: 6/4/19; SN: 6/15/21). They seep into our food and drinking water. And now new research suggests…
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There is mathematical proof in the pudding
In blockchain development, there is a rule of thumb that only two of scalability, security, and decentralization are valid simultaneously. However, the mathematical expression of that rule was still a work in progress.
Now, a team of researchers…
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Rare-Earth Metal-Bearing Minerals on Ocean Floor Produce Oxygen, Scientists Say
Researchers from the Scottish Association for Marine Science and colleagues have discovered that the polymetallic nodule-covered abyssal seafloor in the Pacific Ocean produces the so-called ‘dark oxygen.’
A polymetallic nodule, collected…
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