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    DARPA launches program in quest for "Red October" silent submarine drive

    Taking a plot point from the 1990 Sean Connery movie thriller The Hunt for Red October, DARPA is working on a super-silent submarine drive that has no moving parts and provides propulsion through the water using magnets and electricity.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: DARPA, Submarine, Electromagnetic, Marine, Magnetic field

    Quantum needle snaps first X-ray image of a single atom

    A team of researchers led by Ohio University Professor of Physics Saw Wai Hla has captured the first X-ray "image" of a single atom, allowing scientists to study materials and their chemical states with greater resolution than ever before.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Physics, X-ray

    Lush green-roofed winery disappears into rolling landscape

    The Gurdau Winery was only completed recently but the project has already taken its place among the vineyards remarkably well. As its lush green roof continues to mature, it will almost vanish into the hills in rural Czech Republic.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, Green Roofs, Wine, sustainable design

    Apple announces better, stronger, faster Mac Pro and Mac Studio

    Today at its Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple has announced what it says are the most powerful Macs ever made. One is the revamped Mac Pro, while the other is the latest and greatest take on the Mac Studio.Continue ReadingCategory: Computers, TechnologyTags: Apple, Mac Pro, Computers

    Most severe heart attacks are more likely on Monday, research shows

    As if Mondays weren?t bad enough: the weekend?s over, and, for many of us, it?s back to work. Now, according to research presented at this year?s British Cardiovascular Society Conference, the most life-threatening type of heart attack is more likely to occur on a Monday than any other day of the week.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Heart attack, Heart, ECG, Circadian Rhythms

    Mysterious hominin made world's oldest burial site, study claims

    Scientists have discovered evidence of what may be the world?s oldest known human burial. The team argues that several Homo naledi remains, dating back about 300,000 years, show signs of having been intentionally buried in a chamber deliberately marked with symbols, suggesting complex funerary behavior. But other scientists aren?t so sure.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Human, Evolution, Fossils, National Geographic, South Africa, Cave, World's Oldest

    Molecular manipulation stimulates hair growth in mice

    Researchers have successfully stimulated hair growth in mice using microRNA to genetically manipulate hair follicle stem cells, meaning that balding pate may one day be sporting a mane of luscious locks.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Hair, Baldness, MicroRNA, Nanoparticles, Northwestern University

    This AI chef has learned to make you a salad, but do you want it to?

    It?s no secret that we?re not all equal when it comes to skills in ? or the inclination to spend time in ? the kitchen. It?s one of the key drivers behind the push to use new AI developments to shape the future of the home and commercial kitchen. (That and the obvious windfall that would come from it.)Continue ReadingCategory: TechnologyTags: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Automation, Neural Network, Cambridge University, Robot

    Light-activated concrete scrubs air pollution out of traffic tunnels

    Traffic is among the biggest sources of air pollution, but what if the very roads they drive on could help clear the air? Engineers in Korea have now demonstrated that photocatalytic concrete can help reduce pollution in tunnels.Continue ReadingCategory: Materials, ScienceTags: Concrete, Environment, Environmentally-friendly, Pollution, Light, Ammonia, korea, Building and Construction, Tunnel

    Insects pollinated the first flower 140M years ago, and it wasn't a bee

    If evolutionary biologists are the detectives of the natural world?s past mysteries, then the phylogenic tree is their version of a cork board of crime-scene suspects linked together with red string and thumbtacks.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Insect, University of New South Wales, Pollen, Beetle, Insect, Evolution, Bees, Plants

    "Ghost driver" study tests visual prompts for autonomous vehicle comms

    If evolutionary biologists are the detectives of the natural world?s past mysteries, then the phylogenic tree is their version of a cork board of crime-scene suspects linked together with red string and thumbtacks.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Insect, University of New South Wales, Pollen, Beetle, Insect, Evolution, Bees, Plants

    Contraceptive gene therapy injections in cats replaces surgical spaying

    Getting your cat spayed is a normal part of pet ownership, but it can be expensive, invasive and not very practical on strays. Now scientists have developed and tested a new method that renders female cats permanently sterile with a single gene therapy injection.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Cats, Pets, Pet-owners, Contraception, Animals, Animal science, Massachusetts General Hospital, gene therapy

    Webb spots galactic smoke signals from across the universe

    Getting your cat spayed is a normal part of pet ownership, but it can be expensive, invasive and not very practical on strays. Now scientists have developed and tested a new method that renders female cats permanently sterile with a single gene therapy injection.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Cats, Pets, Pet-owners, Contraception, Animals, Animal science, Massachusetts General Hospital, gene therapy

    Architects collaborate with nature for fungus-based building material

    The UK?s PLP Architects is focused on creating a greener future by collaborating with nature, developing a fungus-based modular block that is renewable and biodegradable, and has the potential to become a new building material with minimal environmental impact.Continue ReadingCategory: Materials, ScienceTags: Fungus, Building and Construction, Biodegradable, Climate Crisis

    Sea cucumbers may help stave off type 2 diabetes and its complications

    A study by Australian researchers has found that the humble sea cucumber may contain key ingredients that delay the onset of type 2 diabetes and reduce the complications brought about by the disease.Continue ReadingCategory: Health & Wellbeing, LifestyleTags: Diabetes, Antioxidant, University of South Australia

    "Virgin birth" seen in a crocodile suggests dinosaurs could also go solo

    A study by Australian researchers has found that the humble sea cucumber may contain key ingredients that delay the onset of type 2 diabetes and reduce the complications brought about by the disease.Continue ReadingCategory: Health & Wellbeing, LifestyleTags: Diabetes, Antioxidant, University of South Australia

    Melt electrowriting takes us closer to artificial blood vessels

    Researchers in the Netherlands have combined two different 3D-printing techniques to produce artificial blood vessel prototypes. The process created tubes that can be covered in live cells while retaining the strength they need to function under pressure.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: blood vessel, 3D Printing, UMC Utrecht

    An in-depth look at MasterCraft's wakesurfing technology

    Wakesurfing is nothing new. Ever since boats became capable of pulling someone behind them, the idea of jumping and playing on the waves created by the boat has been a thing. Today, however, technology has improved this activity immensely ? thanks largely to companies like MasterCraft.Continue ReadingCategory: Marine, TransportTags: Boating, Boats, Water Sports, Surfing, Watercraft

    Space Acacia system combines a tent, tarp and wall-to-wall air mattress

    Many campers will put up a tarp, pitch a tent underneath that tarp, then put an inflatable mattress inside the tent. Space Acacia is designed to makes things simpler, by combining all three components in one camping system.Continue ReadingCategory: Outdoors, LifestyleTags: Tent, Camping, Indiegogo

    AI and humans collaborate on first ChatGPT-designed robot

    Is there anything ChatGPT can?t do? Yes, of course, but the list appears to be getting smaller and smaller. Now, researchers have used the large language model to help them design and construct a tomato-picking robot.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, TechnologyTags: LLM (Large Language Model), GPT, Robot, Delft University of Technology, EPFL

    CycloTech reveals outdoor noise level from its CycloRotor propellers

    Having received permission from Austrian authorities to begin outdoor flight testing on its remarkable CycloRotor-propelled technology demonstrator, CycloTech has announced noise testing results for its 360-degree thrust vectoring propulsion barrels.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: Cyclorotors, Electric Aircraft, eVTOL

    Pictorial: the 8 most beautiful concours cars of 2022

    Each year for the last seven years, Peninsula Classics has been running an event that is so grandiose in concept that few others would even attempt to create an award on this scale. The Peninsula Classics Best of the Best identifies the world?s most exceptional classic car from a select group of vehicles that have won the highest awards at the previous year?s major concours events.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Ferrari, Peninsula Classics Best of the Best Award, Salon Prive, Amelia Island Concours, Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, Concorso d'Eleganza Ville d'Este, The Quail, Duesenberg, Hispano Suiza, Bugatti, Chantilly Arts & Excellence, Chantilly Arts & Elegance , Delage, Jaguar

    Samsung laundry filter traps microfibers shed from synthetic fabrics

    At CES 2023 in January, Samsung hatched a plan to stem the tide of microfibers shed during washing cycles from entering seas and oceans via a special wash program and an external filter. Now that Less Microfiber Filter has launched.Continue ReadingCategory: Around The Home, LifestyleTags: Samsung, Microplastic, Washing Machine, Laundry, Filters

    Newly discovered bacterial partnership implicated in dental cavities

    For the first time, researchers have found a bacterium that forms superstructures when it gets caught in sticky traps made by other bacteria, helping it erode enamel and form cavities. The finding could lead to new ways to keep our teeth clear of the invaders.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Cavity, Dental, Biofilm, Microbes, Bacteria, University of Pennsylvania, Teeth

    70-mile commuter ebike designed to conquer the concrete jungle

    California-based ebike maker Vanpowers ? the company behind the novel City Vanture and the capable fat-tire Manidae eMTB ? has announced the UrbanGlide, a 70-mile commuter pitched as "a precision-built, high-torque, smooth-powered bike."Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, TransportTags: ebikes, Pedal-assisted
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