A new shape inside your skin The type of cells responsible for forming skin and the lining of an organism’s organs will morph into “scutoids” in order to accommodate those organs’ complex curvature. Motherboard A leap toward lifelike model of human heart Scientists have bioengineered a 3D model of the human heart’s left ventricle, which […]
Gulf Stream’s slowdown may increase global temperatures The slowing of the Gulf Stream could lead to higher temperatures around the world. Researchers examined the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation over the past seven decades and noted patterns that suggest Earth could be experiencing a similar warming period as it did from 1975 to 1998. BBC Personalized […]
Sea-level rise may spell doom for salt marshes in southeast England Salt marshes in southeast England could start to disappear beginning in 2040 due to sea-level rises. New Scientist Large, dark sarcophagus found in Egyptian tomb A large, dark sarcophagus has been found in a tomb in Alexandria, Egypt, alongside the bust of a man […]
Uncertainties added to equation for alien life New research has included uncertainties of numbers in the equation used to determine how widespread alien life might be throughout the galaxy. “We can show that, given current scientific uncertainty, we get a distribution that could make both the optimists and pessimists happy at the same time: a […]
Researchers deliver cells to mice, zebrafish using tiny robots Magnetic microrobots about the width of a hair have delivered cells to preselected sites within living mice and zebrafish. Researchers say the technology may one day be used in cell therapy and regenerative medicine. The Scientist Survey locates previously unknown galaxy cluster A previously unknown galaxy […]
Accepting asylum-seekers, migrants boosts nations’ economies An influx of migrants and asylum-seekers is beneficial to a country’s economy within five years. Researchers based their findings on 30 years’ worth of data collected from 15 Western European countries. Nature Shallow hydrothermal vents discovered near Azores Hydrothermal vents found off the Azores are not as deep or […]
Spiders spin extremely thin sheets to help them move through air Contrary to the belief that spiders “fly” with the help of just a couple of fibers, a new study shows they make triangular sheets out of ballooning fibers that are almost invisible. The sheets are largely made from silk only 200 nanometers thick. New […]
Cavers find new connections in massive Sistema Huautla Mexico’s Sistema Huautla, one of the world’s deepest cave systems, is larger than previously thought. A group of cavers and researchers found new connections while trapped by flooding inside Sistema Huautla. National Geographic Number of new flu strains found in dogs in China Three hybrid canine flu […]
Companion star’s temperature differences help weigh massive pulsar The close proximity of its companion star has helped researchers weigh a huge pulsar in the binary system PSR J2215+5135. Astronomers measured the temperature differences and the Doppler shift on the two sides of the pulsar’s companion star to discover that the pulsar weighs more than twice […]
A billion comets may have played role in Pluto’s formation A vast number of comets may have been involved in the formation of Pluto, according to researchers studying the dwarf planet’s Sputnik Planitia glacier plus data from New Horizons and the spacecraft that studied Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. “We found an intriguing consistency between the estimated amount […]