WEIRD SCIENCE
By Rich Haridy – This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 colored yellow, emerging from the surface of cells (colored pink). NIAID-RML. – A new study from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is affirming early estimates suggesting 5.1 days is the average …
By Michael Irving – The new bendable concrete is put to the test. Swinburne University. – Concrete is the world’s most widely-used building material thanks to its incredible strength – but it doesn’t stand up well against bending. Now, researchers at Swinburne University …
By Genevieve Carlton – Updated November 21, 2019 – What was it like to live at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project? As thousands worked to build a top-secret atomic device, the US military tried to keep the entire city secret. All …
By Michael Irving – The discovery of a novel protein in a meteorite strengthens the argument that life’s building blocks arrived from space. paulfleet/Depositphotos. – Scientists have discovered a full, previously-unknown protein inside a meteorite for the first time. Named hemolithin, the new protein …
By Ben Coxworth – A microscope image of the cured glue, showing the layers of cellulose nanocrystals. Aalto University. – Although so-called superglues can be quite useful, they’re typically made from harsh chemicals, plus it’s very difficult to “unstick” them once they’ve set. …
By David Szondy – Micro-fossils of the one-billion-year-old seaweed were uncovered in China. Virginia Tech. – Two paleontologists at Virginia Tech have found one billion year old fossils of green seaweed in China. Called Proterocladus antiquus, the tiny fossils are the oldest green seaweed …
A microbial organism pulls electricity from water in the air. By Robby Berman – Image source: ncristian/daniiD /Shutterstock/Big Think – Hidden in the mud along the banks of Washington D.C.’s Potomac River may be a profound new source of electricity. The microbe makes …
A colored electron microscope image of MRSA. NIH – NIAID/flickr. Sriram Chandrasekaran, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan – Imagine you’re a fossil hunter. You spend months in the heat of Arizona digging up bones only to find that what you’ve …
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By Loz Blain – Australian company HB11 says it’s well on the way to nuclear fusion energy generation without the radioactive fuels or super-high temperatures. kuligssen/Depositphotos. – “We are sidestepping all of the scientific challenges that have held fusion energy back for more than …
