WEIRD SCIENCE
A clever new study definitively measures how long it takes for quantum particles to pass through a barrier. Image source: Carlos Castilla/Shutterstock – By Robby Berman 2020 Aug 11 – Quantum particles can tunnel through seemingly impassable barriers, popping up on the other …
A scanning electron microscope image of metal-organic frameworks. CSIRO – By Michael Irving 2020 Aug 10 – Access to clean, safe drinking water is a necessity that’s worryingly not being met in many parts of the world. A new study has used a material …
Open windows are the simplest way to increase air flow in a room. Justin Paget / Digital Vision via Getty Images – Author Shelly Miller, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder 2020 Aug 10 – The vast majority of SARS-CoV-2 transmission …
Shutterstock – Authors Susan Hazel, Senior Lecturer, School of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Adelaide Anne-Lise Chaber, One Health Lecturer, School of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Adelaide – 2020 Aug 04 – What does a pandemic smell like? If dogs …
Fitness information from wearable devices can reveal when the body is fighting an infection. Nico De Pasquale Photography/Stone via Getty Images – Author Albert H. Titus, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York 2020 Aug 07 – …
Poorer, hotter parts of the world will struggle to adapt to unbearable conditions, research finds. – A woman drinks as children cool off in a public fountain in Milano, Italia, on 31 July. 2020 is set to be hottest or second hottest year …
Are there places in the body where SARS-CoV-2 can hide from the immune system? fotograzia / Getty Images – By William Petri, Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia – 2020 Jul 31 – As millions of people are recovering from COVID-19, an unanswered …
Harvard researchers have developed HAPPI, a material that can stop injured patients bleeding out. beawolf/Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2020 Aug 02 – Blood loss from traumatic injuries is a major killer, but it’s relatively easy to treat in a hospital environment. The problem …
The sediment cores taken from the seafloor, which were found to contain living bacteria from 100 million years ago. IODP JRSO – By Michael Irving 2020 Jul 28 – In what sounds like the opening scenes of a sci-fi disaster movie, scientists have managed …
Science Photo Library/Science Photo Library/Getty Images – By Kate Harkness 2020 Jun 23 – During the current COVID-19 pandemic, have you been wondering why you’re getting headaches more often? Or stomach aches? Or feeling itchy or getting pimples? Or why your periods are …
