WEIRD SCIENCE
New research on the eating habits of black-handed spider monkeys shows that they metabolize the alcohol within the fermented fruit that they consume. Depositphotos – By Nick Lavars 2022 Apr 03 – Research into the way humans came to enjoy alcohol in the manner …
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 View 5 Images – By Loz Blain 2022 Mar 28 – HB11 is approaching nuclear fusion from an entirely new angle, using …
Scientists studying orb weaving spiders have found that they can use their webs as auditory arrays to extend their sense of hearing. Jonathan Cohen/Binghamton University – By Nick Lavars 2022 Mar 29 – We know spider silk carries some amazing capabilities, with its light …
The ELFIN satellites have detected superfast electron rains pouring down onto Earth thanks to whistler waves in the magnetosphere. NASA, Emmanuel Masongsong/UCLA – By Michael Irving 2022 Mar 30 – Researchers at UCLA have discovered a new form of space weather – superfast electron …
The Teledyne LVSS mounts on a Ford pickup. Teledyne – By David Szondy 2022 Mar 30 – Teledyne FLIR Defense has unveiled its Lightweight Vehicle Surveillance System (LVSS) with advanced counter-unmanned aerial system capabilities. Mounted on a Ford F-250 standard truck chassis, it deploys …
Using squid skin as a model, the UC Irvine team have developed a composite material that regulates heat. Depositphotos – By David Szondy 2022 Mar 29 – A team of engineers led by Alon Gorodetsky at the University of California, Irvine, has come up …
The research found thefts from vehicles dropped by 50 percent in streets that introduced part-night lighting programs that switched off streetlights around midnight. Depositphotos – By Rich Haridy 2022 Mar 29 – When you pull your car up on a quiet residential street at …
The Canop-E electric paramotor. Just add parachute. Pete Bitar – By Loz Blain 2022 Mar 28 – Indiana’s Pete Bitar has quite a few pots on the boil right now. Between prototyping his LEO Coupe eVTOL “flying supercar,” developing directed energy weapons for the …
BA.2, one of three main omicron sublineages, is sweeping the world. BlackJack3D/iStock via Getty Images Plus – By Prakash Nagarkatti, Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina And by Mitzi Nagarkatti, Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South …
Researchers have calculated the absolute upper limit for how fast optoelectronic systems could possibly get, before quantum mechanics messes things up. Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2022 Mar 27 – It often feels like electronics will continue to get faster forever, but at some …
