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- 'Once-in-a generation' tardigrade fossil discovery reveals new species in 16-million-year-old amber
- Process leading to supernova explosions and cosmic radio bursts unearthed
- A robot that finds lost items
- Spider silk’s supposed 'healing properties' might have no basis in science
- Extreme exoplanet even more exotic than originally thought
| 'Once-in-a generation' tardigrade fossil discovery reveals new species in 16-million-year-old amber Posted: 05 Oct 2021 04:10 PM PDT They've famously survived the vacuum of space, and even returned to life after being frozen for decades in Antarctic moss. But as hard as it is to kill the bizarre microscopic animal, the tardigrade, it's harder to find one fossilized. In fact, only two have ever been discovered and formally named -- until now. |
| Process leading to supernova explosions and cosmic radio bursts unearthed Posted: 05 Oct 2021 02:54 PM PDT A process important to black holes and supernovas has for the first time been demonstrated in a laboratory. |
| Posted: 05 Oct 2021 09:47 AM PDT Researchers developed a fully-integrated robotic arm that fuses visual data from a camera and radio frequency (RF) information from an antenna to find and retrieve object, even when they are buried under a pile and fully out of view. |
| Spider silk’s supposed 'healing properties' might have no basis in science Posted: 05 Oct 2021 09:47 AM PDT As far back as ancient Rome, spider silk has been used as a remedy to treat everything from skin lesions to warts. In the past, doctors have covered open wounds in cobwebs or advised patients to place cocoons on infected teeth. In modern times, however, the literature contains conflicting reports of whether or not spider silk has antimicrobial properties. Researchers have now revisited these old experiments and debunk the myth of antibiotic spider silk. |
| Extreme exoplanet even more exotic than originally thought Posted: 05 Oct 2021 09:46 AM PDT Considered an ultra-hot Jupiter -- a place where iron gets vaporized, condenses on the night side and then falls from the sky like rain -- the fiery, inferno-like WASP-76b exoplanet may be even more sizzling than scientists had realized. |
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