Taking the guesswork out of dental care with artificial intelligence
When you picture a hospital radiologist, you might think of a specialist who sits in a dark room and spends hours poring over X-rays to make diagnoses. Contrast that with your dentist, who in addition to interpreting X-rays must also perform surgery, manage staff, communicate with patients, and run their business....
MIT Researchers Propose Using “Space Bubbles” to Curb Global Warming
Electric vehicles and solar panels are a few well-known ways scientists and entrepreneurs are trying to curb the progression of global warming. But a group of MIT researchers just came up with an idea that’s totally outside the box — yet still within our orbit. The group...
Avoid heat related-illnesses this summer
With summer comes hotter temperatures that can reach nearly 100 degrees in Montana. Higher temperatures during the day mean more people can potentially be exposed to heat-related illnesses. The National Safety Council says heat exhaustion and stroke escalate quickly, leading to incoherentness, organ damage, and possibly even death. People...
Structure-property relationships in nanoporous and amorphous iridium oxides
South Korean-based researchers have used first-principles quantum mechanical simulations to better understand the structure-property relationships in various polymorphic phases of iridium oxides to elucidate their outstanding performance in catalyzing the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). The OER is an important half-cell reaction where water is catalytically split to evolve oxygen. However, due...
'Hot' graphene reveals migration of carbon atoms
The migration of carbon atoms on the surface of the nanomaterial graphene was recently measured for the first time. Although the atoms move too swiftly to be directly observed with an electron microscope, their effect on the stability of the material can now be determined indirectly while the material is heated...
Observational and modeling data help to better understand the Third Pole
The Tibetan Plateau, known as the "Third Pole" of the world, is not only the highest plateau on the Earth, but it is also considered the "Asian Water Tower." Its watershed nourishes more than ten major rivers in Asia. Like the North and South Poles, the Tibetan Plateau is...
Rare Planetary Alignment to be Impressively Visible This Week
This week's stunning sky has five celestial bodies marching through the morning light horizon. During the beginning of June, this unusual astronomical configuration has so far been observable. However, the spectacle ought to be especially spectacular this week, when Mercury is at its brightest as well as the declining crescent accompanies...
A phase-field model by an Ising machine and its application to the phase-separation structure of a diblock polymer
A novel model to be applied to next-generation accelerators, Ising machines, is formulated on the basis of the phase-field model of the phase-separation structure of a diblock polymer. Recently, Ising machines including quantum annealing machines, attract overwhelming attention as a technology that opens up future possibilities. On the other hand, the...
Environmental factors predict risk of death: study
Along with high blood pressure, diabetes, and smoking, environmental factors such as air pollution are highly predictive of people's chances of dying, especially from heart attack and stroke, a new study shows. Led by researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount...
Building Blocks of Life Found on Samples Collected From an Asteroid
Researchers say they have found more than ten types of amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, in samples collected from a diamond-shaped asteroid 200 million miles from Earth. The detection is the first time amino acids have been found to exist on asteroids in space and may have implications in...
Defects in quartz crystal structure reveal the origin of dust
Global warming and a progressively drier climate in many parts of the world are causing more dust storms. To predict how these storms are caused, researchers are looking into the past to understand where the dust came from, for how long, and over what distances it was transported. An international research...
Mechanistic insights into photochromic 3H-naphthopyran showing strong photocoloration
3,3-Diphenylbenzo[f]chromene (1) represents an important architectural platform for photochromic systems. Since the practical utility of such chromophores is largely dependent upon the kinetics of coloration and decoloration, elucidating the mechanistic details of these processes is of great value. Toward this end, we studied the photochromic reaction of (3-(2-methoxyphenyl)-3-phenyl-3H-benzo[f]chromene (2) by both...
Death toll of devastating Afghan quake climbs to 1,100
Kabul, June 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has announced that the death toll in the devastating 6.1-magnitude quake that hit Paktika province earlier this week has increased to 1,100, while the number of injured persons has also climbed to 1,600.
Particle Made Of Four Neutrons Finally Observed After Long-Sought Quest
Twenty years ago, physicists first saw a hint of the existence of an exotic type of matter made up of four neutrinos. Now, they appear to have observed it in the lab for the first time. Neutrons and protons make up the nucleus of almost all elements in the...
Watch: The World’s Deepest Shipwreck Was Just Discovered at Nearly 23,000 Feet Under the Sea
Click here to read the full article. Add one more to Victor Vescovo’s growing list of deep-sea discoveries.
The founder of Caladan Oceanic, who is an avid underwater explorer, found the world’s deepest shipwreck on Wednesday with help from EYOS Expeditions. The USS Destroyer Escort Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413), or “Sammy B” for short, was launched in 1944 and sank during a battle in the Philippine Sea the same year. It’s been out of sight for nearly 80 years. Until now, that is.
Vescovo, alongside sonar specialist Jeremie Morizet of France, successfully located the wreck resting on a slope at a depth...
Do ancient coins record the supernova of 1054?
SN 1054 was one of the most spectacular astronomical events of all time. The supernova explosion eventually formed what is today known as the M1—the Crab Nebula. But in 1054 AD, the year it occurred, it was an ultrabright star in the sky and one of only eight recorded supernovae in...
Turkey wildfire largely under control, Erdogan says
A wind-stoked wildfire that has been raging near a popular resort in southwestern Turkey has been largely brought under control, president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday.The blaze erupted on Tuesday in the Bördübet region, near Marmaris on the Aegean Sea coast, and spread rapidly, blackening swathes of pine forest and driving hundreds of people from their homes. Speaking to reporters after an inspection of the area, Erdogan said an estimated 4,000 hectares (nearly 9,900 acres) of forest was affected by the fire. Reforestation efforts would begin as soon as possible, he said.“We saw a [fire] in one small...
Pompeii: Ancient pregnant tortoise surprises archaeologists
When Mount Vesuvius erupted nearly 2,000 years ago Pompeii's ancient residents were frozen in place by ash. So too it turns out were the city's flora and fauna - including a pregnant tortoise with her egg. Archaeologists found the reptile's remains buried under ash and rock where it had...
See how many dinosaur fossils are in Ohio
Every American state has searched its soil for dinosaur fossils, but some states have more old dinosaur bones than others. Anyone lucky enough to stumble on some is likely to strike pay dirt: The world’s most complete T. rex skeleton fetched a record-setting $31.8 million in a 2020 auction.
Berkeley Lab Researchers Synthesize New Ultrathin Capacitor
June 23, 2022 — The silicon-based computer chips that power our modern devices require vast amounts of energy to operate. Despite ever-improving computing efficiency, information technology is projected to consume around 25% of all primary energy produced by 2030. Researchers in the microelectronics and materials sciences communities are seeking ways to...
Aftershock in Afghanistan as earthquake toll continues to rise
Among the dead from Wednesday's magnitude 6 quake are 121 children, but that figure is expected to climb, said Mohamed Ayoya, UNICEF's representative in Afghanistan. He said close to 70 children were injured.
New insights into role of anticoagulants in patients with thrombosis after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination
A research team led by Prof. Dr. Tamam Bakchoul from the Institute for Clinical and Experimental Transfusion Medicine (IKET) at the University Hospital of Tübingen is investigating the suitability of anticoagulants in patients who develop thrombosis at unusual sites after vaccination against SARS-CoV-2. With the help of the study results, the...
Aftershock in Afghanistan as quake toll rises to 1,150 dead
An aftershock has taken more lives and threatened to pile even more misery on an area of eastern Afghanistan reeling from a powerful earthquake that state media said killed 1,150 people this week
