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Electronic switches made from smart polymer films
8+ hour, 56+ min ago (147+ words) A new generation of energy-efficient transistors is now being developed based on thin, lightweight, electrically conducting films. Imagine miniature actuators with their own built-in sensing capability integrated into flexible, film-based circuit boards. This is the vision being pursued by research…...
Brood with Varroa [IMAGE] | Eurek Alert! Science News Releases
1+ hour, 4+ min ago (29+ words) Brood with Varroa (IMAGE)Eurek Alert! A Varroa mite on a developing honeybee larva inside a brood cell. More on this News Release So Cal honeybees can fend off deadly mites...
Costa Rica Fossil Discoveries Renew Interest in Ancient Giant Animals: The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate
1+ hour, 18+ min ago (422+ words) Costa Rica Fossil Discoveries Renew Interest in Ancient Giant Animals'The Tico Times COSTA RICA'S LEADING ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER Costa Rica Fossil Discoveries Renew Interest in Ancient Giant Animals A recent feature by Maria Faith Saligumba for Discover Wildlife Science has…...
Emperor penguin, Antarctic fur seal listed as
4+ hour, 8+ min ago (296+ words) Xinhua 09 Apr 2026, 21: 15 GMT+ The emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal have been listed as endangered species. The International Union for Conservation of Nature said Thursday climate change in Antarctica is leading to changes in sea ice that are projected to…...
Ailux Appoints Maria Belvisi, Ph. D. , as Chief Scientific Officer
37+ min ago (721+ words) **media[1007894]**Professor Belvisi joins from Astra Zeneca, where she served as Senior Vice President, Research & Development, Respiratory & Immunology and built one of the most productive early R&D organizations in global pharma, including leading tozorakimab from preclinical research through Phase…...
Model organisms researchers should check whether high LRs defeat their model organisms " Less Wrong
1+ hour, 16+ min ago (580+ words) Thanks to Buck Shlegeris for feedback on a draft of this post. The goal-guarding hypothesis'states that schemers will be able to preserve their goals during training by taking actions which are selected for by the training process. To investigate the…...
The Medical Breakthroughs You Didn't Expect to Come From Cats
12+ hour, 23+ min ago (882+ words) For most people, medical breakthroughs follow a familiar path. Human disease, human trials, human treatment. In reality, it's often less direct than that. Some of the most important advances in human medicine begin in places that don't immediately seem connected,…...
Denver's first community-based high school robotics team competes at regional event, aims to expand STEM access
2+ hour, 17+ min ago (714+ words) DENVER " Denver's first and only community-based high school robotics team is competing this week against nearly 50 other teams at the FIRST Robotics Denver Regional, bringing together students from across the city who otherwise would have no access to competitive robotics....
The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch Results 2026
2+ hour, 16+ min ago (495+ words) Home " The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch Results 2026 The results from this year's Big Garden Birdwatch have revealed'that'once again'the House Sparrow held onto'the'top spot and Blue Tit'remains'at number two, with'Starling creeping up one place to number three. Woodpigeon'and Blackbird make'up the…...
A 1. 9 billion-year-old bedrock will soon house the world's first permanent nuclear waste site
9+ hour, 29+ min ago (1155+ words) We are now at about minus 430 meters (1, 411 feet)," muttered geologist Tuomas Pere as he steered a car through a labyrinth of man-made tunnels. We are driving through 1. 9-billion year old bedrock." After decades of construction, the world's first facility for…...