Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover isn’t on the move, it works pretty well as a sundial, as seen in two black-and-white videos recorded on Nov. 8, the 4,002nd Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The rover captured its own shadow shifting across the surface of Mars using its black-and-white Hazard-Avoidance … Read more
To probe the spatial information of dark counts, we introduced the differential readout method, which utilizes two identical readout channels for tracing the output signals produced by the same dark count event. Two bias-tees (Mini-Circuits, ZX86-12G-S + ) were applied to separate the bias current and output signals. The signals from the two different terminals … Read more
The procedure of electrified NOx storage–reduction. Credit: NIMTE Prof. Zhang Jian’s group from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, cooperating with Prof. Zhang Zhaoliang’s group from University of Jinan, has developed a novel electrification strategy to improve NOx pollutant removal performance at low temperatures. The study was … Read more
Drone photo of Khaltaryn Balgas (MA21). Credit: Journal of Field Archaeology (2023). DOI: 10.1080/00934690.2023.2295198 A team of archaeologists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel, working with a colleague from the National University of Mongolia, has conducted a study of the 405-km wall system in eastern Mongolia known as the Mongolian Arc in order … Read more
Galaxy M33 (Triangulum Galaxy) as seen by Hubble Space Telescope. JWST was used recently to observe sites in its southern arm where newly forming stars (YSOs) appear to lie. Our Milky Way bristles with giant molecular clouds birthing stars. Based on what we see here, astronomers assume that the process of star creation also goes … Read more
Sample of images from the COCO dataset (row 1) and from assorted agricultural datasets (row 2), showcasing the contrast between the general environment of COCO imagery and the specific environment of agricultural imagery. These images are displayed in their original aspect ratio. Credit: Plant Phenomics (2023). DOI: 10.34133/plantphenomics.0084 Recent advancements in agricultural computer vision have … Read more
Researchers successfully utilize cyanobacterial biomass as a novel feedstock in a cutting-edge P. pastoris platform. The extended toolkit exhibits promising results for offering a sustainable alternative for enzyme expression. Credit: Dr. Doris Schieder, Chair of Chemistry of Biogenic Resources, Technical University of Munich, Campus Straubing for Biotechnology and Sustainability, Germany The demand for industrial enzymes … Read more
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A study led by researchers at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, assessed the perspectives of 76 diverse South Florida climate adaptation professionals. The study titled, “Practitioner perspectives on climate mobilities in South Florida” was published in the December issue of the journal Oxford Open … Read more
Large waves walloped California’s Ventura County as a storm lashed the US West, with more heavy weather expected over the weekend. Huge surf was battering the US West Coast on Friday, with forecasters warning of more danger ahead after a rogue wave swept pedestrians off their feet and swamped a hotel. Rollers as high as … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Mark Twain apocryphally said, “I’m in favor of progress; it’s change I don’t like.” This quote pithily underscores the human tendency to desire growth while also harboring strong resistance to the hard work that comes with it. I can certainly resonate with this sentiment. I was raised in a conservative evangelical … Read more
