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New work from the University of Alaska Fairbanks reveals that seismic instruments, originally deployed to study earthquakes, can also pick up sound induced ground vibrations from aircraft and extract a stable frequency signature, opening the door to passive tracking of plane types and better filtering of noise from seismic data.
Alaska researchers show earthquake sensors can read aircraft sound in the ground and help identify planes by type.
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Stormlike swirls of warm water beneath Antarctic ice shelves are carving the ice from below, sometimes tripling melt rates within hours and forcing scientists to rethink how fast West Antarctica can contribute to sea level rise.
Green ImpactOcean storms under Antarctic ice found to rapidly boost meltingJoshua Shavit
A new study shows that the brain solves hard problems by reusing simple mental parts across many tasks, much like snapping together pieces of a toy set.
AIThe brain’s building blocks: Why your mind adapts better than AIShy Cohen
Professor Nathan MacDonald with Christopher Froschauer's 1525 Old Testament open at Lucas Cranach the Elder’s map of the Holy Land, in the Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Discoveries500 year-old ‘Bible map’ reveals how maps reinvented faith and nationsJoseph Shavit
Stephan Ramos, Seung Kim and Preksha Bhagchandani discuss their Type 1 diabetes research.
HealthStanford researchers cure type 1 diabetes in mice by resetting the body’s immune systemMac Oliveau
New fossil scans reveal pterosaurs flew with smaller, reptile-like brains.
DiscoveriesPterosaurs prove big brains are not needed to fly — in contrast to modern bird ancestorsJoseph Shavit
Researchers led by Nathalie de Leon have developed a magnetic sensing technique using quantum entanglement to detect previously hidden fluctuations in advanced materials such as superconductors. The researchers implant point defects in lab-grown diamonds to reveal an unprecedented look at magnetic field structure and correlated noise, a quantity that is beyond the reach of existing instruments.
InnovationsNext-generation quantum sensor sees the magnetic world in unprecedented detailShy Cohen
A new ion beam study of the disputed Jordan lead codices finds some pieces made from clearly modern lead and others from metal more than 200 years old, reopening the debate over whether any of these strange little books could be genuinely ancient.
InnovationsNew tests show Jordan lead codices are not all modern fakesRebecca Shavit
A tiny spider inspired soft robot designed at the University of Macau can roll, climb, and even move upside down inside the digestive tract. Guided by magnetic fields and real time imaging, it may one day give doctors a painless way to detect and treat gastrointestinal disease in hard to reach places.
HealthTiny spider inspired robot may replace painful gut scopesJoshua Shavit
A team at Trinity College Dublin has created a nasal vaccine made from antibiotic killed Bordetella pertussis that protects the lungs and completely clears the nose in preclinical tests. By building strong local immunity where infection begins, the needle free AIBP platform could finally curb whooping cough transmission and open the door to new vaccines against other respiratory bacteria.
HealthNeedle free nasal vaccine blocks whooping cough infectionMac Oliveau
AI-generated image of red giant star orbiting a quiet black hole in the Gaia BH2 system.
SpaceRed giant starquakes reshape what scientists think about quiet black holesJoseph Shavit
Optical Trap. Catching a micron-sized particle is challenging. To get the job done, two laser beams come in handy. Acting like tweezers, they can trap, secure, and charge a solitary particle.
InnovationsA glass bead and a green laser helps scientists observe lightning form in real timeJoshua Shavit
Scientists at Utrecht University created a gentle fluorescent sensor that tracks DNA damage and repair in living cells and animals, reshaping cancer and aging research.
HealthNew sensor captures DNA breaks, repair inside living cells in real timeRebecca Shavit
A high resolution climate model reveals that as Arctic and Antarctic sea ice melts, horizontal stirring and turbulence in the polar oceans surge, changing how heat, nutrients, fish larvae and pollutants move through the seas and adding a new layer of risk to a warming world.
Green ImpactMelting polar ice supercharges ocean ‘stirring’, threatening marine climateMac Oliveau
In a landmark observation, the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope captured the thinnest coronal loops ever seen during an X-class flare, giving scientists their first direct look at the tiny magnetic threads that shape solar storms and threaten satellites and power grids on Earth.
SpaceFirst-ever images of powerful X1.3-class solar flare captured by solar telescopeJoshua Shavit
Scientists say a protein made by working muscles rescued memory in mice with Alzheimer’s signs, suggesting the body could help heal the brain.
HealthThe body’s hidden weapon against Alzheimer’s disease: musclesJoseph Shavit
Saturn's moon Enceladus photograph as taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
SpaceMany small moons in our solar system have boiling oceans hidden beneath their iceJoseph Shavit