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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
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
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
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
An international team has shown that fossil dinosaur eggshell can be dated with uranium lead methods, delivering precise ages for rock layers that lack volcanic ash and opening a new window on when dinosaurs and their ecosystems really lived.
DiscoveriesDinosaur eggshells are accurate timekeepers of fossil age, study findsMac Oliveau
A new study reveals whether a primordial black hole could injure or kill you and why the odds of one ever touching you are near zero.
SpaceIf a tiny black hole passed through your body would it hurt you?Joseph Shavit
Ancient DNA from hundreds of graves shows dark skin dominated Europe for most of its history.
DiscoveriesMost Europeans had dark skin until 3,000 years ago, study findsJoseph Shavit
Scientists uncover hydralazine’s true target, opening new possibilities for treating hypertension and glioblastoma.
Health70-year-old blood pressure drug unlocks a new way to treat cancerJoseph Shavit
Inuit genetic variants in Greenland strongly control blood proteins tied to inflammation and heart health, revealing new clues to diabetes and cardiovascular risk.
HealthGenes and DNA reveal why heart disease risk is rising in GreenlandRebecca Shavit
By reading calcite layers in a Nevada cave, scientists traced 580,000 years of shifting storms, groundwater and vegetation, offering a stark warning for the modern Southwest as climate warms.
DiscoveriesHalf a million years of weather is locked inside a ‘Devils Hole’Joshua Shavit