Superflares once per century | ScienceDaily
Stars similar to the Sun produce a gigantic outburst of radiation on average about once every hundred years per star. Such superflares release more energy than a trillion hydrogen bombs …
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Bringing the power of tabletop precision lasers for quantum science to the chip scale
Andrei Isichenko holds the ultra-high-quality ring resonator (left), which can help turn the “coarse” light from a commercially available Fabry-Perot laser diode (right) into a low linewidth laser. Credit: Sonia …
Burials of 28 people Andrew Jackson enslaved found at his Hermitage plantation in Tennessee
Archaeologists have found 28 graves of people who were enslaved by Andrew Jackson at his Hermitage plantation in Tennessee. At the time of his presidency, from 1829 to 1837, Jackson …
Noninvasive imaging method can penetrate deeper into living tissue
Metabolic imaging is a noninvasive method that enables clinicians and scientists to study living cells using laser light, which can help them assess disease progression and treatment responses. But light …
Large marine protected areas are boosting fish catch rates
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Increases in catch rates for fish such as tuna have been demonstrated near recently created Large-Scale Marine Protected Areas (LSMPAs), including Revillagigedo in Mexico. This shows …
How does fluoride prevent cavities?
Whether governments and local authorities should add fluoride to tap water has always been a politically charged topic. In 1945, Grand Rapids, Michigan, became the first city in the world …
Minuscule robots for targeted drug delivery
In the future, delivering therapeutic drugs exactly where they are needed within the body could be the task of miniature robots. Not little metal humanoid or even bio-mimicking robots; think …
TikTok makes teenagers happy, says researcher
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Is TikTok ruining today’s youth? Not at all, according to a study led by Emilie Owens, researcher at the University of Oslo. The study is published …
Biden administration raises tariffs on solar materials from China
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Tariffs on solar wafers, polysilicon, and certain tungsten products from China are going to rise dramatically come January 1st, 2025, the Biden administration announced Wednesday. That means higher price tags …
RFK Plans to Take on Big Pharma. It’s Easier Said Than Done
But the administration would likely face legal challenges if it proposed additional restrictions or an outright ban on pharma ads, says Jim Potter, executive director of the nonpartisan Coalition for …