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Plants & Animals Apr 18, 2024

How insects control their wings: The mysterious mechanics of insect flight

Many of us would love the superpower to fly, and for good reason: Flight offers a crucial evolutionary advantage. Flying enables an animal to travel large distances quickly, in search of food and new habitats, while expending ...

Space Exploration Apr 11, 2024

NASA technology helps guard against lunar dust

Defeating dust may be a small concern for most people on Earth, but for astronauts and spacecraft destined for the moon or Mars, it is a significant hazard that must be mitigated. That's why researchers at NASA's Kennedy ...

Space Exploration Apr 4, 2024

A robot hopper to explore the moon's dangerous terrain

Intuitive Machines recently had a major breakthrough, successfully becoming the first non-governmental entity to land on the moon in February. At least the landing was partially successful—the company's Odysseus lander ...

Ecology Apr 4, 2024

Automated bioacoustics: Researchers are listening in on insects to better gauge environmental health

Recent research led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst evaluates how well machine learning can identify different insect species by their sound, from malaria-carrying mosquitoes and grain-hungry weevils to crop-pollinating ...

Molecular & Computational biology Apr 3, 2024

Deciphering genomic language: New AI system unlocks biology's source code

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems like ChatGPT have taken the world by storm. There isn't much in which they're not involved, from recommending the next binge-worthy TV show to helping navigate through traffic. But can ...

Space Exploration Mar 27, 2024

NASA selects first lunar instruments for Artemis astronaut deployment

NASA has chosen the first science instruments designed for astronauts to deploy on the surface of the moon during Artemis III. Once installed near the lunar South Pole, the three instruments will collect valuable scientific ...

Analytical Chemistry Mar 25, 2024

Researchers reveal new method for calculating mechanical properties of solids using machine learning

A research team from Skoltech introduced a new method that takes advantage of machine learning for studying the properties of polycrystals, composites, and multiphase systems. It attained high accuracy, nearly as good as ...

General Physics Mar 20, 2024

CERN measures coupled resonance structure that may cause particle loss in accelerators for the first time

Whether in listening to music or pushing a swing in the playground, we are all familiar with resonances and how they amplify an effect—a sound or a movement, for example. However, in high-intensity circular particle accelerators, ...

Space Exploration Mar 18, 2024

Astronaut Thomas Stafford, commander of Apollo 10, has died at age 93

Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, who commanded a dress rehearsal flight for the 1969 moon landing and the first U.S.-Soviet space linkup, died Monday. He was 93.

Biotechnology Mar 15, 2024

Artificial intelligence brings a virtual fly to life

By infusing a virtual fruit fly with artificial intelligence, Janelia and Google DeepMind, scientists have created a computerized insect that can walk and fly just like the real thing.

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