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Nearly every modern cellphone has a built-in compass, or magnetometer, that detects the direction of Earth’s magnetic field, providing critical information for navigation. Now a team of researchers at the National…

Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech (formerly The Interchange)! This week, we’re looking at Robinhood’s new Gold Card, challenges in the BaaS space and how a tiny startup caught Stripe’s eye. To get a roundup of…

When you think about a red object, you might picture a red carpet, or the massive ruby in the Queen’s crown. Indeed, Western monarchies and marketing from brands such as Christian Louboutin have cemented our association of the…

In Stripe’s annual letter, the company discussed several fast-growing areas, one of them being the “Revenue and Finance Automation” unit. Those are tools that help businesses manage billing, tax and revenue…

Some brands of bamboo toilet paper contain very little bambooZolga_F/Getty Images Eco-friendly toilet paper brands are selling bamboo loo roll containing as little as 3 per cent bamboo, according to UK consumer group…

A 38-centimetre-tall deer, found in an arid region in the central Andes, is the first new deer species found in South America for over 60 years

By Bernardo Araujo, Mongabay Underground ecosystems are everywhere. From gargantuan lightless mazes to pore-sized bedrock gaps inhabited by microfauna — super tiny animals — these ecosystems are believed to be the most…

It’s an uncomfortable truth: Jon Stewart and Donald Trump both tapped the same well of latent public disaffection with politics and the media in the 2000s. Trust in media and government had been declining for several decades. But…

Comrie's 'earthquake house' marks 150 years of global tremors …

For Immediate Release:March 7, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Newberry, Fla. – After learning that locally based reptile mill The Gourmet Rodent—a self-professed nationwide supplier to Petco—keeps thousands of snakes in…

For Immediate Release:March 5, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Xenia, Ohio – After learning that locally based reptile mill Reptiles by Mack—which sells reptiles to pet stores across the U.S.—keeps thousands of snakes in…

Whether you’re a gardener growing food for your household, a small scale farmer or a commercial producer, soil matters. You cannot really tell the difference between healthy and unhealthy soil just by looking at it. But there are…

A working model on the biological effects of air pollutant particulates in the early onset pathologies of AD. Credit: Environment International (2024). DOI:…

In this Purdue-designed "tiny house" lab, Purdue researchers used instrumentation from GRIMM AEROSOL TECHNIK, a member of the DURAG GROUP, to more accurately study…

A Brazilian flea toad sits on a Brazilian real. The coin is 27 millimeters across. Renato Gaiga…

A lot of people espouse the importance of time management. But I’ve always found this uninspiring and impossible to follow. What I found over years of figuring this stuff out, was that managing one’s energy is way more powerful. At…

The planets Uranus (left) and Neptune (right) have a few additional moonsNASA, ESA, Mark Showalter (SETI Institute), Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC), Andrew I. Hsu, Michael H. Wong (UC Berkeley) Astronomers have spotted new…

All objects exert a gravitational pull, no matter how smallKarl Dolenc/BeholdingEye/Getty Images A device that can measure the gravitational force on a particle that weighs less than a grain of pollen could help us…

1. IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic has brought forth a unique set of challenges, particularly in understanding its impact on the pediatric population . While children, in general, have shown lower susceptibility to severe illness…

7 February 2024 Pulses, the dried edible seeds of plants in the legume family, have been a staple in diets around the world for millennia. As we approach World Pulses Day, our focus turns to one of the most versatile members of…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a study published in the journal, Cells, a team of scientists describe using machine learning models…

Say cheese, Moon. We’re coming in for a close-up. As Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander descends toward the Moon, four tiny NASA cameras will be trained on the lunar surface, collecting imagery of how the surface changes from interactions…

The dusky antechinus is a marsupial that resembles a shrewAdam Fry / Alamy Stock Photo Sleep is vital for almost all animals, but some male marsupials sacrifice their rest to find a partner and mate. Antechinus males…

Single atoms of krypton trapped in buckminsterfullerene cageUniversity of Nottingham Krypton atoms can be forced into a “traffic jam” within a carbon nanotube, unable to pass each other, allowing scientists to more…

Visualisation of fluid flow inside a fruit fly egg cellLucy Reading-Ikkanda Fruit fly egg cells create miniature tornadoes in order to properly develop and function, and these tornadoes could be widespread in large…

The dusky antechinus is a marsupial that resembles a shrewAdam Fry / Alamy Stock Photo Sleep is vital for almost all animals, but some male marsupials sacrifice their rest to find a partner and mate. Antechinus males…

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Plastics break down over time into micro- and nanosized particles that litter our water and air. Carmen Martínez Torrón via Getty Images…

Nanogenerator’s electrical pulses provide beneficial outcomes with no side effects – rat study Although electrical stimulation has therapeutic potential for various disorders and conditions, ungainly power sources have hampered…

Crystals, Clouds, and WindsWhile these crystals are probably similar in shape to the pointy hexagonal prisms found in geodes and gem shops on Earth, each one is only about 10 nanometers across – one-millionth of 1 centimeter.“Hubble data…

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On Nov. 7, a team from the Marble Center for Cancer Nanomedicine at MIT showed a Washington audience several examples of how nanotechnologies developed at the Institute can transform the detection and treatment…

Episode Description:  What do air pollution, thunderstorm clouds and climate change have in common? Aerosols! These tiny particles, generated by everything from desert dust storms to car exhaust, play a huge role in our atmosphere,…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg2l662OnJA High-speed cameras have revealed how hummingbirds negotiate their way through tiny gaps while in flight, which happens much too quickly for the human eye to…

By Chris Stokel-Walker Small pieces of plastic do marine animals no good at allTunatura/Getty An army of tiny magnetic coils could dissolve microplastics from water, and possibly help us…

How do the tiniest living things in the ocean dominate the food web and ocean processes? Learn about the many complexities of phytoplankton and find out how important it is not only to the ocean food web, but to us humans. Guest: Dr.…