itnewsbot, 
Replicating Faraday’s 200-Year-Old Electric Motor - Although new electric motor types are still being invented, the basic principle of... - https://hackaday.com/2023/09/18/replicating-faradays-200-year-old-electric-motor/ #electromagnetics #homopolarmotor #michaelfaraday #electricmotor #classichacks #science #history
ScienceDesk, 
itnewsbot, Everything We Know About Neuralink's Brain Implant Trial - Elon Musk’s neurotech startup announced that it is now seeking patients with paralysis to... - https://www.wired.com/story/everything-we-know-about-neuralinks-brain-implant-trial/ #science/biotech #science #biotech
itnewsbot, Simulating a Real Perpetual Motion Device - Perpetual motion and notions of ‘free energy’ devices are some of those pseudo-sci... - https://hackaday.com/2023/09/18/simulating-a-real-perpetual-motion-device/ #perpetualmotion #science #physics
itnewsbot, How scientists are mitigating space travel’s risks to the human body - Enlarge / With NASA planning more missions to space in the future, scie... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1969245 #spaceexploration #weightlessness #spacetravel #syndication #science #space #mars
itnewsbot, Google’s AI protein folder IDs structure where none seemingly existed - Enlarge (credit: LAGUNA DESIGN)
For most proteins, structure i... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1969367 #proteinfolding #biochemistry #science #biology #google #ai
itnewsbot, Crispr Pioneer Jennifer Doudna Has the Guts to Take On the Microbiome - The world-famous biochemist is ready to tackle everything from immune disorders and menta... - https://www.wired.com/story/crispr-jennifer-doudna-microbiome/ #science/biotech #thebiginterview #backchannel #science
itnewsbot, Here Come the Glow-in-the-Dark Houseplants - Startup Light Bio has created a bioluminescent petunia using mushroom genes and plans to ... - https://www.wired.com/story/here-come-the-glow-in-the-dark-houseplants/ #science/biotech #lettherebelight #science
itnewsbot, High Blood Pressure Is the World’s Biggest Killer. Now There’s a Plan to Tackle It - Once considered a disease of the affluent, hypertension now affects a third of all adults... - https://www.wired.com/story/high-blood-pressure-is-the-worlds-biggest-killer-now-theres-a-plan-to-tackle-it/ #science/health #publichealth #science
itnewsbot, A New Proof Moves the Needle on a Sticky Geometry Problem - A deceptively simple math proposition known as the Kakeya conjecture underpins a tower of... - https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-proof-moves-the-needle-on-a-sticky-geometry-problem/ #science/physicsandmath #science
itnewsbot, DeepMind’s New AI Can Predict Genetic Diseases - AlphaMissense, a new model from Google’s artificial intelligence team, analyzes the effec... - https://www.wired.com/story/deepmind-ai-alphamissense-genetics-rare-diseases/ #science/health #sensecheck #science
itnewsbot, Rocket Report: New Shepard may fly soon; ULA changes mind on DoD competition - Enlarge / Stoke Space recently conducted a static fire test of its hopp... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1968050 #rocketreport #science #space
FlockOfCats, 
A fun science fact for all you vitamin C-deficient canines on International Talk Like a Pirate Day:
The size of planks that many a poor soul had to walk was actually standardized among ships, and it was later incorporated into quantum physics as Plank’s Length.
neuromatch, 
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👉https://academy.neuromatch.io/about/merchandiseWe're eagerly anticipating the opportunity to proudly sport this creation at our upcoming conferences! Get some NMA SWAG NOW!
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itnewsbot, Nitinol is a material we need to be playing with more - Another Kickstarter, another opportunity for people to get mad at delayed and poor... - https://hackaday.com/2023/09/18/nitinol-is-a-material-we-need-to-be-playing-with-more/ #shapememoryalloy #shapememory #kickstarer #memorywire #science #nitinol
itnewsbot, The Science Behind the Majesty of Dancing Raisins - Have you ever thrown a handful of raisins into a tub of sparkling water? Or peanut... - https://hackaday.com/2023/09/16/the-science-behind-the-majesty-of-dancing-raisins/ #sparklingwater #carbonation #science #peanuts #raisins #water #beer
itnewsbot, Ski Resorts Are Giving Up on Snow - With natural snow becoming scarcer and artificial powder woefully unsustainable, Europe’s... - https://www.wired.com/story/ski-adaptations-climate-change-paganella-italy/ #science/environment #climatechange #science
itnewsbot, A Global Surge in Cholera Outbreaks May Be Fueled by Climate Change - One of the world's deadliest diseases is rising again as extreme weather creates a perfec... - https://www.wired.com/story/a-global-surge-in-cholera-outbreaks-may-be-fueled-by-climate-change/ #science/environment #publichealth #science
itnewsbot, Here’s what the latest Mars rover has learned so far - Enlarge / Planetary vampire Perseverance takes a selfie with two sample... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1963613 #marsperseverance #features #mars2020 #science #mars
itnewsbot, NASA clears the air: No evidence that UFOs are aliens - Enlarge / NASA’s UAP study team and newly appointed director of UAP res... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1968866 #science #space
nielsmede, From discussions about #science at the Christmas table to #populism, #disinformation, stealth issue advocacy, and “parachute science”: I was interviewed by the great blog “Elephant in the Lab” and discussed the small and big challenges of science communication research and practice: http://elephantinthelab.org/populism-science-and-public-discourse-an-interview-with-niels-mede/
Thanks a lot for this conversation, it was a pleasure! 🙏
@communicationscholars @commodon #scicomm #sciencecommunication #AcademicMastodon
itnewsbot, Radiation Is Everywhere. But It’s Not All Bad - Although radiation sounds scary, it isn’t necessarily harmful. Here’s what to know about ... - https://www.wired.com/story/radiation-is-everywhere-but-its-not-all-bad/ #science/physicsandmath #dotphysics #science
itnewsbot, Electrifying Your Home Is About to Get a Lot Cheaper - Rebates from the Inflation Reduction Act could help households save thousands on heat pum... - https://www.wired.com/story/electrifying-your-home-is-about-to-get-a-lot-cheaper/ #science/environment #onthehouse #science
itnewsbot, Stoke Space hops its upper stage, leaping toward a fully reusable rocket - Enlarge / Stoke Space's Hopper 2 takes to the skies on Sunday in Moses ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1968948 #reusablerocket #stokespace #science #space