Samsung continues to lead global smartphone market despite quarterly decline
What just happened? Counterpoint Research in its latest industry report found that global smartphone shipments grew 19 percent year over…
Scientists Find Way to Navigate a Heavy Uphill Climb With Tiny Motors That Behave Like Rock Climbers
Heavy metallic microswimmers, made of rhodium (purple) and gold, swim around in a liquid solution. When confronting a sloped wall,…
Researchers propose a method of magnetizing a material without applying an external magnetic field
The study shows that the phenomenon can be produced by means of adiabatic compression, without any exchange of heat with…
Dinosaur-killing asteroid may have made Earth’s largest ripple marks
The asteroid impact that slew the dinosaurs may have also indirectly sculpted the largest ripple marks ever found on Earth.…
Ancient humans in Europe may have stolen food from wild hunting dogs
By Krista Charles Artist’s impression of a pack of Eurasian hunting dogs chasing prey Mauricio Antón with scientific supervision by…
Intel ‘Beast Canyon’ NUC 11 Extreme kit is now available, starts at $1,150
In brief: After announcing it on Computex 2021, Intel has now released the Intel ‘Beast Canyon’ NUC 11 Extreme kit.…
COVID-19 Associated With Long-Term Cognitive Dysfunction, Acceleration of Alzheimer’s Symptoms
Much has been learned about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the novel coronavirus, since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Climate change to fuel increase in human-wildlife conflict
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain With wildfires spreading across the parched Western U.S., severe floods in Europe and in the coming…
Viruses can kill wasp larvae that grow inside infected caterpillars
When parasitic wasps come calling, some caterpillars have a surprising ally: a viral infection. Insects called parasitoid wasps lay their…
Covid-19 news: Daily new cases in the UK rise to 31,117
By Michael Le Page , Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Sam Wong , Graham Lawton , Adam Vaughan ,…
Amazon warns that some older Kindles will soon start losing cellular connectivity
In brief: Amazon is warning that some early Kindle devices may soon lose their ability to connect to the Internet.…
Using Sunlight to Acquire Energy: A Genome of Photosynthetic Animals Decoded
The photosynthetic sea slug, Plakobranchus ocellatus type black, (left) and an electron micrograph displaying sequestered algal chloroplasts within a sea…
