Articles by Bob Yirka
Phys.org / Aliphatic hydrocarbons on Ceres' surface found to have short lifetimes
A team of astrophysicists from several institutions in Italy, working with a colleague in the U.S., has found that aliphatic hydrocarbons observed on Ceres' surface have short lifetimes, suggesting they likely appeared there ...
Phys.org / Biologists sequence proteins by pulling them through nanopores
A team of chemical biologists at the University of Washington, working with colleagues at Oxford Nanopore Technologies, has developed a protein sequencing process that involves pulling proteins through nanopores in a lipid ...
Phys.org / Bird study shows that grounded running styles conserve energy
A small team of biologists and animal movement specialists in the Netherlands and the U.K. has found that birds such as the emu have a grounded running style at medium speeds, allowing them to conserve energy compared to ...
Medical Xpress / Researchers develop stretchable, biodegradable, self-healing conductor for medical sensing devices
A team of engineers, materials scientists and medical device specialists affiliated with several institutions in Korea and the U.S. has developed a new material for use as a medical sensing patch.
Phys.org / Medicinal tree successfully grown from 1,000-year-old seed found in cave
An international team of botanists, agriculturists and historians has successfully grown a mature tree from an ancient seed found in a cave in Israel. In their paper, published in the journal Communications Biology, the group ...
Phys.org / Cricket study suggests mating filter narrows when males are trying to save energy
A trio of biologists at the University of Minnesota has found that when male crickets need to save energy, they narrow their mating filter, to focus more exclusively on females.
Phys.org / Researchers determine female gibbons dance for attention
A trio of researchers, one a zoologist, another a primatologist and the third a linguistics professor, from Institut Jean Nicod, Heinrich Heine University and the University of Oslo, respectively, have discovered that female ...
Tech Xplore / AI model beats CAPTCHA every time
A trio of AI researchers at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, has modified an AI-based, picture-processing model to solve Google's reCAPTCHAv2 human-testing system.
Phys.org / Archaeologists use AI to find hundreds of geoglyphs in Peru's Nazca Desert
A small team of archaeologists at Yamagata University, working with a colleague from Université Paris, and a pair of AI researchers from the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, used an AI model to find more geoglyphs on ...
Science X / Best of Last Week—Earth may have had rings, an improved nuclear battery, a new approach to defibrillation
It was a good week for space science, as a trio of Earth scientists at Monash University found evidence that Earth may have had a ring system 466 million years ago—in studying plate tectonics during the Ordovician period, ...
Phys.org / Giant panda skin cells transformed into stem cells to help ensure their survival
A team of biologists in China has reprogrammed skin cells from giant pandas into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), opening the door to creating primordial germ cells that could serve as precursors to sperm and egg cells.
Tech Xplore / Google DeepMind unveils two new AI-based robot hand systems—ALOHA Unleashed and DemoStart
Engineers working on Google's DeepMind project have announced the development of two new AI-based robot systems. One called ALOHA Unleashed was developed to advance the science of bi-arm manipulation. The other, called DemoStart, ...
Phys.org / Black garden ants modify the structure of their nests to mitigate fungal infection spread
A small team of biologists at the University of Bristol has found that black garden ants modify the physical structure of their nests to mitigate infection spread. The group has written a paper describing the experiments ...
Phys.org / Mysterious Pacific Ocean sounds identified as a type of whale—a new AI app helps track them
A team of oceanographers and marine biologists from the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center and Oregon State University has identified a mysterious noise heard in the Pacific Ocean for two decades as the sounds ...
Medical Xpress / Study suggests hypertensive people can lower risk of developing dementia by drinking coffee regularly
A team of public health researchers at Ningxia Medical University, in China, has found, via analysis of health record data, that some regular coffee drinkers with high blood pressure may have a lower risk of developing dementia ...
