Representative Image of astronauts investigating potential water ice reserves on the Moon (AI-generated image) Beneath the permanently shadowed craters near the Moon’s south pole, scientists believe significant deposits of water ice may be buried out of reach of the instruments currently used to search for it from orbit. A new study led by researchers at…
Ant Supercolony. Image Credit: Anagoria/Wikipedia The Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) has created one of the most remarkable biological phenomena ever recorded: a super-colony stretching around 6,000 kilometres along the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of Portugal, Spain, France and Italy. According to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), these…
In March 2016, researchers identified the globe skimmer dragonfly, Pantala flavescens, as the world’s longest-distance flying insect. Led by researchers at Rutgers University-Newark, the study used genetic analysis rather than direct observation to reach its conclusion, comparing DNA samples collected from dragonfly populations scattered across multiple continents. Rutgers University-Newark findings suggested these insects were travelling…
Representative Image of a mouse and a human side by side, both engaged in sniffing (AI-generated image) A mouse hunting for food might sniff several times a second. A person checking whether a cantaloupe is ripe usually leans in for a single, unhurried breath. On the surface, these look like completely different behaviours. Two complementary…
NEW DELHI: India will not have a single umpire or technical official at the upcoming FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup, starting on August 15 in the Netherlands and Belgium. It is the first time since the 1998 World Cup in Utrecht that no Indian official has been selected for the tournament. Most of the officials…
Quillan Salkilld has moved quickly through the UFC ranks in the lightweight division. The 26-year-old Australian arrives at his first UFC main event riding a 12-1 professional record and a perfect 5-0 run inside the Octagon, with four finishes and four straight Performance of the Night bonuses already to his name.But Saturday’s headliner against eighth-ranked…
PC: Study: A programmable fungal platform for engineered living textiles Researchers in China have created a textile made from living fungal mycelium that can heal its own cuts, grow new surface layers on command, and biodegrade completely within weeks. The material, built from Cordyceps militaris fungus, keeps its cells alive throughout the manufacturing process, unlike…
NEW DELHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has suspended all-rounder Hamza Nazar from all forms of cricket for two years and fined him Rs 1 million after finding that he provided misleading information while applying for a visa through the board.The decision was announced on Thursday following an internal inquiry.Hamza had recently emerged as one…
Millie Pradawong developed an AI and CRISPR tool to improve microalgae biofuel production. A fourteen-year-old teen in United States has developed a computational tool with the help of machine learning and CRISPR gene editing to improve biofuel production. Millie Pradawong is one of the ten finalists in the 3M Young Scientist Challenge this year.Her project…
Madrid, Aug 7 (IANS) Vinicius Jr has signed a contract extension with Real Madrid that will keep him at the club through June 2032, the La Liga club said. Real Madrid have ended months of uncertainty surrounding Vinicius Jr’s future by tying the Brazilian forward to a new long-term contract until June 30, 2032. The…
