A trio of researchers from the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand, Université de Lyon, and Sorbonne Université, respectively, has made the first official sighting of a quadruple asteroid system – an asteroid with three moons orbiting around it. In their paper published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics, Anthony Berdeu, Maud Langlois, and Frédéric Vachier, describe how they spotted a third moon around asteroid Elektra and some of its characteristics.
The asteroid Elektra was first...
Ukraine's Russian-backed breakaway eastern territories have ordered military mobilizations amid a deadly escalation in fighting.
Men of fighting age in the self-declared people's republics of Donetsk and Luhansk are being put on standby.
U.S. President Joe Biden says he is convinced Russia will invade Ukraine, an allegation Moscow denies. Western nations have accused Russia of trying to stage a fake crisis in the eastern regions as a pretext to invade.
International monitors report a "dramatic increase" in attacks...
By University of Auckland
A process to convert personal protective equipment (PPE) waste into harmless byproducts is a potential game changer to the problem of PPE waste filling landfills and polluting oceans and rivers.
Shredded masks, gowns, gloves and plastic safety glasses go into a machine; hot, pressurized water, and compressed air are applied; water and acetic acid are the end-products. The PPE-to-liquid process is carried out at a temperature of 300C and takes about an hour...
The massive underwater volcanic eruption in Tonga has brought heated discussions concerning how it may affect the global climate.
A research team led by Prof. Xiong Wei from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has been monitoring and analysing the greenhouse gas concentrations before and after the volcanic eruption in Tonga with the Greenhouse Gases Monitoring Instrument (GMI).
They inverted the greenhouse gas monitoring data over Australia and New Zealand near the volcano in January...
You used to be able to make snap judgments in your 20s, but now it feels like you take a lot longer to react to questions, decisions, and challenges put before you.
Don't fret – it's not that you are losing brain power.
Your response time does tend to slow down as you age, but a new study argues that is not because your brain's processing speed is deteriorating, Medical Xpress reports.
Your brain remains as nimble as ever...
Hundreds of people who had retinal implants to improve their sight face an uncertain future as the technology they rely on is now obsolete.
Second Sight stopped making its Argus II bionic eyes several years ago to focus on a brain implant.
According to IEEE Spectrum, which broke the story, Second Sight is hoping to merge with a biopharmaceutical firm that does not make implants. Second Sight was contacted by the BBC but has not yet responded.
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A team of researchers at the New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center announced that a woman they have been treating for both HIV and leukemia has apparently been cured of HIV. Fourteen months after discontinuing antivirals, she still is testing negative for the HIV virus, reports Medical Xpress. They have presented their findings at this year's Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections.
Prior to this most recent effort, only two other people have been reported officially cured...
A BBC investigation has found that women's intimate pictures are being shared to harass, shame, and blackmail them on a massive scale, on the social media app Telegram, the BBC reports.
In the split second Sara found out a nude photo of her had been leaked and shared on Telegram, her life changed. Her Instagram and Facebook profiles had been added, and her phone number included. Suddenly she was being contacted by unknown men asking...
Earth's supply of water is incredibly important for its ability to sustain life, but where did that water come from? Was it present when Earth formed or was it delivered later by meteorites or comets from outer space?
The origin of Earth's water has been a longstanding debate, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists think they have the answer – and they found it by looking at rocks from the moon.
Since the Earth-moon system formed together from...
Neuralink, the firm set up by Tesla boss Elon Musk to develop a device that connects our brains to computers, has denied animal cruelty claims, the BBC reports.
A complaint filed last week to the U.S. Department of Agriculture alleged cruel treatment of macaque monkeys that are being used to test the technology.
In a blog, Neuralink said it worked with animals in the "most humane and ethical way possible."
The firm hopes to begin human trials of...
