Astrophysics

Quantum lidar could help driverless vehicles spot bright objects

Quantum lidar could help driverless vehicles spot brigh...

SIN Jul 6, 2023 0 5

Driverless cars can use lasers to sense objects, but reflected light from nearby...

Men and women's hands can be distinguished just from their scent

Men and women's hands can be distinguished just from th...

SIN Jul 6, 2023 0 4

Scent compounds released by your hands can be used to determine gender, which ma...

Having an 'overweight' BMI may not lead to an earlier death

Having an 'overweight' BMI may not lead to an earlier d...

SIN Jul 6, 2023 0 4

A large US study has found that being overweight but not obese carried a slightl...

Should all mathematical proofs be checked by a computer?

Should all mathematical proofs be checked by a computer?

SIN Jul 6, 2023 0 5

Proofs, the central tenet of mathematics, occasionally have errors in them. Coul...

Ancient Scandinavians wrote encrypted messages in runes 1500 years ago

Ancient Scandinavians wrote encrypted messages in runes...

SIN Jul 5, 2023 0 35

Objects from Norway and Sweden, some dating from AD 500 to 700, show clear evide...

Record for hottest day ever recorded on Earth broken twice in a row

Record for hottest day ever recorded on Earth broken tw...

SIN Jul 5, 2023 0 25

The average global air temperature recorded 2 metres above Earth’s surface was 1...

Loss of large animals in Europe is entirely due to people, not climate

Loss of large animals in Europe is entirely due to peop...

SIN Jul 5, 2023 0 1

Population models suggest there would be even more megafauna in Europe now than ...

Efforts to mass-produce green steel are finally nearing reality

Efforts to mass-produce green steel are finally nearing...

SIN Jul 5, 2023 0 5

Decarbonising steel production is essential if we are to cut global greenhouse g...

Earth has just experienced the hottest day we have ever seen

Earth has just experienced the hottest day we have ever...

SIN Jul 5, 2023 0 3

The average global air temperature recorded 2 metres above Earth’s surface was o...

Threatened seabirds are foraging at plastic pollution hotspots

Threatened seabirds are foraging at plastic pollution h...

SIN Jul 4, 2023 0 26

Location trackers show migratory seabirds spend much of their time looking for f...

English industrialist stole iron technique from Black metallurgists

English industrialist stole iron technique from Black m...

SIN Jul 4, 2023 0 27

A process for converting scrap metal into high-quality iron, which was crucial t...

Drones with AI targeting system claimed to be 'better than human'

Drones with AI targeting system claimed to be 'better t...

SIN Jul 4, 2023 0 30

An artificial intelligence targeting system is better than humans at identifying...

The European Union's new plan to curb deforestation is deeply flawed

The European Union's new plan to curb deforestation is ...

SIN Jul 4, 2023 0 3

Sustainability researchers have serious doubts about whether the EU’s new regula...

Mathematicians calculate 42-digit number after decades of trying

Mathematicians calculate 42-digit number after decades ...

SIN Jul 4, 2023 0 4

Dedekind numbers describe the number of ways sets of logical operations can be c...

Should Japan dump Fukushima's radioactive water into the ocean?

Should Japan dump Fukushima's radioactive water into th...

SIN Jul 4, 2023 0 26

The International Atomic Energy Agency is expected this week to approve Japan's ...

Time appears to run five times slower in the early universe

Time appears to run five times slower in the early univ...

SIN Jul 3, 2023 0 3

A phenomenon called cosmological time dilation means that events taking place in...

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