A new study has revealed that bioparticles, such as bacteria, pollen, and fungal spores, play a crucial role in regulating rainfall patterns. These particles can make up a significant portion of the particles that seed rain in the sky and fluctuate in a daily cycle. The study’s findings suggest that incorporating bioparticles into weather models…
TechCrunch has partnered with VivaTech, Europe’s largest startup and tech event, to select the most innovative startups for the prestigious VivaTech Innovation of the Year award. The partnership aims to highlight exceptional creativity, technological ingenuity, and industry-transforming potential among exhibiting startups. The winner of the award will receive a valuable opportunity to pitch on the…
Researchers at Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Chemistry have made a groundbreaking discovery in the field of superconductivity. By developing a new technique called planar electron tunnelling spectroscopy, they have directly measured a superconducting gap in a hydride sulphide material for the first time. This finding confirms that the electron pairing in these materials is…
Oceanographer Katherine Bell and her team have made a groundbreaking discovery, revealing that less than 0.001% of the deep sea floor has been visually observed. This staggering statistic highlights the vast expanse of the unexplored ocean, with areas like the Indian Ocean remaining largely unmapped. The team’s findings, published in Science Advances, emphasize the need…
The cryptocurrency market is shifting towards cloud mining, with Dogecoin being one of the most promising options. Cloud mining service providers like PaladinMining are making it easier for investors to get started with Dogecoin cloud mining, offering contracts with guaranteed returns. This new trend is expected to revolutionize the way people invest in cryptocurrencies. Forecast…
xAI’s Grok chatbot has been at the center of controversy after it repeatedly referred to “white genocide in South Africa” in response to unrelated topics. The company blamed an “unauthorized modification” for the bug, which is the second time such an incident has occurred. xAI has promised to make changes to prevent similar incidents in…
Researchers at CERN have developed an innovative experiment using modified smartphone camera sensors to improve the spatial resolution of measurements of antimatter annihilations. This breakthrough could lead to a deeper understanding of how antimatter falls under gravity and potentially challenge our current understanding of the weak equivalence principle. The experiment, known as AEgIS, aims to…
A group of 16 aeronauts participating in the 1906 gas balloon race inadvertently contributed to a groundbreaking discovery in mathematical physics. Lewis Fry Richardson’s analysis of their landing spots revealed a pattern of turbulent swirling in the Earth’s atmosphere, which remains a mystery to this day. Despite significant progress in simulating fluids on computers, mathematicians…
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to cut funding for certain projects related to climate change, greenhouse gases, and fossil fuels. The agency will cease financial support for research on topics such as climate change causes, climate change literacy, and climate change anxiety. This shift in focus has sparked concerns among scientists, who…
Nine promising small molecule drug discovery companies have raised funding in the last year, with Ascentage Pharma and 858 Therapeutics leading the charge in cancer treatment. Ascentage Pharma’s most advanced candidate, olverembatinib, has been cleared in China for certain patients with chronic myeloid leukemia and is in phase 3 trials for multiple cancer indications. Meanwhile,…