Artificial photosynthesis directed toward organic synthesis(nature.com)

70 points by PaulHoule 1 year ago | 20 comments

Why flying insects gather at artificial light(biorxiv.org)

256 points by Luc 3 years ago | 104 comments

Multiscale Aperture Synthesis Imager(nature.com)

13 points by wisty 10 months ago | 0 comments

Amplification of electromagnetic fields by a rotating body(nature.com)

141 points by keepamovin 2 years ago | 62 comments

Rising Air-Conditioning Use Intensifies Global Warming(nature.com)

12 points by PaulHoule 7 months ago | 9 comments

Underwater suit-wearing cyborg insect capable of diving and terra-aqua travel(nature.com)

84 points by gscott 3 months ago | 38 comments

Why is the sky blue?(explainers.blog)

766 points by udit99 8 months ago | 247 comments

An explainer blog post on why the sky is blue and sunsets are red, building a model of light scattering that also covers the Martian sky.

Sounds emitted by plants under stress are airborne and informative(cell.com)

326 points by ecosystem 3 years ago | 113 comments

Open-access Cell paper reporting that stressed plants emit airborne ultrasonic sounds that reveal their condition and can be classified.

The technology to eradicate mosquito-borne disease exists(worksinprogress.co)

235 points by benbreen 22 days ago | 175 comments

Works in Progress magazine essay arguing that technology to eradicate mosquito-borne diseases already exists and their persistence is a choice.

EmbeddingGemma 2: An open, lightweight multimodal embedding model(blog.google)

395 points by ilreb 20 days ago | 42 comments

Google blog post announcing EmbeddingGemma 2, an open lightweight on-device model that embeds text, images, audio, and video into a unified space.

Why do bees die when they sting you? (2021)(subanima.org)

320 points by ohjeez 1 year ago | 225 comments

A SubAnima article explaining at several levels of explanation why honeybees die after stinging, framed around Feynman's point about 'why' questions.

Scientific fraud has become an 'industry,' analysis finds(science.org)

402 points by pseudolus 1 year ago | 350 comments

Science magazine news article reporting an analysis finding that sophisticated global networks are infiltrating journals to publish fake scientific papers.