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New discovery could rewrite the textbook on polymer engineering
A new design by researchers at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science could solve the 200-year-old challenge in polymers. It breaks the dogma that stiffer polymers have to be less elastic. In 1839, Charles Goodyear discovered the process of vulcanization of rubber. In this process, heating natural rubber with sulfur creates
Warner Bros. Discovery and ESPN strike 5-year deal for College Football Playoff games
ESPN college football broadcast camera on display prior to the All State Sugar Bowl playoff game between the Texas Longhorns and the Washington Huskies on Monday, January 1, 2024 at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, LA.Nick Tre. Smith | Icon Sportswire | Getty ImagesIn a move to strengthen its sports offerings, Warner Bros. Discovery has
Rare fossil discovery in Meghalaya: Estimated to be 30-40 million years old
Representative imageA team of explorers from Core Geo Expedition has made a groundbreaking discovery in Meghalaya, unearthing rare fossil structures estimated to be around 30 to 40 million years old. The fossils were found during an exploration in February 2024, deep within the remote Gongdap village near Tolegre in the South Garo Hills district. Situated
Discovery unravels the mystery of a rare bone disease
Clinical description of affected individuals from Family 1 and 2. a Pedigrees of the two affected families. Black symbols represent affected individuals. b Photographs of the hands of two individuals from Family 1 showing short hands (including short palms and brachydactyly) and brachytelephalangism. Left: Individual 1 (at 52 years of age); Right: Individual 2 (at
If You Give People This ‘Discovery’ — They’ll Buy From You Instead of Amazon
Last week, I saw the sad news that one of my favorite shops was closing its doors after 22 years of business. Lulu's Cuts and Toys, which sold kids' toys and haircuts, was a mainstay in the Park Slope neighorhood of Brooklyn. I don't have any children of my own, but Lulu's was always go-to
Supervised discovery of interpretable gene programs from single-cell data
Overview of SpectraSpectra (https://github.com/dpeerlab/spectra) grounds data-driven factors with prior biological knowledge (Supplementary Fig. 1). First, Spectra takes in prior biological information in the form of cell-type labels and explicitly models separate cell-type-specific factors that can account for local correlation patterns. This explicit separation of cell-type-specific and global factors enables the estimation of factors at multiple
Due to its commendable Q1 2023 streaming numbers, Warner Bros. Discovery expects its streaming business to stay profitable this year. On Friday, May 5, Warner Bros Discovery (NASDAQ: WBD) reported its Q1 2023 earnings before the bell that came in mixed. For instance, the media and entertainment giant reported a significant overall loss despite raking in profit from
Discovery of a circovirus involved in human hepatitis
In situ hybridization in liver section from a heart-lung transplant patient in France. Chromogenic in situ hybridization detected human circovirus type 1 mRNA (red staining) in hepatocytes nuclei and cytoplasm. Nuclei were counterstained with Harris hematoxylin and eosin stain; original magnification ×40. Credit: Emerging Infectious Diseases (2023). DOI: 10.3201/eid2902.221468 Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, Necker-Enfants
Webb Confirms Discovery of Four Galaxies in Early Universe
The light from these four galaxies has taken more than 13.4 billion years to reach us, as they date back to less than 400 million years after the Big Bang, when the Universe was only 2% of its current age. Distant galaxies selected and confirmed by the JWST JADES program. Image credit: Robertson et al.
Fossil discovery solves mystery of how pandas became vegetarian
Pandas eat for up to 15 hours a day and an adult panda can consume 45kg of bamboo a day. The discovery of panda fossils in China has helped researchers solve the mystery of how the giant species developed a "false thumb" and became the only dedicated vegetarian in the bear family. Fossils dating back…