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Biologists have created pigs, goats and mice whose testicles produce the sperm of a different male and which breeders could use to pass on desirable traits to many more offspring than normally possible

Space and physics reporter Leah Crane answers New Scientist readers’ questions on the recent finding of potential signs of life in Venus’s atmosphere

If you have ever felt time going more slowly than it really does, it could be because time-sensitive neurons in your brain are fatigued from repeated stimulation

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Strange gas in the clouds of Venus cannot be explained by any known non-biological formation mechanism, so it may be a sign that there are living organisms there

Presence of phosphine raises intriguing possibilities, but explanations could be mundane

NOAA hires geographer David Legates, who dismisses climate science

Protein barrel arrays mimic mammals’ olfactory system to distinguish many different molecules

Tiny stirrer bars could simplify the design of microfluidic platforms

Hollywood movie studios invest significant time and money editing out unwanted objects from video footage – a new AI tool can do the same job at a fraction of the cost

Electric vehicles are surging in popularity but Patrick Hughes asks what happens once their batteries are no longer fit for purpose

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Researchers hope first survey of reefs in international waters will bolster conservation

Studies in correctional facilities would come with opportunities and dangers

Audio oxidation

The energy to get a chemical reaction going can come from a number of sources. Ilha Hwang and Rahul Dev Mukhopadhyay are exploring the use of a phat beat. Members of Kimoon Kim’s group at Korea’s Institute for Basic Science, they placed a dish containing a water (or aqueous) solution of reduced methyl viologen, which is blue, dissolved in water on an audio speaker. In the presence of air, the solution turns colorless as oxygen dissolves and oxidizes the methyl viologen. Читать дальше...

Effects of channel geometry on reaction intermediates in the methanol-to-hydrocarbons process