A recent study published in Communications Biology found that the Zika virus causes metabolic changes in human skin, transforming it from a protective barrier into a magnet for mosquitoes. The research discovered that the virus alters the…
Category: 9. Sci-Tech
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Hidden portrait hidden under Titian masterpiece finally revealed
A hidden portrait, concealed for centuries beneath a 1570 masterpiece by Titian, has been…
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Strange carvings at Norwegian grave site reveal what language was like before Vikings
Archaeologists have pieced together the earliest stone fragments containing inscriptions of…
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30,000 years ago, European Ice Age children pierced their cheeks at age
A new research suggests that cheek piercings were popular as long ago as 30,000 years, with teenagers and children as young as 10 years old sporting labrets during the Ice Age. Biological anthropologist John C. Willman from the University…
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Israeli startup crafts compostable food packaging
Israeli clean-tech startup W-Cycle has partnered with Brazilian company Melhoramentos to develop a new compostable food packaging material that fully decomposes within 100 days.
The strategic partnership aims to create an ecofriendly…
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A technology that may finally make online voting the norm
“In the next two years, Sequent is going to be the world’s market leader in online voting,” Shai Bargil tells ISRAEL21c.
Bargil is the cofounder and CEO of Sequent, described as the world’s first end-to-end verifiable and…
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Scientists warn of ‘worrying’ increase in microplastic levels in human brain
Tiny plastic particles appear to be accumulating at increasing levels in the brain, according…
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AI designed computer chips so complex that humans can’t understand them
Computer chips are everywhere. They power our smartphones, run our cars, and even manage our household appliances. With such intense demand, the race to build faster, more efficient chips never slows. In an attempt to find new ways…
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Massive Mars meteoroid strike that set off ‘marsquake’ helps NASA understand Red Planet’s crust and core
Using artificial intelligence, scientists have discovered a crater from a meteoroid that…
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NASA’s Juno spacecraft detects most intense volcanic eruption ever on Io
NASA’s Juno spacecraft detected the most intense volcanic eruption ever recorded on Jupiter’s moon Io. During a flyby on December 27, 2024, Juno was approximately 74,400 kilometers from Io’s surface when its Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper…
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