Image shows (from left to right) Vlad Dumitru, Werner Lienhart and Lisa Strasser from the Institute of Engineering Geodesy and Measurement Systems at TU Graz, Austria, undated photo. They developed a measurement method that uses exciting fibre optic lines to detect landslides earlier. (Lunghammer - TU Graz/Newsflash)

Experts Use Fibre Optic Cable Network To Detect Landslides, Quakes and Fires

• Post author:Thomas Hochwarter
• Post published:September 2, 2023

Scientists in Austria have developed a way of detecting fires, rockslides and earthquakes by measuring minute changes in the light pulses in fibre optic cable networks caused by shifts in…

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Image shows a tissue from one of the Medici embalming vessels was subjected to microscopic and molecular analysis, undated photo. Evidence of the parasite that causes a virulent type of malaria (Plasmodium falciparum) was detected in a 500-year-old organ stored in a terracotta jar bearing the Medici family crest. (Eurac Research/Newsflash)

Medicis May Have Been Wiped Out By Malaria Not Assassins

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:September 1, 2023

Astonishing new evidence has revealed that members of the notoriously plot-ridden Medici family may have died of malaria and not murder. The powerful Rennaisance family spawned four popes and two…

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Image shows an illustration of how ambient noise does not trigger insulin secretion (left), undated photo. Direct exposure of the cells to certain rock songs, on the other hand, triggers insulin release within minutes (right). (ETH Zurich/Newsflash)

Queen Hit Can Trigger Insulin Release For Diabetics

• Post author:Thomas Hochwarter
• Post published:August 31, 2023

Scientists in Switzerland have discovered a new way of treating diabetics by using one of Queen's biggest hits to deliver insulin. Experts at the Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich's ETH…

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Image shows the newly discovered beetle species Dorynota phoenix, undated photo. It was almost destroyed in a fire at the Brazilian National Museum in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2018. (Senckenberg/Newsflash)

Boffins Discover Unknown Beetle Among Historical Items Which Escaped Devastating Museum Fire

• Post author:Thomas Hochwarter
• Post published:August 27, 2023

Scientists examining one of the few items to have escaped a devastating fire that destroyed a spectacular museum collection have discovered a previously unknown species of insect. The Brazilian National…

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Image shows a plastiglomerate of coral rubble held together by melted plastic debris, undated photo. This artificial 'rock' can endanger the environment through greater decomposition into microplastics and higher pollution levels. (Birgit Mohr, Kiel University/Newsflash)

Plastic Waste Burning Creates Dangerous Rock-Like Compounds Harming Our Oceans

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:August 26, 2023

A new study has identified new rock-like compounds that are being created and polluting the sea after they are created from burning plastic waste. The discovery that was made by…

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Photo shows illustration of the butterfly Xerces Blue on a plant it used to feed Acmispon glaber. Researchers have found the genome of the butterfly. (Marti Franch-CSIC/Newsflash)

Jurassic Park-Style Revival For Extinct Butterfly, Say Scientists

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:August 25, 2023

Genetics experts have revealed how they could be able to bring an extinct butterfly back from the dead in a Jurassic Park-style revival. Experts at Spain's National Research Council say…

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Image shows the Panagrolaimus kolymaensis nematode, undated photo. It was discovered by researchers from the Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science RAS in Russia in the Siberian Permafrost. (Alexei V. Tchesunov and Anastasia Shatilovich, Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science RAS/Newsflash)

Scientists Revive Ice Age Roundworm

• Post author:Thomas Hochwarter
• Post published:August 12, 2023

Scientists in Germany have reanimated a roundworm from the Siberian permafrost that had laid dormant for nearly 50,000 years. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Dresden, Saxony State, thawed…

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Image shows a wild chimpanzee in Uganda, undated photo. Swiss researchers from the city of Zurich showed that chimpanzees combine calls to communicate new meaning. (Adrian Soldati/Newsflash)

New Study Suggests That Chimps Can Form Sound Sequences To Communicate New Meaning And Signal Threats

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:May 16, 2023

A new study has suggested that people's closest-living relatives, chimps, can combine calls to communicate new meaning from the sequences in a similar way to when humans make sentences. Scientists…

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Picture shows the sun, undated. A coronal mass ejection (CME) erupted from the sun on Friday, April 21, 2023. (NOAA; NASA GSFC; CIRA/Newsflash)

Large Geomagnetic Storm Hits Earth As Sun Spews Plasma Wave At 2 Million MPH

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:May 9, 2023

A large geomagnetic storm hit Earth after a solar flare spewed a large plasma wave at over 2 million mph. The incident took place on 21st April and reportedly triggered…

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Image shows a pierced deer tooth discovered from Denisova Cave in southern Siberia that yielded ancient human DNA, undated photo. German scientists recovered an ancient woman's DNA from a 20,000-year-old pendant. (MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology/Newsflash)

Stone Age CSI As DNA On Elk Tooth Pendant Reveals Woman Who Wore It

• Post author:Thomas Hochwarter
• Post published:May 8, 2023

A preserved Stone Age deer tooth pendant has revealed the identity of the woman who wore it after scientists extracted her DNA from the surface. The tooth - with a…

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