It’s more affordable than a Hyundai Ioniq 6 and does things a little differently. Plus, there’s a hatchback option too.

JUST PUBLISHED:

Learn how human organoid models are utilized to select AAV capsids by assessing transgene delivery efficiency.

Scientists have taken a huge step forward in perfecting the method to synthesize lonsdaleite.

Experiments coupling light and sound reveal the surprising effect that measuring nothing can cool the vibrations of an object.

We use measurements to understand the world around us. With our eyes and ears, we constantly infer the state of our surroundings through the sights and sounds that reach us, allowing us to navigate our daily lives. While these “measurements” often focus on observing the presence of something, the absence of something also provides valuable information.

Researchers spanning Imperial College London, the University of Oxford, the University of Waterloo, the University of Leeds, and the University of Copenhagen have used the absence of scattered light to cool the motion of a tiny glass bead below room temperature.

Dr. Ashley Martin: “Our study reveals high nitrogen isotope values in 2.75-billion-year-old shallow water stromatolites, and lower nitrogen values in deeper marine sediments.”

What can volcanism on the early Earth teach us about the formation of life on our planet? This is what a recent study published in Nature Communications hopes to address as an international team of researchers investigated how volcanic activity billions of years ago could have influenced the Earth’s nitrogen cycle, thus influencing the development of marine life. This study has the potential to help researchers better understand the processes responsible for the development of life on early Earth, specifically in Earth’s oceans.

For the study, the researchers analyzed 2.5-billion-year-old samples of stromatolites, which are fossilized rock formations created by microorganisms, in southern Zimbabwe. The goal of the study was to ascertain a connection between nitrogen isotope patterns and an event known as the Great Oxidation Event that occurred approximately 2.5 billion years ago and is often hailed as a major turning point in the development of life on the Earth. During that time, most of the Earth’s land mass was underwater with volcanic activity occurring in the oceans. Therefore, the researchers found an interesting connection between volcanic activity and nitrogen levels that occurred simultaneously.