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Stargazer’s paradise: Oregon area named world’s largest dark sky sanctuary
Certification awarded for 2.5m acres offering pristine views of night sky, with hopes for expansion to 11m acres
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Certification awarded for 2.5m acres offering pristine views of night sky, with hopes for expansion to 11m acresamp.theguardian.com
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Deep in the hostile waters off Canada’s west coast, in a narrow channel surrounded by fjords, lies a coral reef that scientists believe “shouldn’t exist”. The reef is the northernmost ever discovered in the Pacific Ocean and offers researchers a new glimpse into the resilience – and unpredictability – of the deep-sea ecosystems.
For generations, members of the Kitasoo Xai’xaisand Heiltsuk First Nations, two communities off the Central Coast region of British Columbia, had noticed large groups of rockfish congregating in a fjord system.
In 2021, researchers and the First Nations, in collaboration with the Canadian government, deployed a remote-controlled submersible to probe the depths of the Finlayson Channel, about 300 miles north-west of Vancouver.
On the last of nearly 20 dives, the team made a startling discovery – one that has only recently been made public.
“When we started to see the living corals, everyone was in doubt,” says Cherisse Du Preez, head of the deep-sea ecology program at Fisheries and Oceans Canada. “Then, when we saw the expansive fields of coral in front of us, everybody just let loose. There were a lot of pure human emotions.”
Despite existing in absolute darkness, the lights of the submersible captured the rich pinks, yellows and purples of the corals and sponges.
The following year, the team mapped Lophelia Reef, or q̓áuc̓íwísuxv, as it has been named by the Kitasoo Xai’xais and Heiltsuk First Nations. It is the country’s only known living coral reef.
The discovery marks the latest in a string of instances in which Indigenous knowledge has directed researchers to areas of scientific or historic importance. More than a decade ago, Inuk oral historian Louie Kamookak compared Inuit stories with explorers’ logbooks and journals to help locate Sir John Franklin’s lost ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. In 2014, divers located the wreck of the Erebus in a spot Kamookak suggested they search, and using his directions found the Terror two years later.……
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For generations, members of the Kitasoo Xai’xaisand Heiltsuk First Nations, two communities off the Central Coast region of British Columbia, had noticed large groups of rockfish congregating in a fjord system.
In 2021, researchers and the First Nations, in collaboration with the Canadian government, deployed a remote-controlled submersible to probe the depths of the Finlayson Channel, about 300 miles north-west of Vancouver.
On the last of nearly 20 dives, the team made a startling discovery – one that has only recently been made public.
“When we started to see the living corals, everyone was in doubt,” says Cherisse Du Preez, head of the deep-sea ecology program at Fisheries and Oceans Canada. “Then, when we saw the expansive fields of coral in front of us, everybody just let loose. There were a lot of pure human emotions.”
Despite existing in absolute darkness, the lights of the submersible captured the rich pinks, yellows and purples of the corals and sponges.
The following year, the team mapped Lophelia Reef, or q̓áuc̓íwísuxv, as it has been named by the Kitasoo Xai’xais and Heiltsuk First Nations. It is the country’s only known living coral reef.
The discovery marks the latest in a string of instances in which Indigenous knowledge has directed researchers to areas of scientific or historic importance. More than a decade ago, Inuk oral historian Louie Kamookak compared Inuit stories with explorers’ logbooks and journals to help locate Sir John Franklin’s lost ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. In 2014, divers located the wreck of the Erebus in a spot Kamookak suggested they search, and using his directions found the Terror two years later.……
Canada moves to protect coral reef that scientists say ‘shouldn’t exist’
Discovery was made after First Nations tipped off ecologists about groups of fish gathering in a fjord off British Columbia
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Right after I buy a laptop.....timing seems correct.Radical New Discovery Could Double The Speed of Existing Computers
Imagine your laptop running twice as fast without any hardware upgrades; only the application of smarter software algorithms.www.sciencealert.com
Nature wasn’t healing: What really happened with wildlife during pandemic lockdowns
Despite the memes, new data reveals a more nuanced relationship between humans and animals.
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James Webb telescope confirms there is something seriously wrong with our understanding of the universe
Depending on where we look, the universe is expanding at different rates. Now, scientists using the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes have confirmed that the observation is not down to a measurement error.
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A Superconductor Found in Nature Has Rocked the Scientific World
The quest for boundless energy takes an electrifying turn with this magic mineral.
Startup rolls out revolutionary snack that could set new standard for food: 'They can be produced in a near-endless variety'
Foodberries are a new sustainable packaging alternative — and snack — developed by the startup Foodberry.
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Researchers in China have built a new device that can create a laser beam out of sound particles.
The sound laser, developed by a team at Hunan Normal University in Changsha, is 10 times more powerful than any previous device that uses similar technology.
Unlike conventional lasers, which output light particles called photons in a narrow beam, the new laser emits sound particles called phonons.
As the acoustic analogue of optical lasers, the sound laser is also able to transmit information at high speeds.
The phonon laser’s ability to move through liquids without being distorted to the same extent as light-based lasers means it could prove more effective than current technologies in everything from biomedicine to underwater monitoring.…..
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The sound laser, developed by a team at Hunan Normal University in Changsha, is 10 times more powerful than any previous device that uses similar technology.
Unlike conventional lasers, which output light particles called photons in a narrow beam, the new laser emits sound particles called phonons.
As the acoustic analogue of optical lasers, the sound laser is also able to transmit information at high speeds.
The phonon laser’s ability to move through liquids without being distorted to the same extent as light-based lasers means it could prove more effective than current technologies in everything from biomedicine to underwater monitoring.…..
Scientists create world’s most powerful ‘sound laser’
Laser’s ability to move through liquids without being distorted could prove useful in everything from biomedicine to underwater imaging
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Next up, the phonon torpedo. When it detonates you hear Yoko Ono on high volume.Researchers in China have built a new device that can create a laser beam out of sound particles.
The sound laser, developed by a team at Hunan Normal University in Changsha, is 10 times more powerful than any previous device that uses similar technology.
Unlike conventional lasers, which output light particles called photons in a narrow beam, the new laser emits sound particles called phonons.
As the acoustic analogue of optical lasers, the sound laser is also able to transmit information at high speeds.
The phonon laser’s ability to move through liquids without being distorted to the same extent as light-based lasers means it could prove more effective than current technologies in everything from biomedicine to underwater monitoring.…..
Scientists create world’s most powerful ‘sound laser’
Laser’s ability to move through liquids without being distorted could prove useful in everything from biomedicine to underwater imaging
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Breakthrough: Scientists remove AIDS-causing virus from infected cells - Interesting Engineering
Thanks to Nobel-awarded genetic scissors the scientists cut out HIV from cells and gave hope for the future.
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Puberty makes teenagers’ armpits smell of cheese, goat and even urine, scientists in Germany have discovered.
The particular chemical compounds that make up pubescent body odour have been singled out, should anyone want to bottle “eau du teenager”.
More usefully, the discovery could help the creation of deodorants that mask those particular smells. It has also explained why babies smell better.
The study compared infants under three years old with 14- to 18-year-olds and found teenagers had two particular chemical compounds that smell of sweat, urine, musk and sandalwood, which were not present in babies. Infants, on the other hand, had higher levels of a ketone that smells flowery and soapy.
Helene Loos, of the Friedrich-Alexander University in Germany, and her colleagues adapted T-shirts and babygrows with cotton pads sewn into the armpits. Children slept in these overnight after washing with odour-free products.
The pads from the teenagers’ armpits had two steroids present – 5alphaandrost-16-en-3-one and 5alphaandrost-16-en-3alpha-ol – which smell of sweat, urine, musk and sandalwood. They also had higher levels of six carboxylic acids, which give off unattractive smells including cheese, goat and wax.
Babies’ samples showed higher levels of the ketone alpha-isomethyl ionone, which smells of flowers and soap, with a hint of violet……
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The particular chemical compounds that make up pubescent body odour have been singled out, should anyone want to bottle “eau du teenager”.
More usefully, the discovery could help the creation of deodorants that mask those particular smells. It has also explained why babies smell better.
The study compared infants under three years old with 14- to 18-year-olds and found teenagers had two particular chemical compounds that smell of sweat, urine, musk and sandalwood, which were not present in babies. Infants, on the other hand, had higher levels of a ketone that smells flowery and soapy.
Helene Loos, of the Friedrich-Alexander University in Germany, and her colleagues adapted T-shirts and babygrows with cotton pads sewn into the armpits. Children slept in these overnight after washing with odour-free products.
The pads from the teenagers’ armpits had two steroids present – 5alphaandrost-16-en-3-one and 5alphaandrost-16-en-3alpha-ol – which smell of sweat, urine, musk and sandalwood. They also had higher levels of six carboxylic acids, which give off unattractive smells including cheese, goat and wax.
Babies’ samples showed higher levels of the ketone alpha-isomethyl ionone, which smells of flowers and soap, with a hint of violet……
Puberty makes teenagers’ armpits smell of cheese, goat and urine, say scientists
Research into children’s body odours also found babies smell of flowers and soap, eliciting parental affection
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