Tumor-destroying sound waves receive FDA approval for liver treatment in humans

University of Michigan news By Jim Lynch October 9, 2023 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of sound waves to break down tumors—a technique called histotripsy—in humans for liver treatment. Pioneered at the University of Michigan, histotripsy offers a promising alternative to cancer treatments such as surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, which often have significant side…

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MIT’s New Desalination System Produces Freshwater That Is “Cheaper Than Tap Water”

SciTech Daily By JENNIFER CHU, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OCTOBER 3, 2023 Engineers at MIT and in China are aiming to turn seawater into drinking water with a completely passive device that is inspired by the ocean, and powered by the sun. In a paper published on September 27 in the journal Joule, the research team outlines the design for a new solar desalination system that takes in…

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Webb telescope finds a ‘waterworld with a boiling ocean’ in deep space

Interesting Engineering By Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji BelloPublished: Mar 08, 2024 09:14 AM EST There are many exoplanets in space. However, nothing quite like this has been seen in a while. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has constantly been a source of new space discoveries, and now it has unveiled captivating details about TOI-270 d. It is a distant exoplanet that could potentially be a…

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Miracle Plant Used in Ancient Greece Rediscovered After 2,000 Years

Greek Reporter By Giovanni Prete August 13, 2023 The “miracle” plant Silphium consumed by Ancient Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians, which was thought to have become extinct two thousand years ago, has recently been rediscovered in Turkey by a professor, who thinks he’s found a botanical survivor. The plant, which the Ancient Greeks called silphion (silphium), was a golden-flowered plant. It was once…

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'Completely surreal': Metal detectorist unearths 1,500-year-old gold ring in Denmark

Live Science By Jennifer Nalewicki February 21, 2024 An amateur metal detectorist in Denmark has unearthed a rare gold ring that may have belonged to a previously unknown royal family with ties to the Kingdom of France. Lars Nielsen discovered the large, ornately decorated gold ring, set with a red semiprecious stone, while exploring Emmerlev, a parish in Southern Jutland, Denmark, according to a…

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Biofluorescence: Unseen world of the Celtic rainforest revealed by UV

BBC By Paul Pigott February 17, 2024 An eerie glow has been emanating from Wales’ forests and rockpools for the country’s annual dark skies week. David Atthowe, a nature guide from Norwich, was invited to shine his ultraviolet (UV) torches on some of the best nature spots in Pembrokeshire and Monmouthshire. His photos of temperate rain forest in Wales reveal shapes, structures and colours that…

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Underwater volcanic eruption gives birth to new island in the Pacific

SOTT – Signs Of The Times By Sascha PareLive ScienceWed, 08 Nov 2023 15:54 UTC An underwater volcanic eruption on Oct. 30 has birthed a new island in the Pacific after the explosion flung huge chunks of rock into a pile off the coast of Japan’s Iwo Jima island. An aircraft belonging to the Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shimbun spotted the first signs of an eruption in the southern part of the…

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A 3,400-year-old Pyramid from the Scythian-Saka period found in Karaganda region of Kazakhstan

Arkeonews November 3, 2023 pyramid belonging to the Scythian-Saka period was found in the Karaganda region of Kazakhstan. Experts announced that the Karajartas mausoleum belongs to a ruler from the Begazı Dandibay period, which was the last phase of the Andronovo period. The pyramid, which was excavated over the course of four excavation seasons by archaeologists from Karaganda University, is…

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Egyptologists amazed after uncovering door to ancient 'underworld' hidden inside tomb

Express UK By JOEL DAY08:00, Sat, Oct 7, 2023 The Ancient Egyptians believed in a place called Duat: the realm of the dead. It was in other cultures what is known as the underworld, in which the god of Osiris reigned supreme. People lived every waking moment in anticipation of the underworld, it playing a vital role in how they carried themselves. After you died, the Ancient Egyptians believed…

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THE SUPER BLUE MOON on August 30: The biggest and brightest fullmoon of the year

Strange Sounds August 28, 2023 This week, a quirky mixture of science, hyperbole and folklore will cause millions of people to go outside and stare at the sky. We’re talking about the Super Blue Moon. The Blue Moon of August 2023 will be the biggest and brightest moon of the year and will rise on the night of Wednesday (Aug. 30). This is what it will look like: Read more…

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Electricity from trees

ZME Science By Mikhai Andrei August 3, 2023 It has been a well known fact for years that plants can conduct electricity (humans can too, take care kids). Now scientists from MIT found out just how much they can pack up: 200 millivolts of electrical power (=0.2 volts). To put it into perspective, that’s 25 times less than the 5 volts that power radios and other small devices. The lemon and potato…

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PHOTO OF ALIEN HUMANOID ‘MONA LISA’ FOUND IN A ‘UFO’ ON MOON IS UNBELIEVABLE

HITC By Chaitra Krishnamurthy Sat 26 August 2023 5:54, UK Updated Sat 26 August 2023 6:56, UK TikTok users’ minds are blown by photos depicting an alien humanoid called “Mona Lisa” supposedly found in a crashed “UFO” on the moon. The theories to explain the supposed alien sighting on the moon are just an addition to the unexplainable aerial phenomena and alleged UFO sightings worldwide. If you…

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‘Hidden’ structures discovered on the far side of the moon

UNILAD By Kit Roberts August 22, 2023 It’s amazing we can all stare up at the Moon every night, or at least every clear night, and still, there’s so much about it we don’t know. However, a new study has revealed what could be the presence of buried structures which are located on the far side of our closest neighbour. Read more…

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Spacecraft approaches metal object zooming around Earth, snaps footage

Mashable By Mark Kaufman on April 27, 2024 A spacecraft has carefully approached and imaged a large hunk of metal orbiting Earth — a step in tackling humanity’s mounting space junk woes. The delicate space mission, undertaken by the Japanese satellite technology company Astroscale, used its ADRAS-J satellite to travel within several hundred meters of an abandoned section of a noncommunicative,…

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ARCHEOLOGISTS SAY THEY'VE FOUND ANCIENT UNDERGROUND "PATHWAYS FOR THE DEAD"

Futurism – The Byte APR 27, 6:30 AM EDTby SHARON ADARLO The rolling hills of Ireland are filled with historically significant structures, like cathedrals and castles, and yet some older ruins that date to prehistoric times remain undiscovered because they’re under layers of sediment built up over the countless years. But thanks to lidar, a technology that uses lasers to map terrain,…

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‘UFO’ hauled down desert road by a tractor trailer in bizarre new photos

Mirror UK By Cecilia Adamou11:55, 27 Apr 2024 A large object resembling an alien UFO was spotted being hauled down the highway on the back of a truck by confused motorists who drove beside it. Footage has circulated of the large, oddly-shaped object strapped to a vehicle on a road in Argentina, between the towns of Andacollo and Chos Malal, which people have been saying it looks exactly like a…

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