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Month: November 2022

Silk for Teflon. Non-stick silk. Silk without friction.

7 November 2022 grant 0

The National Science Foundation puts a spotlight on Tufts University, where researchers have taken proteins from the cocoons of silk moths and used them to create a new water-repellent… Read the rest “Silk for Teflon. Non-stick silk. Silk without friction.”

Scientific illustration by Olof Sörling of a object that might be a ritual drum, or a throne, or might be something else. It looks a little like an inverted breadbasket, with many circular cutouts and circled-crosses as ornamentation.

Science Art: Balkåkra Ritual Object, Olof Sörling, 1917.

6 November 2022 grant 0

This is a drum. Or a gong. Or maybe a throne. Or a model of the universe with little solar disks around the edge.

It was found in a bog near Balkåkra, Sweden, in 1847, but was made sometime during… Read the rest “Science Art: Balkåkra Ritual Object, Olof Sörling, 1917.”

“BOAT” gamma burst shines a light brighter than any seen in 50 years.

4 November 2022 grant 0

Science News says the BOAT (for “brightest of all time”) has shed new light on a galaxy very, very far away … and even affected atoms in our atmosphere:

This new burst,

… Read the rest ““BOAT” gamma burst shines a light brighter than any seen in 50 years.”

Sharks to tuna: fearsome predator, convenient backscratcher.

3 November 2022 grant 0

PLOS One has revealed a strange secret of the sea, in which researchers have observed tuna and other pelagic (free-swimming) teleosts (bony fishes) intentionally rubbing against the … Read the rest “Sharks to tuna: fearsome predator, convenient backscratcher.”

A bee swarm can generate 8 times more electricity than a storm cloud.

2 November 2022 grant 0

New Scientist reveals an accidental discovery that happened when a passing swarm of bees got close to a weather station on a clear day – and the sensors noted a jump in atmospheric electricity… Read the rest “A bee swarm can generate 8 times more electricity than a storm cloud.”

India has built an all-solar village.

1 November 2022 grant 0

Reuters reports on Modhera, Gujarat, the first 24/7, all-solar village built in India for ordinary folks to live without a local power plant:

The project in Modhera, financed by the federal

… Read the rest “India has built an all-solar village.”

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