Tokyo, Japan – Researchers at The University of Tokyo have used computational methods and analysis of recent experimental data to demonstrate that water molecules take two distinct structures in the liquid state. The team investigated the scattering of X-ray photons through water samples and showed a bimodal distribution hidden under the first diffraction peak that
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IMAGE: This is a comparison between a biological retina (Top) and an artificial photo-sensitive neuromorphic device. view more Credit: Tae-Woo Lee Researchers at Seoul National University and Inha University in South Korea developed photo-sensitive artificial nerves that emulated functions of a retina by using 2-dimensional carbon nitride (C3N4) nanodot materials. Further, through the photo-sensitive artificial nerves
IMAGE: Compared to the approaches currently used to study and treat neurological diseases, IN-FET approach is a change of perspective. By testing the machines on nerve cells in vitro, IN-FET project… view more Credit: Photo by Pete Lindforth on Pixabay “Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological diseases, affecting 50 million people worldwide. Pharmacological treatment
Supernatural Season 15 was confirmed by The CW back in January 2019, obviously to no one’s surprise. However, it turns out that the Winchesters aren’t going to live forever, since we would later learn that said fifteenth season will be the final one for the long-running genre series, set for a 20-episode run. Believe it
Marvel’s Disney+ commercial from the Super Bowl is a loaded few seconds. The stuff shown from Falcon and the Winter Soldier is relatively the most straightforward. The brief stinger for Loki asks a lot of questions. But the true highlight of the ad is WandaVision, starring Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany. Even though it shows
Nintendo has rebooted Metroid Prime 4 and placed series developer Retro Studios in charge of the title’s ongoing development. “The current development status is very challenged, and we had to make a difficult decision as a development team,” Nintendo’s Shinya Takahashi said in a stunning new video announcement. “We did not make this decision lightly. This change
By now, the adorably ambiguous enunciations and coos of The Mandalorian’s Baby Yoda, a.k.a. The Child, are well known to Star Wars fans who have embraced the runaway hit launch title of streaming platform Disney+. However, as the show’s sound designer reveals, the seemingly simple samples were the culmination of a process that started in
Upon glimpsing the dynamic covers for the new paperback editions of Marissa Meyer’s reimagined fairy tale series The Lunar Chronicles, one can’t help but notice there’s something familiar about them—especially the gorgeous stepbacks that feature Cinder in a ballgown and Cress staring wistfully in the opposite direction of the strapping Thorne, silhouetted by moonlight. They bring to
During an earnings call in May 2019, EA’s Blake Jorgensen revealed that EA is working to bring Apex Legends to mobile devices and to port the game to China. “We are in advanced negotiations to bring Apex Legends to China and to mobile, and we will update you on timeframes when those negotiations are concluded,” Jorgensen
IMAGE: A collaboration between McMaster and Harvard researchers has generated a new platform in which light beams communicate with one another through solid matter, establishing the foundation to explore a new… view more Credit: McMaster University HAMILTON, Feb. 3, 2020 – A collaboration between McMaster and Harvard researchers has generated a new platform in which light
IMAGE: This is a schematic picture of cold plasma patch for cancer immunotherapy. view more Credit: Zhen Gu Lab/UCLA Los Angeles – An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has developed a medicated patch that can deliver immune checkpoint inhibitors and cold plasma directly to tumors to help boost the immune
New research by engineers at MIT and elsewhere could lead to batteries that can pack more power per pound and last longer, based on the long-sought goal of using pure lithium metal as one of the battery’s two electrodes, the anode. The new electrode concept comes from the laboratory of Ju Li, the Battelle Energy
IMAGE: An image of the newly developed environmentally-friendly radio-frequency identification tag. view more Credit: University of Sussex As part of the new £8 million ESRC investment in Digital Futures at Work Research Centre, University of Sussex academics and an innovative SME have teamed up with the world’s largest retail company to understand how quantum digital technology
And you thought maybe the only Marvel Studios footage you were going to see during the Super Bowl was that new Black Widow trailer? Marvel fans got a big surprise when Disney+ chose to unveil a sneak peek at footage from their first batch of upcoming MCU TV shows. The 30 second trailer reveals the
IMAGE: Reinaldo Dos Santos (left) and Vitor Prado Correia, seniors in FAU’s Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering, extruding fiber in the laboratory under the direction of Hassan Mahfuz, Ph.D., principal… view more Credit: Florida Atlantic University It sounds like something out of the movie “Iron Man,” where the fictional American superhero builds an armored suit
It used to be that you’d actually have to sit through a boring-old football game to watch the latest TV and movie trailers. Now studios, streamers, and networks have the option of releasing their newest spots online in addition to spending $3 to 5 million for some Super Bowl time. read more – Madden Super
Popular mystery novelist Mary Higgins Clark died of natural causes in Naples, Florida, on Friday March 31, according to the New York Times. “It is with deep sadness we say goodbye to the ‘Queen of Suspense’ Mary Higgins Clark, author of over 40 bestselling suspense titles,” her publisher Simon & Schuster announced on Twitter. “She
This The Outsider review contains spoilers. The Outsider Episode 5 In a car conversation, after repeating something that happened to his grandmother during World War II, Yunis (Yul Vazquez) comments to Ralph (Ben Mendelsohn), “Dreams are messages, bro.” Throughout the series, dreams have played an important role in just how whatever spirit that’s attacking Cherokee
This Locke & Key review contains no spoilers and comes from Den of Geek UK. The Locke family returns to ancestral home Keyhouse, where they discover multiple magical keys and locks, in Locke & Key. Slightly on the nose puns aside and Netflix latest bingeable series is a dark delight. Based on Joe Hill and
The annual Madden NFL Super Bowl prediction series is in a funk. EA Sports’ official pregame tradition has dropped the ball in four of the last six championship games ahead of Sunday’s Super Bowl LIV at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida. Rather than hide in the shame of a slump, EA went bigger than ever
The following contains massive spoilers for BoJack Horseman season 6. There are few series that wear their blunt honesty and melancholy nature on their sleeves as proudly as BoJack Horseman. It was a show that consistently presented the world as a difficult place full of broken individuals, but in the face of all of that
Nintendo has formally shut down the rumors that they intend to release a new Nintendo Switch in 2020. “Please note that we have no plans to launch a new Nintendo Switch model during 2020,” reads a brief statement in the latest Nintendo financial report. While the company does not elaborate on its position beyond that,
The following contains major spoilers for Netflix’s The Stranger and comes from Den of Geek UK. Harlan Coben’s 2015 novel The Stranger is a story to give pause to anybody who thinks that an incognito tab or a fake online username will keep their secrets. Barring the most sophisticated spook tech, whatever an ordinary person does online is
James Ohlen, the lead designer on many BioWare classics like Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Baldur’s Gate, and Dragon Age: Origins, joined Wizards of the Coast last year, and we now know he will serve as head of the new studio opening in Austin, Texas called Archetype Entertainment. Ohlen will be joined by fellow ex-BioWare
IMAGE: The NEUROPA initiative looks to develop a non-invasive means of modulating specific neural pathways in the brain view more Credit: Romanova Natali The NEUROPA initiative targets a transformative progress in photonics, neuroscience and medicine by developing a non-invasive means of modulating specific neural pathways in the brain This research, led by Aston University, is a
IMAGE: The protocol begins with Vortex Fluidic Device (VFD) treatment of a mixture of proteinase K and the frozen, then broken-up tissue. The reaction mixture is next processed to remove solids… view more Credit: PLOS ONE DNA in preserved museum specimens can allow scientists to explore the history of species and humanities impact on the ecosystem,
This The Good Place review contains spoilers. The Good Place Season 4 Episode 13 The Good Place didn’t have to do any of this. It didn’t have to request 53 minutes, including a Seth Meyers interview, from NBC for its final episode. But it did. It didn’t have to build sets for Athens, Paris, and
It’s not a massive retcon, or a huge character being brought back to prominence, by my favorite low-key development in comics in 2020 so far is Sina Grace gettting more work at DC. He wrote one of my favorite lost period X-comics and probably the definitive Iceman story, and his work at BOOM! is consistently
Sonic the Hedgehog, veteran of countless video games, animated series, and a long-running comic book series from Archie Comics is coming to the big screen. Deadpool director Tim Miller serves as executive producer on the film along with Hajime Satomi, Haruki Satomi, Masanao Maeda, Toby Ascher, Nan Morales. Jeff Fowler will direct. Neal H. Moritz of
Star Wars: Underworld is a title that evokes what could have been for the Force franchise, planned by George Lucas as the first live-action television series during the few years before Disney’s acquisition – an event that led to the project being tossed into the scrap heap. Now, in a franchise landscape that’s since experienced