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Hubble Captures a Peculiar Spiral Galaxy.
A beautiful, yet distorted, spiral galaxy shines in this image from NASA/ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope. The galaxy, named Arp 184 or NGC 1961, is located about 190 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Camelopardalis (The Giraffe).
Read more: https://omniletters.com/hubble-captures-a-peculiar-spiral-galaxy/
A Precision Tool for Manipulating Mitochondrial DNA.
Newly developed specialized enzymes can selectively increase or decrease specific mutation loads in mitochondria to study complex diseases.
Read more: https://omniletters.com/a-precision-tool-for-manipulating-mitochondrial-dna/
Representations of the Milky Way in Ancient Egyptian imagery.
A study by the University of Portsmouth on images from Ancient Egypt, dated 3,000 years ago, identifies symbolism of the Milky Way.
Read more: https://omniletters.com/representations-of-the-milky-way-in-ancient-egyptian-imagery/
Pancreatic cancer: AI identifies promising combinations.
A new study used artificial intelligence to identify drug combinations that work together with high effectiveness against pancreatic cancer.
Read more: https://omniletters.com/pancreatic-cancer-ai-identifies-promising-combinations/
Academic papers are being contaminated by AI.
Researcher created an online tracker to list articles that contain signs of the technology using phrases typical of chatbots.
Read more: https://omniletters.com/academic-papers-are-being-contaminated-by-ai/
Whenever I get the idea that I've seen it all, I end up surprising myself. 🤷♂️
Two American students held the world's first sperm race on Friday (April 25) in Los Angeles (USA).
The event, called the World's First Sperm Race, was organized by the startup Sperm Racing and gathered more than a thousand spectators.
The cells competed on a 20-centimeter-long microscopic track designed to simulate the female reproductive system.
Donor hearts travel farther with machine perfusion.
Machine perfusion allows donor hearts to be transported over long distances, expanding transplant opportunities in remote regions.
Read more: https://omniletters.com/donor-hearts-travel-farther-with-machine-perfusion/
Discovery of burial of a woman from the elite 5,000 years ago in Peru.
Archaeologists found the remains of a woman from the elite who was buried with a variety of notable burial objects.
Read more: https://omniletters.com/discovery-of-burial-of-a-woman-from-the-elite-5000-years-ago-in-peru/
A celestial shadow known as the Circinus West molecular cloud glides across this image captured with the 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera (DECam) manufactured by the US Department of Energy - one of the most powerful digital cameras in the world.
Within the opaque confines of this stellar nursery, newly formed stars ignite from cold, dense gas and dust, while jets of leftover material shoot out into space.
Thirty-year mystery of dissonance in the “ringing” of black holes explained.
A scientist from Tokyo Metropolitan University has solved the longstanding problem of a “dissonance” in gravitational waves emitted by a black hole.
Read more: https://omniletters.com/mystery-of-dissonance-in-the-ringing-of-black-holes-explained/
Watch the strange, life-like behavior of small ball bearings in castor oil when exposed to an electric field—a fascinating display of self-organization.
📽: Stanford Complexity Group
Galaxies at ‘cosmic noon’: Research gives deep dive into universe’s wild growth spurt.
Read more: https://omniletters.com/research-analyzes-the-accelerated-growth-of-the-universe/
This massive tornado was spotted just west of Randolph, Iowa, amid severe storms in the central US last night. 🌪️
EPFL researchers have developed a flexible auditory brainstem implant (ABI) that closely conforms to the curved surface of the brainstem. The technology has been successfully demonstrated high-resolution “prosthetic hearing” in macaques.
Read more: https://omniletters.com/soft-brainstem-implant-delivers-high-resolution-hearing/
Celtic necropolis with weapons and jewelry in France.
Excavation in Creuzier-le-Neuf (Allier), France, reveals a Celtic necropolis with rare metal artifacts, including two swords in their original scabbards.
Read more: https://omniletters.com/celtic-necropolis-with-weapons-and-jewelry-in-france/
First Caribbean 'Dirt Ant' Found in 16-Million-Year-Old Amber.
Biologists at NJIT unearth a buried chapter in the evolution of dirt ants, uncovering first fossil evidence that one of Earth's stealthiest insects inhabited the Caribbean millions of years ago.
Read more: https://omniletters.com/caribbean-dirt-ant-found-in-16-million-year-old-amber/
The most distant twin of the Milky Way ever observed.
An international team led by the University of Geneva has discovered a massive spiral galaxy, similar to the Milky Way, that formed just 1 billion years after the Big Bang, revealing a surprisingly mature structure in the early Universe.
Read more: https://omniletters.com/the-most-distant-twin-of-the-milky-way-ever-observed/
Scientists have for the first time observed a catalytic reaction at the atomic level and in real time, revealing new pathways and chemical intermediates. The discovery could help create more efficient catalysts for the production of green hydrogen.
Why we need to teach digital literacy in schools.
Technology has huge benefits in education, but kids need to learn how to use it properly.
Read more: https://omniletters.com/why-we-need-to-teach-digital-literacy-in-schools/
Engineers develop a way to mass manufacture nanoparticles that deliver cancer drugs directly to tumors.
Scaling up nanoparticle production could help scientists test new cancer treatments.
Read more: https://omniletters.com/nanoparticles-that-deliver-cancer-drugs-directly-to-tumors/