Why can't a robot fold my laundry? The machines are foiled by a ferocious foe: fabric.
Robotics researcher David Held says: “It’s not the fabric itself that is the challenge. It’s the amount of variations that can be created by the way fabric can be crumpled, and all the different kinds of clothing items that exist.”
Learn more in a new piece @KnowableMag intern Kaia Glickman https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/technology/2025/why-robots-cant-fold-laundry
Aerial drones are giving scientists a new view of life at sea. 📝 Learn more about this in our recent article republished by Ars Technica.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@EuroGeosciences/115666291558411415
Featuring my co-authored #review #article « #Reviews and #syntheses: Best practices for the application of #marine #GDGTs as proxy for #paleotemperatures: #sampling, #processing, #analyses, #interpretation, and #archiving protocols » published in the @EuroGeosciences journal #Biogeosciences one month ago!
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-6465-2025
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#Consensus #Synthesis
#isoGDGTs #brGDGTs #TeamArchaea #TeamBacteria
#archaeal #bacterial #tetraether #lipids
Handled right, AI has potential to bring back middle-skill jobs lost to the rise of computers, economists argue. Or, like the mechanised mills of the past, it could toss whole sectors out of work.
📝 Learn more about this in our recent article republished by The Wire.
https://thewire.in/tech/what-happens-to-the-weavers-lessons-for-ai-from-the-industrial-revolution
'Tis the season for some holly jolly science. @KnowableMag has curated a few of our favorite wintery reads, perfect for a chilly night by the fire (or a day on the beach if you're in the southern hemisphere?) and put it altogether in a lovely @ScienceDesk storyboard. Enjoy 🎁
https://flipboard.com/@knowablemag/science-stories-for-the-holiday-season-t4qg7p5qa2i3j792
The holidays can mean meals with friends and family, twinkling lights and gift giving — and they can bring stress, reflection and anticipation of the new year.
Whether you need a party conversation starter, tips to make the most of it, or a distraction from it all, we have you covered.
🎁 Explore this seasonal collection on @ScienceDesk:
https://flipboard.com/@knowablemag/science-stories-for-the-holiday-season-t4qg7p5qa2i3j792
“Though we cannot hear it, plants are constantly emitting and absorbing gases through millions of little mouths on the surface of their leaves and stems.”
Water is the #1 limitation for crop production globally. Scientists are trying to figure out out if manipulating plants' pores could make them hardier.
👉 By Tim Vernimmen for @KnowableMag
Two of our recent pieces look at where we’ve been and where we’re going in treating this epidemic.
1️⃣ HIV medications: Did fears about side effects come to pass?
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/health-disease/2025/hiv-drugs-early-fears-about-side-effects
2️⃣ Achieving lasting remission for HIV
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/health-disease/2025/lasting-remission-hiv-with-broadly-neutralizing-antibodies
We Need to Talk About the Billion-Dollar Industry Holding Science Hostage
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/we-need-to-talk-about-the-billion-dollar-industry-holding-science-hostage/
Your tax $£€ fund the research. You pay again to read it.
KI prägt die Zukunft – aber was denkt ihr wirklich darüber? 🤖💭
Wir führen eine wissenschaftliche Umfrage zur Einstellung gegenüber #KI durch. Zusammen mit der OTH Regensburg und der OTH Amberg-Weiden wollen wir ein echtes Stimmungsbild erstellen (kein Wissenstest, anonym und schnell erledigt).
👉 Hier teilnehmen: https://t1p.de/a3j7
Die Ergebnisse werden gerne mit euch geteilt! 🙌
#dieforschendehochschulehof #hierwirdknallhartgeforscht #sciencemastodon #science #KI #ai #it
Early in evolution, we animals lost the ability to manufacture nine of the 20 building blocks needed to make proteins. Herbivores evolved an impressive array of tricks to ensure their dietary needs are met.
✍️ Katarina Zimmer
Dugornay Olivier (2014). Plongeur observant des alcyons jaunes (Alcyonium digitatum). #ifremer. https://image.ifremer.fr/data/00562/67416/
#ocean #science #sciencemastodon #photography
From collecting whale snot to capturing surprising behaviors, aerial drones are giving scientists a new view of life at sea. ✍️ Gennaro Tomma
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/technology/2025/drones-transform-whale-research
I am so happy to co-author this #preprint #review on #archaeal #tetraether #lipids, aka #GDGTs, as #marine paleoenvironmental indicators led by Felix Elling and Gordon Inglis!
The #consensus presented in this preprint review was written by 40 experts on GDGTs, including both lead authors and myself.
The Earth and Space Science Open Archive preprint is available there:
https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.176409484.44403346/v1
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It’s not an open-and-shut case. But researchers are finding out plenty by genetically altering the numbers of these openings, as well as simulating future atmospheres, and more.
✍️ Tim Vernimmen
📢 On #WorldAIDSDay our update on the Second Berlin Patient, the second reported #HIV cure case at #CharitéBerlin: Presented last year, the mechanism behind the cure has been unclear.
💡 New findings in the journal Nature show that the patient developed distinctive antibodies that likely contributed to the complete eradication of the virus following a stem cell transplant. Details in the publication:
👉 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09893-0
#AIDS #CharitéPaper #science #medicine #research #ScienceMastodon
New therapies that involve the removal of mucus in the lungs might be the best strategy to beat asthma. ✍️ Patience Asanga
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/health-disease/2023/unplugging-asthmatic-airways
A mismatch in sexual desire is the most common reason couples seek help from a sex therapist — and Valentine’s Day can be especially rough for them. To better help, researcher Peggy Kleinplatz and colleagues wanted to elucidate what keeps couples in sync.
✍️ Nicola Jones
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/mind/2023/what-makes-for-great-sex-life
A handful of animals make a pared-down version of these pathogen-fighting proteins of our immune system. Scientists hope to harness them as treatments for ills from cancer to Covid, for tracking cells in the body, and more.
✍️ Christina Szalinski
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/health-disease/2023/animal-nanobodies-changing-medicine
Dugornay Olivier (2011). Navigation par tempête sur Le chalutier Le Précurseur. #ifremer. https://image.ifremer.fr/data/00760/87153/
#ocean #science #scienceMastodon #photography
