SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 3rd, 2025

Vol II No 3

470 links Curated

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A man that flees from his fear may find that he has taken a short cut to meet it.

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NASA Finds Asteroid 2024 YR4 Is Building-Sized.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2025/04/02/nasas-webb-finds-asteroid-2024-yr4-is-building-sized/

Tags: #NIRCam #NIRCam #infrared #size

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Hypersonic air flow simulations could help design better supersonic vehicles.

https://www.livescience.com/technology/engineering/supersonic-vehicles-could-become-stronger-faster-and-more-durable-thanks-to-new-findings

Tags: #air-low #turbulence #simulation #hypersonic

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Fermented Flavor Takes Off Aboard the International Space Station.

https://thedebrief.org/miso-in-microgravity-fermented-flavor-takes-off-aboard-the-international-space-station/

Tags: #fermentation #microgravity #radiation #Miso

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An AI system that watches the health of over urban trees.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/04/250402122606.htm

Tags: #AI #threats #YOLOv8 #DeepSORT

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DARPA is Using the Atmosphere as a Sensor to Detect Explosions and Reentries.

https://thedebrief.org/darpa-is-using-earths-atmosphere-as-a-sensor-to-detect-secret-explosions-and-spacecraft-reentries/

Tags: #capabilities #AtmoSense #acoustic #electromagnetic

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SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 2nd, 2025

A Focus on Security Yields Compliance for Free.

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Vol II No 2

339 links Curated

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Map of the aging brain reveals vulnerable cell types and regions.

https://www.psypost.org/largest-single-cell-map-of-the-aging-brain-reveals-vulnerable-cell-types-and-regions/

Tags: #brain #genes #hypothalamus #transcriptomics

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The plant that provides food and fuel and farms itself.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/04/250401131025.htm

Tags: #duckweed #Stomata #protein #starch

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Dairy Robots Are Changing Work for Cows and Farmers.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/lely-dairy-robots

Tags: # autonomous #robots #Lely #traffic

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Sediments in the Great Blue Hole reveals a massive spike in tropical storm frequency.

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/weather/scientists-drilled-into-belizes-great-blue-hole-and-discovered-a-worrying-trend

Tags: #Caribbean #Belize #sediment #core

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A 3-year-old girl found an ancient Canaanite amulet shaped like a scarab.

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/3-year-old-picks-up-beautiful-stone-discovers-3-800-year-old-scarab-amulet-in-israel

Tags: #Canaan #amulets #seals #Dung

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SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 1st, 2025

 The people are not fooled. They see the circus for what it is.

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Vol II No 1

517 links Curated

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Transforming Waste Biomass into Eco-Friendly, Economically Viable Plastics.

https://www.newswise.com/articles/esf-working-to-transform-waste-biomass-into-eco-friendly-economically-viable-plastics/?sc=top

Tags: #bioproducts #waste #polyhydroxyalkanoates #3D-Printing

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A calving iceberg gave scientists a glimpse into what lies beneath Antarctic ice.

https://eos.org/articles/thriving-antarctic-ecosystem-revealed-by-a-departing-iceberg

Tags: #Bellingshausen #A-84 #seafloor #sediment

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Chance discovery improves stability of bioelectronic material.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250331122223.htm

Tags: #PEDOT:PSS #crosslinker #ions #bioelectronic

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New process upcycles 'forever chemicals'.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250331151253.htm

Tags: #polyfluoroalkyl #graphene #FJH #GAC

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A Topology-Aware Graph Neural Network for Electricity Grids.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.22721

Tags: #renewables #topology #forecasting #spatio-temporal

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