The problem... is productivity is a fraught concept.
Vol III Issue 50
Saturday, August 30, 2025
Thursday, August 28, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .August 28th, 2025
Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised.
Vol III Issue 49
Today, 431 links Curated
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Wastewater monitoring could catch next pandemic early.
#cost-effective #pathogens #endemic #surveillance
Spiders turn fireflies into glowing traps
#Taiwan #Psechrus clavis #lure #bioluminescent
Plant-Inspired Molecule Could Be the Key to Artificial Photosynthesis.
#solar fuels #four electric charges #CO2 #electron transfers
Scientists Rewire Immune Cells To Supercharge Cancer-Fighting Power.
#Ant2 #mitochondria #metabolism #immunity
The bright yellow worm that turns ocean poison into golden survival crystals.
#Paralvinella hessleri #sulfide #arsenic #orpiment
~fin~
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .August 26th, 2025
Out on the edge of darkness... There lies the Peace Train.
Vol III Issue 48
Today, 462 links Curated
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Astronomers Detect Evidence of Matter ‘Evolving’ Into Dark Energy.
#DESI #CCBH #dark energy bubbles #Neutrinos
Scientists Detected Signs of a Structure Hiding Inside Earth's Core.
#inner core #volcanoes #seismic waves #anisotropy
Turning Martian soil into metal.
#regolith #ISRU #Iron #carbothermic
The Higgs boson just revealed a new secret at the Large Hadron Collider.
#ATLAS #muons #Z boson #fermions
The Unlikely Revival of Nuclear Batteries.
#plutonium-238 #thermoelectric #betavoltaic #nickel-63
~fin~
Sunday, August 24, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .August 24th, 2025
Hope clouds observation.
Vol III Issue 47
Today, 210 links Curated
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DNA from rainwater provides a window into tropical canopy biodiversity.
#canopies #eDNA #metabarcoding #diversity
Study Overturns Long-Held Belief About Plants and Rivers.
#stabilized #riverbanks #braided #floodplains
Jupiter’s core isn’t what we thought.
#fuzzy #dilute #collision #evolution
Tiny reactor boosts fusion with a sponge-like trick.
#electrochemical loading #room-temperature #palladium sponge #density
Parker Solar Probe Just Solved a 70-Year Solar Mystery.
#magnetic reconnection #CME #flare #plasma
~fin~
Saturday, August 23, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .August 23rd, 2025
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
Vol III Issue 46
Today, 333 links Curated
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These two different asteroids share a strange fingerprint from billions of years ago.
#polarization #spectra #metal-rich #silicate
E-book manager Calibre 8.9 Released.
#search #sync #merging #text-to-speech
Microbes form living electrical networks to filter methane from ocean floor.
#ANME #SRB #redox reaction #bundles
Christian cross discovered in Abu Dhabi, proves 1,400-year-old site was a monastery.
#stucco cross #United Arab Emirates #Sir Bani Yas #monastic settlement
Toxic chemicals that pollute groundwater are formed up in the stratosphere.
#Perchlorates #cosmic rays #sulfuric acid #aerosols
~fin~
Friday, August 22, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .August 22nd, 2025
Vol III Issue 45
Today, 421 links Curated
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A Cloak of Sugar Molecules Could Help Protect Against Type 1 Diabetes.
#ST8Sia6 #pancreas #sialic acid #beta cells
Ozone recovery could trigger 40% more global warming than predicted.
#ozone layer #CFCs #greenhouse #ultraviolet
A ‘Warp’ In Our Solar System Might Be an Undiscovered World.
#Kuiper #Vera C. Rubin Observatory #LSST #trans-Neptunian objects
Vertical Forest tower hosts over 50,000 plants on its exterior.
#Wonderwoods Vertical Forest #2.5 acres #Utrecht #biodiversity
CT Scans Projected to Result in 100,000 New Cancers Across The US.
#computed tomography #ionizing radiation #low-dose
~fin~
Thursday, August 21, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .August 21st, 2025
Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.
Vol III Issue 44
Today, 432 links Curated
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Nuclear waste could be future power source and increase access to a rare fuel.
#tritium #deuterium #fusion #fission #particle accelerator
How hidden cosmic highways feed the Universe’s biggest stars.
#ALMA #streamers #mass #feedback
Why the Next Solar Superstorm Could Hit Satellites Even Harder.
#CO₂ #density #atmosphere #upper atmosphere
Pacific Coast on watch as underwater volcano shows signs of major eruption,
#Axial Seamount #submarine volcano #inflation #observatory
Breakthrough Solves Decades-Old Clean Hydrogen Fuel Problem.
#iridium #nanomaterial #OER #multi-metal oxide
~fin~
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .August 20th, 2025
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Vol III Issue 43
Today, 431 links Curated
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A single quantum device that measures amperes, volts and ohms.
#cryostat #QAHR #PJVS #quantum phenomena
LibreOffice 25.8 Open-Source Office Suite Officially Released.
#faster #PDF 2.0 #Viewer Mode #Bitcoin Currency
Japanese power breakthrough could be 'step toward a fully wireless society'.
#wireless power transfer #load-dependent #consistent #high efficiency
Scientists Discover Revolutionary New Class of Materials: “Intercrystals”,
#graphene #honeycomb #boron nitride #moiré
Columbia scientists may have found a universal antiviral.
#genetic mutation #ISG15 #proteins #mRNAs
~fin~
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .August 19th, 2025
No battle plan ever survives contact with the enemy!
Vol III Issue 42
Today, 410 links Curated
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Tracking where whales feed could inform conservation efforts.
#southern right whales #foraging #satellite-tracked #Southern Ocean
Why Security Culture is Critical to Mitigating Cyber Risk.
#human behavior #attack vector #concepts #alignment
Scientists create a shape-shifting catalyst for green chemistry.
#single-atom #catalytic function #palladium #modulation
Subsea desalination plant will turn Pacific Ocean into tap water.
#reverse osmosis #OceanWell #standard membranes #modular pods
Scientists Rewrite the Rules of Light-Driven Chemistry.
#photochemistry #Red-Shifted #fluorescence #microenvironments
~fin~
Monday, August 18, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .August 18th, 2025
Old age is not for sissies
Vol III Issue 41
Today, 251 links Curated
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Liberica coffee offers more climate-resilient options.
#robusta #arabica #Coffea liberica #excelsa
A potential 'green' alternative to formaldehyde and PFAS in fabric finishing.
#cottonseed oil #cellulose #epoxy #ECSO
Scientists find a hidden factor behind Earth’s methane surge.
#methanogens #CRISPR #isotopic composition #fingerprint
Trojan horse bacteria sneak cancer-killing viruses into tumors
#CAPPSID #bacterial cancer therapy #synthetic virology #oncolytic virus
First-Of-Its-Kind Cell Transplant Brings a Cure For Diabetes Closer.
#islet cells #CRISPR #T Cells #CD47
~fin~
Sunday, August 17, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .August 17th, 2025
Only in a police state is the job of policeman easy.
Vol III Issue 40
Today, 190 links Curated
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New process transforms 'forever chemicals' in water into fluoride.
#PFAS #Carbon #Flourine #photocatalysts
Home batteries are saving America from blackouts.
#Puerto Rico #Solar #Batteries #LUMA
Mexican cave stalagmites reveal the deadly droughts behind the Maya collapse.
#Maya #Terminal Classic #Yucatán #Chichén Itzá
Green Hydrogen Goes Affordable.
#OER #polymetallic oxides #PEMWE #NNMCs
Royal Navy robotic sub controlled from 10,000 miles away.
#XLUUV #Excalibur #autonomous #AUKUS
~fin~
Saturday, August 16, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .August 16th, 2025
Reality is what you can get away with.
Vol III Issue 39
Today, 300 links Curated
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The 8,000-year history recorded in Great Salt Lake sediments.
#isotope #biogeochemical #Lake Bonneville #cores
A NASA-developed alloy can withstand the extreme temperatures of rocket engines.
#additive manufacturing #GRX-810 #ODS #Elementum 3D
These Common Food Thickeners Are Digestible.
#polysaccharides #cellulose #enzymes #sugar
A crystal that 'breathes' oxygen expands possibilities for clean energy and electronics.
#metal oxide #fuel cells #thermal transistors #reversible
Chemical tag CRISPR technique could transform genetic disease treatment.
#methyl groups #silencing #anchors #fetal globin gene
~fin~
Friday, August 15, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .August 15th, 2025
Pound for pound, grasshoppers are 3 times as nutritious as beef.
Vol III Issue 38
Today, 492 links Curated
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Vienna museum paints asphalt to fight heat.
#ground temperature #urban planning #air conditioning #adaptation
Curiosity, the Mars rover just learned how to multitask
#MMRTG #efficiency #batteries #consolidation
Scientists use ‘Black Metal’ to Make Ultra-Powerful Solar Thermoelectric Generators.
#efficient #15x #harvesting #STEG
Cornell researchers build first ‘microwave brain’ on a chip.
#data #wireless #neural network #real-time
'Plant-mycorrhiza synergy' can revitalize forest restoration.
#soil carbon #fungi #roots #symbiois
~fin~
Thursday, August 14, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .August 14th, 2025
Secrecy is for losers.
Vol III Issue 37
Today, 406 links Curated
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Injectable “skin in a syringe” could heal burns without scars.
#hyaluronic acid #direct #graft #fibroblast
Depressed individuals have heightened C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratio.
#inflammation #NHANES #PHQ-9 #biomarker
Parasitic Worms Could Help Save Chesapeake Bay’s Blue Crab Fishery
#Carcinonemertes carcinophila #biomarker #fishery #Dredge Survey
Scientists stunned by colossal formations hidden under the North Sea.
#dense sand #sinkites #stratigraphic inversion #ooze rafts
Fermentation process turns unripe coffee beans into high-scoring specialty drinks.
#Arara cultivar #Coffea arabica #Q-graders #anaerobic
~fin~
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .August 13th, 2025
Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.
Vol III Issue 36
Today, 411 links Curated
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Tiny chip could unlock gamma ray lasers.
#quantum device #electromagnetic fields #cavities #magnets
Astronomers Reveal “Punctum,” a New Celestial Object.
#Punctum #polarized #millimeter #NGC 4945
Virus traces in blood that may unlock long COVID’s mystery.
#protein fragments #biomarker #TGen #extracellular vesicles
Memory loss reversed by powering the brain’s tiny engines
#mitochondria #activity #organelles #Neurodegenerative
Scientists Invent Plastic That Nature Eats 2,800 Feet Underwater.
#LAHB #lactate-based polyester #Escherichia coli #Gammaproteobacterial
~fin~
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .August 12th, 2025
Silver people on the shoreline let us be.
Vol III Issue 35
Today, 441 links Curated
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Indoor Solar Panels Could Make Batteries Obsolete.
#perovskite #ammonium salts #rubidium chloride #traps
Quantum radar could image buried objects.
#sensor #quantum-mechanical #atom cloud #Rydberg
Bioprinting in Space Pioneers the Future of Medicine.
#AMP-1 #Redwire Space #BFF #Bioprint FirstAid
Verizon and Hyfi monitor flooding with 5G sensors.
#Chicago #wireless #solar-powered #water-level
New Material Could Change Cookware Forever.
#polydimethylsiloxane #fletching #perfluorocarbons #CF3H
~fin~
Monday, August 11, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .August 11th, 2025
Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man.
Vol III Issue 34
Today, 259 links Curated
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Tracking the Sinking Ground from Coal Seam Gas Extraction.
#CSG #subsidence #reversible #permanent
Hurricane 'traffic jams' Ten times more likely to form.
#clusters #tropical #western North Pacific #synoptic
Smart satellite buoys use radio waves to guide divers.
#ScubaPOIs #buoys #GNSS #HUD
Scientists just uncovered three ancient worlds frozen beneath Illinois for 300 million years.
#Mazon Creek #faunal assemblages #paleoenvironments #coal swamps
Debian 13 Linux(aka "trixie") released.
#stable #2030 #403GB #riscv64
~fin~
Sunday, August 10, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .August 10th, 2025
Spam and phishing are a tax on stupidity
Vol III Issue 33
Today, 180 links Curated
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Inflammation’s surprising role in diabetes and depression treatment
#cognitive behavioral therapy #somatic #CES-D #anhedonia
We Finally Know Why NASA Rovers Keep Getting Stuck.
#dust #gravity #sand #Project Chrono
Debian 13.0 "Trixie" Now Available - Powered By Linux 6.12 LTS
#GNU/Linux #kernel #GNOME 48 #RISC-V 64-bit
Powerful new oral painkiller blocks signals without sedation or addiction
#ADRIANA #α2B-adrenoceptor #c545 #inflammation
DEF CON hackers plug security holes in US water systems.
#infrastructure #Franklin Project #DEF CON #cybersecurity
~fin~
Saturday, August 09, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .August 9th, 2025
Service is the rent we pay for living.
Vol III Issue 32
Today, 354 links Curated
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Scientists Discover “Master Key” Protein for Stronger Memory and Learning.
#Cypin #synapses #tags #UBE4A
Scientists used the Heron quantum processor to predict the protein structure of a 60-nucleotide-long mRNA sequence.
#folding #protein synthesis #conformation #permutations
Adhesive surface modeled on a remora works underwater.
#lamellae #spinules #shape memory #MUSAS
Molecule achieves both strong light emission and absorption.
#TADF #2PA #carbazole #triazine
Novel approach that turns cotton straw into eco-friendly products,
#HTC #hydrochar #carbon footprint #saline-alkali
~fin~
Friday, August 08, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .August 8th, 2025
All I heard was a drone... Bouncing off a satellite
Vol III Issue 31
Today, 429 links Curated
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Parkinson's Link to Gut Bacteria Hints at an Unexpected Treatment.
#Gut-Brain Axis #riboflavin #biotin #bacteria communities
Study reveals clues about the beginning of subduction on Earth.
#Hadean Eon #strontium #olivine #inclusions
Scientists Finally Explain Why Your Skin Wrinkles As You Age.
#stretching #releasing #skin #low-force tensometer
Asthma treatment might eliminate deadly food allergies.
#anaphylaxis #Zileuton #leukotrienes #DPEP1
Toddler irritability tied to gut microbiome diversity in the first weeks of life.
#timing #gut-brain axis #temperament #psychopathology
~fin~
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