Matt Willemsen @Nonog@fedibird.com

Thought To Be Impossible – Novel Spectroscopy Technique Breaks Through 50 Years of Frustration
Titled thermostable-Raman-interaction-profiling (TRIP), this new approach is a paradigm-shifting answer to a long-standing problem that provides label-free, highly reproducible Raman spectroscopy measurements.
https://scitechdaily.com/thought-to-be-impossible-novel-spectroscopy-technique-breaks-through-50-years-of-frustration/ #spectroscopy #Raman #Spectroscopy #proteins

The Loneliest Road in Every State in America
Find your state’s quietest route.
Go road-tripping across America with four-time poetry Pulitzer prize winner Robert Frost, and this is what happens: At every fork in the road, he chooses the road less traveled. And so you end up on each state’s loneliest road.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/least-traffic-roads-usa #RoadsLessTravelled #America #states

A 20MP Sensor In a Film Canister Reinvigorates Vintage Analog Cameras
I’m Back Film is a fascinating product that makes the dream of “digital film” a reality. I’m Back is the first digital film roll and relies upon a 20-megapixel Sony Micro Four Thirds image sensor tucked away inside a film roll canister.
https://petapixel.com/2023/10/06/a-20mp-sensor-in-a-film-canister-reinvigorates-vintage-analog-cameras/ #SONY #camera #film #canister #digital

Could Modified Gravity Be the Answer to Planet 9?
Modified Newtonian Dynamics (or MOND) theory has already been proven accurate for things like understanding galactic rotation. But what about using it closer to home?
https://www.universetoday.com/163533/could-modified-gravity-be-the-answer-to-planet-9/ #ModifiedGravity #Planet9? #KuiperBeltObjects #MOND

Take a Closer Look at Sleep's Role in GERD
an important analysis of the association between gastroesophageal reflux (GER) symptoms and sleep quality, the results of which were published in an article in JAMA Network Open.
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/996477 #GERD #sleep #GastroesophagealReflux #InterruptedSleep

23andMe says private user data is up for sale after being scraped
Records reportedly belong to millions of users who opted in to a relative-search feature.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/10/private-23andme-user-data-is-up-for-sale-after-online-scraping-spree/ #23andMe #private #data #scraped #security #hacked #sold

North America’s Oldest Known Footprints Point to Earlier Human Arrival to the Continent
New dating methods have added more evidence that these fossils date to 23,000 years ago, pushing back migration to the Americas by thousands of years
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/oldest-fossil-human-footprints-in-north-america-are-23000-years-old-study-reaffirms-180983018/ #NorthAmerica #human #arrival #footprints #migration #WhiteSands #TularosaBasin

New path for early human migrations through a once-lush Arabia contradicts a single ‘out of Africa’ origin
In a study published today in Science Advances, we find the now inhospitable and hyper-arid zone of the southern Jordan Rift Valley was frequently lush and well-watered in the past.
https://theconversation.com/new-path-for-early-human-migrations-through-a-once-lush-arabia-contradicts-a-single-out-of-africa-origin-214719 #GreenAfrica #human #migration #OutOfAfrica #arabia #hominin

They’ve begun: Attacks exploiting vulnerability with maximum 10 severity rating
Will attacks be as big as those targeting MOVEit? Maybe not, but they still can be plenty bad.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/10/active-attacks-exploiting-ws_ftp-pose-a-grave-threat-to-the-internet/ #Ransomware #hackers #exploiting #fixed #vulnerabilities #enterprise #networks #WS_FTPServer

Division of labor in ants, wasps, bees — and us
Social insects and humans share the trait of divvying up tasks, as do some fish. Researchers find that it emerges naturally, and it often doesn’t take a boss to keep things in order.
https://knowablemagazine.org/action/cookieAbsent #bees #labor #insects #human #society #behavior

From glowing cats to wombats, fluorescent mammals are much more common than you’d think
Recently, several mammals have been reported to “glow” under ultraviolet (UV) light, including our beloved platypus. But no one knew how common it was among mammals until now.
https://theconversation.com/from-glowing-cats-to-wombats-fluorescent-mammals-are-much-more-common-than-youd-think-214584 #fluorescent #mammals #glow #UV #why

The Smartest Man Who Ever Lived
A novelist transforms the physicist John von Neumann into a scientific demon.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/11/maniac-book-benjamin-labatut-john-von-neumann/675443/?utm_source=feed
#JohnvonNeumann #genius #biography

Are NFTs really dead and buried? All signs point to ‘yes’
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are in dire straits. With the market in a severe downturn, it’s safe to assume the NFT bubble has well and truly burst.
https://theconversation.com/are-nfts-really-dead-and-buried-all-signs-point-to-yes-214145 #NFTs