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Researchers want to take cheese making to the next level — and they've got the biotech for it. The world of cheese-making is a surprising blend of tradition and innovation. Sure, on the one hand, you've got the same traditional ways of making cheese used for thousands of years. But, on the other hand, researchers are constantly innovating with new techniques and approaches. These new techniques often mean new bacteria. A recent study published in Current Microbiology [...]

The Braziliant researcher would have celebrated his 100th birthday today. César Lattes is not one of the most famous physicists in the world, but Google wants to change that. Today, Google has paid homage to Lattes with the “Doodle treatment”. Cesar Lattes was a pioneering Brazilian physicist renowned for his crucial role in the discovery of the pion, a subatomic particle that confirmed the theory of nuclear forces. A pion is composed of a quark and an antiquark. [...]

João Miguel Alves-Nunes stepped on snakes thousands of times to learn more about their bites. The jararaca is a venomous pit viper commonly found in South America. Its venom packs a deadly mix of toxins that causes excruciating pain, life-threatening bleeding, and kidney failure. What makes this snake particularly scary even among vipers is its particularly aggressive nature. This snake will bite first and ask questions later whenever it considers itself threatened. So, what is the [...]

Study suggests thousands of archaeological sites remain undiscovered The Amazon rainforest may contain between 10,000 and 24,000 ancient earthworks built before the arrival of Europeans, a new study suggests. A global team of 230 researchers from 156 institutions across 24 countries combined remote sensing technology, archaeological data, and statistical modeling to estimate the number and locations of these undiscovered sites. They concluded that the Amazon is probably riddled with [...]

Researchers have discovered a group of “rocks” made out of plastic on a remote island off the coast of Brazil. A similar finding had already been reported back in 2014 in Hawaii, as the melted plastic became intertwined with rocks. The researchers argue this is evidence of the human’s growing influence over the Earth’s geological cycles. Although mis-popularized as a new rock type, the “plastic rock” is not actually a rock. It’s formally called [...]

Money makes the world go round, and it makes the telescope go up. The new and shiny James Webb Space Telescope has been all the rage these days, but a new contender is getting ready to steal the title of “most powerful telescope ever”: the Giant Magellan Telescope. According to the Giant Magellan Telescope Organization (GMTO), which is handling the building project for the new telescope, the device will be four times more powerful than the James Webb when finished. [...]

Since the pandemic suddenly upended our lives, there has been a surge of reports from people recalling very vivid, bizarre dreams. In one way or the other, these dreams are connected to the coronavirus and the restrictions the virus has forced upon us. Now, a new study employed math-based computer models to analyze the pandemic dreams, finding connections between what happens in the dream world and people’s mental health during these troubled times. The COVID nightmares It’s quite [...]

Pesticides may be even worse for bees thanwepreviously assumed, a team of Brazilian researchers reports. Even at levels considered to be nonlethal, such compounds slashed the lifespan of bees by up to 50%. In addition to this, fungicides that are considered safe for bees do alter the behavior of workers, making them lethargic. Several bees species are endangered worldwide. Their decline was first observed in Europe and North America around the year 2000, and in Brazil since at least 2005. And [...]

During the final stage of World War II, the United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively. The A-bomb nicknamed “Little Boy” that blew over Hiroshima instantly killed 45,000 people and would go on to claim the lives of thousands more as a result of nuclear fallout. In a novel research, scientists have now used measured how much radiation was absorbed by the bones of one of the casualties, who was less [...]