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“A dedicated neural circuit in the retina detects shadows even in near-complete darkness Mice use a specific neural pathway to detect shadows, and it can detect just about the dimmest shadows possible, according to new research from Aalto University and …
“Inside The MagPi magazine #118 - Raspberry Pi Photography. Set up a Camera Module and build image-based projects. Capture, edit and adjust images with code and read through our time-lapse and batch-convert tutorials. - Craft wearable kit. Use tiny computers and microcontrollers …
“Have you ever wanted to build a compact ESP8266 IoT weather station that can survive rain or shine? If so, this Instructable is for you! This weather station can display data about your indoor/outdoor environment on your smartphone or …
“Centuries ago, alchemists tried to turn lead into gold. While they were not successful, the prospect of coaxing valuable materials from abundant sources remains tantalizingly attractive. Today, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are working …
“Columbia chemists and physicists find a link between tunable electronic and magnetic properties in a 2D semiconductor, with potential applications in spintronics, quantum computing, and fundamental research. Information in computers is transmitted through semiconductors by the movement of electrons and …
“A quantum system consisting of only 51 charged atoms can assume more than two quadrillion different states. Calculating the system’s behavior is a piece of cake for a quantum simulator. A research team from the University of Innsbruck and …
“Clock with Perpetual Calendar The perpetual calendar is one of the representative mechanism of complication clocks and watches. It shows correct date until 2099 without adjustments because it can handle all kind of month lengths including February of leap years …
“A friend of mine was an early Bitcoin adopter with a hold strategy using paper wallets. He stored his paper wallets inside an Altoids Tin, and the Altoids tin inside a safe. After several years, the ink started to fade …
“Physicists at EPFL, within a large European collaboration, have revised one of the fundamental laws that has been foundational to plasma and fusion research for over three decades, even governing the design of megaprojects like ITER. The update shows that …
“Scientists have found a new, nanoscale link between superconductivity — the flow of electric current without a loss of energy — and a phenomenon known as charge density waves. The discovery, which is described in the journal Science, is a tantalizing step …