Alcaraz si ritira da Barcellona per un problema al polso – Tennis – Ansa.it

Carlos Alcaraz si ritira dall’Atp 500 di Barcellona per un problema al polso destro, emerso già nella partita di ieri contro il finlandese Otto Virtanen. Lo spagnolo, che oggi non era riuscito ad allenarsi, perderà 280 punti nella classifica Atp, vedendo sfumare dunque la possibilità dell’immediato controsorpasso su Jannik Sinner…

A crushed fossil revealed a dinosaur that shouldn’t have existed

“You want to stick your finger in a dinosaur brain?” asked Simba Srivastava. Inside a paleobiology lab lined with cabinets of ancient fossils, the Virginia Tech undergraduate held up a rough, pitted skull. “This is a uniquely sucky specimen,” said Srivastava. “It’s so bad. Like, if you saw a human…

This 31-foot “terror croc” ate dinosaurs. Now it’s back

Dr. David Schwimmer, a leading authority on the massive North American crocodilian genus Deinosuchus and a geology professor at Columbus State University, has helped bring a prehistoric giant back to life. His decades of research played a key role in building the first scientifically accurate, fully mounted skeleton replica of…

The surprising reason you’re so productive one day and not the next

A study from the University of Toronto Scarborough suggests that feeling mentally sharp can significantly boost how much you accomplish in a day. Researchers found that when people are thinking clearly and efficiently, the effect can equal roughly 40 extra minutes of productive work. Published in Science Advances, the research…

Scientists think alien life might be hiding in patterns

A team led by Specially Appointed Associate Professor Harrison B. Smith of the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at the Institute of Science Tokyo and Specially Appointed Associate Professor Lana Sinapayen of the National Institute for Basic Biology has introduced a new strategy for finding life beyond Earth. Instead of searching…

Graphene just defied a fundamental law of physics

For decades, physicists have been trying to answer a fundamental question: can electrons move like a perfectly smooth, frictionless fluid governed by a universal quantum value? Detecting this unusual behavior has proven extremely challenging. In real materials, tiny imperfections such as atomic defects and impurities tend to disrupt these delicate…

Doing this throughout life may cut Alzheimer’s risk by 38%

Engaging in mentally stimulating activities across your lifetime, including reading, writing, and learning new languages, may be linked to a lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease and slower cognitive decline. That is the conclusion of a study published recently in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Researchers…

This simple change stops robot swarms from getting stuck

Imagine a swarm of robots rushing to complete an urgent job, such as cleaning up an oil spill or assembling complex machinery. At first, adding more robots speeds things up. But after a certain point, the space becomes crowded, robots start interfering with one another, and overall progress slows. This…

95% of people carry this virus and scientists may have just found how to stop it

Fred Hutch Cancer Center researchers have made a significant advance in the effort to block Epstein Barr virus (EBV), a widespread infection that affects about 95% of people worldwide and is linked to several cancers, neurodegenerative conditions, and other long-term illnesses. By working with mice engineered to produce human antibodies,…