A modified hot glue gun can mend broken bones pred 5 urami in 34 minutami A biodegradable glue that encourages bones to repair themselves can be applied during surgery using a hot glue gun, potentially offering a cheap and quick way to treat injuries(New Scientist)
L-theanine: Can a compound in tea lower anxiety and help you focus? pred 14 urami in 33 minutami L-theanine supplements are touted for stress relief, focus and better sleep. Although the evidence so far is preliminary, studies suggest the compound may have several brain benefits(New Scientist)
Liquid crystal lenses could make better bifocal glasses pred 1 dnevom in 26 minutami A prototype of bifocal eyeglasses uses liquid crystals and electric fields to switch between modes that aid in nearby and distance vision(New Scientist)
Powerful images show dark side of South-East Asia’s fishing industry pred 1 dnevom, 1 uro in 34 minutami Photographer Nicole Tung captures the tough world facing South-East Asia’s fishers and their families in this series of images, which won her the Carmignac Photojournalism Award for fieldwork(New Scientist)
We could spot a new type of black hole thanks to a mirror-wobbling AI pred 1 dnevom, 2 urama in 33 minutami The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) uses lasers and mirrors to look for black holes across the universe, and it turns out a Google DeepMind AI could make it even more sensitive(New Scientist)
A single dose of LSD seems to reduce anxiety pred 1 dnevom, 5 urami in 33 minutami About half of people with generalised anxiety disorder don’t respond to common treatments with antidepressants – but psychedelics may offer relief(New Scientist)
Early penguins may have used dagger-like beaks to skewer prey pred 1 dnevom, 8 urami in 34 minutami Four new species of aquatic birds related to modern penguins have been described from fossils found in New Zealand, showing how these creatures flourished around 60 million years ago(New Scientist)
