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Tire Dust Makes Up the Majority of Ocean Microplastics, Study Finds (www.thedrive.com)

ATLAS (LHC) achieves highest-energy detection of quantum entanglement (atlas.cern)

“This is the first-ever observation of entanglement between a pair of quarks and the highest-energy measurement of entanglement. Apart from the fundamental interest of testing quantum entanglement in a new environment, this measurement paves the way to use the LHC as a laboratory to study quantum information and other...

Cosmic Web Lights Up in the Darkness of Space (www.caltech.edu)

Like rivers feeding oceans, streams of gas nourish galaxies throughout the cosmos. But these streams, which make up a part of the so-called cosmic web, are very faint and hard to see. While astronomers have known about the cosmic web for decades, and even glimpsed the glow of its filaments around bright cosmic objects called...

We are just getting started’: the plastic-eating bacteria that could change the world (www.theguardian.com)

When a microbe was found munching on a plastic bottle in a rubbish dump, it promised a recycling revolution. Now scientists are attempting to turbocharge those powers in a bid to solve our waste crisis. But will it work?

Behold the world’s oldest sandals, buried in a “bat cave” over 6,000 years ago (arstechnica.com)

In the 19th century, miners in southern Spain unearthed a prehistoric burial site in a cave containing some 22 pairs of ancient sandals woven out of esparto (a type of grass). The latest radiocarbon dating revealed that those sandals could be 6,200 years old—centuries older than similar footwear found elsewhere around the...

Duration of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine persistence and factors associated with cardiac involvement in recently vaccinated patients - npj Vaccines (www.nature.com)

ALPHA experiment at CERN observes the influence of gravity on antimatter (home.cern)

Matt Strassler blog post about it...

Antimatter falls down, not up: CERN experiment confirms theory (www.nature.com)

Tungsten oxide hydrate: the future of smart windows (interestingengineering.com)

ABSTRACT: The independent modulation of visible and near-infrared light by a single material, termed dual-band electrochromism, is highly desirable for smart windows to enhance the energy efficiency of buildings. Tungsten oxides are commercially important electrochromic materials, exhibiting reversible visible and near-infrared...

Chandrayaan-3’s measurements of sulfur open the doors for lunar science and exploration (theconversation.com)

India’s Chandrayaan-3 rover has found sulfur on the Moon’s surface at higher concentrations than previously seen. Sulfur, a useful resource, could pave the way for future Moon bases

Migratory birds can adapt to climate change by moving north, study shows (phys.org)

China beats US for first time in global scientific ‘hot papers’ ranking (www.scmp.com)

The UK’s post-Brexit EU science deal: a graphical guide (www.nature.com)

How the Delayed Choice Quantum Eraser Really works [Arvin Ash] (youtu.be)

This famously complex experiment gets explained simply

JWST's first triple-image supernova could save the Universe (bigthink.com)

Google’s AI protein folder IDs structure where none seemingly existed (arstechnica.com)

Eureka! Groundbreaking Study Uncovers Origin of ‘Conscious Awareness’ (www.fau.edu)

Study finds human-driven mass extinction is eliminating entire branches of the tree of life (phys.org)

China dominates in high-quality natural-science research (asiatimes.com)

A study found that people who work remotely four or more days a week can reduce their carbon footprint by up to 54 percent, and those who do so up to four days a week can reduce it by up to 29. (www.scientificamerican.com)

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