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Technology

Ships smuggling Russian oil spotted in satellite images by AI

AI can analyse satellite images to reveal the movements of dark ships in a shadow fleet that smuggles oil and other cargo from sanctioned countries such as Russia, Iran, Venezuela and North Korea

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Environment

Should we tweak the atmosphere to counteract global warming?

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Health

Glucose monitors may misclassify people as being at risk of diabetes

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Life

Some scientists say insects are conscious – it doesn’t settle anything

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Technology

Has the US finally figured out how to do high-speed rail?

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Physics

Single atoms captured morphing into quantum waves in startling image

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Environment

Deliberate fires are responsible for half of the land burned each year

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Apr 10, 2024 Researchers have unveiled a groundbreaking method capable of detecting drug substances from fingerprints lifted from crime scenes, which could provide fresh insights into unsolved cases. The technique is sheath-flow probe electrospray ionization. Supplied by Meg Cox M.A.Cox@lboro.ac.uk

Chemistry

Drug residue can be detected in fingerprints left at crime scenes

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Environment

Geoengineering could save the ice sheets – but only if we start soon

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Life

Nocturnal ants use polarised moonlight to find their way home

An Australian bull ant is the first animal known to use the patterns produced by polarised moonlight to navigate its environment

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Health

How cannabis gets you high and alters your perception

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Space

Knot theory could help spacecraft navigate crowded solar systems

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Environment

Animals may help ecosystems store 3 times more carbon than we thought

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Life

Songs that birds ‘sing’ in their dreams translated into sound

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