An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new super-Neptune exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star. The newly detected alien world, which received the designation TOI-5005 b, is about six times larger and more than 30 times more massive than Earth. The finding was detailed in a paper published September 26 on the pre-print server arXiv.
Surprising amount and variety of gamma radiation is produced in large tropical thunderstorms, observations reveal
https://phys.org/news/2024-10-amount-variety-gamma-large-tropical.html?
In the 1990s, NASA satellites built to spot high-energy particles coming from supernovae and other celestial-sized objects discovered a surprise—high energy gamma radiation bursts coming from right here on Earth.
Artificial left ventricle mimics the shape and function of the human heart
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-10-artificial-left-ventricle-mimics-function.html?
A team of biomechanical engineers at the University of New South Wales, working with a colleague from Queensland University of Technology and cardiac surgeons at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, has developed an artificial human heart left ventricle (LV) that can be used for training heart surgeons and other doctors.
‘Unlike your daughter, dear Mr. Özdemir, our daughter will not come home anymore’
https://rmx.news/article/unlike-your-daughter-dear-mr-ozdemir-our-daughter-will-not-come-home-anymore/?
This week, Germany was hit with a surprise column in the prestigious FAZ newspaper by Agricultural Minister Cem Özdemir (Green Party) calling for a rethink on migration policy because his daughter is being sexually harassed by men of migrant origin when she goes out in the city. Now, the father of a teenage girl slaughtered […]