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Countries drastically underreport the number of fish caught worldwide, according to a new study, and the numbers obscure a significant decline in the total catch. The new estimate, released today in Nature Communications, puts the annual global catch at roughly 109 billion kilograms (109 million metric tons), about 30 per cent higher than the 77 billion officially

Chevron will tap sunlight to help it get more oil out of the ground in California. The company will partner with BrightSource Energy

New brain-mimicking artificial intelligence software can read security images called CAPTCHAS as well as people do, its developer says–but scientists are skeptical Luis von Ahn has heard it all before. As co-inventor of the CAPTCHA, those annoying images composed of wiggly letters and numbers that Web sites use to make sure you’re a human rather than a

No one likes going to the doctor. There’s the inevitable wait in the waiting room before eventually being ushered into the office of the harried doctor who spends most of his day dealing with relatively minor complaints or simple follow-up visits. Then, of course, there’s the bill. But what if patients could get a check

An international team of researchers has found a new method of producing molecular magnets. Their thin layer systems made of cobalt and an organic material could pave the way for more powerful storage media as well as faster and more energy-efficient processors for information processing. The results of this research have been published in the

With data transfer rates of 10 gigabits a second and a latency of just one millisecond, the 5G wireless communications standard is creating the conditions required for the tactile internet. This in turn will open up the door to new industry, transportation and medical applications. Fraunhofer researchers work on the underlying technology and have developed

IonStar could upend industry standards, and quicken medical diagnosis and drug development A new protein analysis tool developed at the University at Buffalo could vastly increase the speed and precision with which disease and drug effects are analyzed. The groundbreaking tool, called IonStar, is the first to provide near-perfect accuracy when quantifying and comparing the

Plant, yeast, even mammalian cells could be engineered into living detectors of virtually any molecule of interest to improve environmental monitoring, metabolic production of pharmaceuticals, and more Synthetically engineered biosensors, which can be designed to detect and signal the presence of specific small molecule compounds, have already unlocked many potential applications by harnessing bacterial cells

Rogue wave ahead Sailing history is rife with tales of monster-sized rogue waves — huge, towering walls of water that seemingly rise up from nothing to dwarf, then deluge, vessel and crew. Rogue waves can measure eight times higher than the surrounding seas and can strike in otherwise calm waters, with virtually no warning. Now

A well-known party drug known for its hallucinogenic properties has been shown to be a potent treatment for depression after just one dose – and without any psychosis-like side effects. The drug, lanicemine, acts similarly to ketamine, a party drug also known as “Special K”. While previous research has shown that single doses of lanicemine