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In a significant shift, WordPad, the stalwart text editor that has graced Windows PCs for approximately three decades, is making its exit. The same is being hinted at in the Windows 11 Build 26020 in the Insider Preview's Canary Channel. The Microsoft code there is likely indicating that WordPad will no longer be automatically installed with the new OS build. Moreover, it is slated for official removal in a future update, with no option for reinstallation. This will certainly mark the end of an era for the humble…

Researchers deciphered the structure of an ion channel from the rod cells of the eye (shown in blue) while it interacts with the protein calmodulin (purple). This interaction is important to the function not only of the ion channel in the eye, but also of ion channels in other parts of the body such as the heart. Credit: Paul Scherrer Institute / Dina SchusterExciting new findings shed light on the interaction between the protein calmodulin and an ion channel in the eye, potentially unlocking the secret behind our eyes’…

‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ star Jonathan Majors arrested for assault in NY ( Photo Credit – Movie Still ) ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ actor Jonathan Majors aka Marvel’s Kang the conqueror was arrested in New York on domestic violence allegations after a dispute with a 30-year-old woman. According to a statement from the NYPD, the woman told officers that she was assaulted, and was taken to the hospital with “minor injuries to her head and neck,” reports ‘Variety’. A representative for Jonathan Majors…

By University of Copenhagen - The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences February 1, 2023The minimal variation in CO2 levels may indicate that the climate is more responsive to alterations in atmospheric CO2 concentrations than previously thought.The emergence of forests did not decrease the concentration of CO2  in the atmosphere.It is challenging to envision a world without trees today, however, in the past before the emergence of forests and human beings, the land was populated by shallow, shrub-like plants.For a long…

A 30-year-old NASA-Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) mission has come to an end with the closing of operations on the Geotail satellite. Launched in July 1992, Geotail was designed to study the Earth’s magnetosphere. This is the region around Earth where particles are affected by our planet’s magnetic field. It’s important for our well-being as it protects us from dangerous space radiation. As this radiation comes primarily in the form of solar wind from the sun, the magnetosphere isn’t a round bubble —…

A simple version of a Petri net for COVID infection. The starting point is a non-infected person. “S” denotes “susceptible”. Contact with an infected person (“I”) is an event which leads to two persons being infected. Later another event will happen, removing a person from the group of infected. Here, “R” denotes “recovered” which in this context could be either cured or dead. Either outcome would remove the person from the infected group. Credit:…

Unlike humans, the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has only 32 olfactory neurons, which hold all of their 1300 receptors.A molecular mechanism that enables worms to distinguish different odors has been discovered.For soil-dwelling nematodes that depend primarily on olfaction for survival, the ability to smell or not to smell may be the difference between life and death. However, scientists have been baffled by how these worms distinguish between more than a thousand distinct scents for decades.Researchers from the…

Scientists have long known that touching plants can set off a stress reaction in them – but until now it hasn't been exactly clear how that worked at a molecular level, something that a new study hopes to shed light on.  The researchers behind the study have identified certain genetic keys inside plants that lead to two separate signaling pathways, explaining why plants react so strongly to being touched.Understanding more about how this process works at a fundamental level could help researchers in a variety of…

FIFA 23 will be the last FIFA video game from EA Sports, with the developer switching over to EA Sports FC next year, Electronic Arts has announced, in line with what trademark applications had revealed last October.EA is parting ways with world football governing body FIFA after a near three-decade partnership and pulling the plug on one of the world's most successful video-game franchises that has raked in billions of dollars in sales. It marks a split in one of football's most successful and lucrative partnerships,…