Ethereal

Ichiban may be in a tropical paradise in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, but there’s more need than ever for his trusty bat. Trouble is waiting around every corner, and only the strongest weapons will get you through the toughest encounters and bosses that Hawaii has in store. There are some great weapons you can buy for all the different party members and jobs, plus you’ll find plenty as well, but you can’t draw out a weapon’s full potential without upgrading it. Early upgrades only require basic materials, but the…

A fluorescent compound from a plant root could help image cells quickly. Credit: Adapted from ACS Central Science 2023, DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.3c00012Plants that emit a glowing light under ultraviolet (UV) light are no longer just a fantasy seen in science fiction TV shows and movies. The roots of a medicinal plant known as Toddalia asiatica or orange climber, have been found to emit an ethereal blue glow. Researchers in ACS Central Science have now uncovered two coumarin molecules that may be the source of this…

(a). Flowering plants, (b). Underground part of the plant, (c). The rootball. As indicated by the arrowheads, the root tips are easily recognizable. Scale bar: 3 cm (a), 1 cm (b), 5 mm (c). Photographed by Hideo Shimada (a) and Kenji Suetsugu (b-c). Credit: Suetsugu, K., Hirota, S.K., Hsu, TC. et al. Monotropastrum kirishimense (Ericaceae), a new mycoheterotrophic plant from Japan based on multifaceted evidence. J Plant Res (2022).It was once thought that green leaves and <span class="glossaryLink"…

Cloaked by the shadows of enchanting Asian woodlands, strange growths can be seen peeking out from between leaf litter like the ghosts of long-dead flowers.The plant's foliage lacks green pigment having forsaken photosynthesis in favor of an alternative source of nutrients on the forest floor, one stolen from fungi many other plants consider friends – the symbiotic mycorrhizae that connect most forest plants into a wood wide web.Found widely across East and Southeast Asia, from the Himalayas to Japan, Monotropastrum…

The James Webb Space Telescope unveiled its latest image of celestial majesty, an ethereal hourglass of orange and blue dust being shot out from a newly forming star at its centre. The James Webb Space Telescope unveiled its latest image of celestial majesty on Wednesday, an ethereal hourglass of orange and blue dust being shot out from a newly forming star at its centre.The colourful clouds are only visible in infrared light, so had never been seen before being captured by Webb's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), NASA…

Apex Legends developer Respawn Entertainment has just released Season 15's first Prime Gaming bundle. The bundle features a trio of matching cosmetics, all themed around Season 15's debut legend, Catalyst. The cosmetics' designs show off Catalyst's deep connection to her homeworld's moon and nature in general.Available only to Prime Gaming subscribers, November's cosmetic bundle has a leafy autumn theme, containing two subscriber-exclusive cosmetics for Catalyst, and an Alternator weapon skin. The items…