SCIENCE

Any wall can be turned into a camera to see around corners
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . June 2, 2025
Technology for seeing around corners would be of use to the military Matthew Horwood/Getty Images An ordinary camera could soon take photos of things that

First evidence of ancient birds nesting above the Arctic circle
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . May 30, 2025
Illustration of ancient birds nesting above the Arctic circle Gabriel Ugueto Newly discovered bone fragments from Alaska suggest birds have been breeding and nesting in

Cord blood banking is not living up to its promise
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . May 27, 2025
Banking a baby’s umbilical cord blood was once seen as a reasonable way to protect their future health, but much of that potential has turned

Trump’s Golden Dome defence project could spur a space arms race
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . May 24, 2025
US President Donald Trump (left), accompanied by US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (right), announces the Golden Dome missile defense shield CHRIS KLEPONIS/POOL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock US President

Supergiant crustaceans may cover more than half of the deep-sea floor
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . May 21, 2025
Alicella gigantea, the world’s largest amphipod, may be more common than we had thought Maroni et al./Royal Society Open Science A giant crustacean that resembles

US east coast faces rising seas as crucial Atlantic current slows
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . May 18, 2025
The AMOC is a system of ocean currents that circulates water within the Atlantic Ocean NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio The slowdown of

China’s CO2 emissions have started falling – is this finally the peak?
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . May 15, 2025
A floating solar farm in Huainan City, China is part of the country’s renewable power build-out Imago / Alamy China, the world’s largest emitter of

Does intermittent fasting improve gut health? Why it’s hard to say
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . May 12, 2025
How does intermittent fasting change the gut microbiome? Oliver Leedham/Alamy Stock Photo There is evidence that intermittent fasting alters the gut microbiome, and while this

Failed Soviet probe will soon crash to Earth – and we don’t know where
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . May 9, 2025
A model of Kosmos 482, which was originally set to go to Venus Wikimedia Commons More than 50 years after its launch, a Soviet spacecraft

Shingles vaccine linked with lower risk of many common heart problems
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . May 6, 2025
A shingles vaccine seems to provide additional benefits Cavan Images / Alamy Vaccination against herpes zoster, better known as shingles, not only helps prevent this