New 3D Printed Metal is as Small as a Virus and Super Strong Caltech researchers have found a method of fabricating metal components nearly as small as a flu virus. Tom’s Hardware · Nov 5, 2023
Relics of huge primordial collision reside in Earth's deep interior Seismologists have recognised since the 1970s that two mysterious continent-sized blobs reside in the deepest part of Earth’s mantle, one under Africa and the other under the South Pacific region The Hindu · Nov 3, 2023
The Future of Clean Energy Could Be Beamed Down from Space The idea has been around for decades, but space-based solar power is closer to reality now than ever, and could alleviate some pollution. Inverse · Aug 20, 2023
We could soon be getting energy from solar power harvested in space The idea of space-based solar power (SBSP) – using satellites to collect energy from the sun and “beam” it to collection points on Earth – has been around since at least the late 1960s. Despite its huge potential, the concept has not gained sufficient traction due to cost and technological… The Conversation · Aug 14, 2023
Janus: The Strange White Dwarf With Dual Elemental Composition Astronomers Discover Two-Faced Star: Hydrogen on One Side, Helium on the Other Zenger · Jul 19, 2023
Astronomers Find a Strange Two-Faced Zombie Star The white dwarf, nicknamed Janus, has one side helium, one side hydrogen. Inverse · Jul 19, 2023
Morphing NASA robot could someday walk, fly and drive over alien planets (video) A team from Caltech and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has designed something that goes way beyond your typical rover, and may be the next step in robotic planetary exploration. Space · Jul 7, 2023
How can we get electricity from space? The UK government has given the go-ahead for a £4.3 million project to harness the Sun’s rays via a “Bond-style” floating solar power station that could supply up to a quarter of the country’s electricity. The Week · Jun 16, 2023
UK innovators get £4.3m to develop space-based solar power Minister says technology to collect energy and beam it to Earth could help boost UK’s energy security The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2023
Scientists beam solar power to Earth from space for 1st time ever Researchers have demonstrated a first for the wireless transmission of near-limitless solar energy through space by delivering a measurable amount of energy back to Earth. Space · Jun 12, 2023
NASA Spaceship Plans To Study $10 Quadrillion Asteroid The craft will journey to a unique metal-rich asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. Zenger · Jun 11, 2023
Mind-Reading Machines Could Lead to a Major Neuroscience Breakthrough Brain-computer interfaces could give sufferers of ALS, locked-in syndrome, and other disorders the ability to convert thought to speech. Inverse · May 27, 2023
The mystery of how Mars meteorites reach Earth may finally be solved The mystery of how meteorites from Mars can reach Earth may have been solved, as scientists discover rocks can be hurled far from the Martian surface by giant impacts. Space · May 9, 2023
Scientists have watched the end of the world Scientists have watched what the end of the Earth could look like, reported The Telegraph. The fate of planet Earth is “sealed”, said the paper - in five billion years it will be “engulfed by our own Sun and devoured by a stellar inferno”. Experts from Harvard, Caltech and MIT… The Week · May 4, 2023
Asharq Al-Awsat · May 3, 2023 With a Gulp and Burp, a Bloated Star Swallows a Jupiter-Sized Planet In a glimpse of the dismal fate awaiting Earth, scientists for the first time have observed a star, bloated in its old age, swallowing a Jupiter-like planet, then expelling some material into space in an energetic belch. Researchers said on Wednesday the star was in the early stages of what…
WEKU · May 3, 2023 This star ate its own planet. Earth may share the same fate For the first time, astronomers have caught a star in the act of swallowing a planet, providing a glimpse into how the sun may eventually eat up Earth.
Space · Apr 14, 2023 Lab-grown solar flares reveal secrets of the sun's coronal loops Mini solar flares created in the lab could improve our understanding of coronal loops and the high-energy emissions from the sun that can threaten communication and power systems on Earth.
Inverse · Feb 26, 2023 Jupiter’s Radiation Creates a Spectacle 15 Times Brighter Than the Northern Lights Jupiter is well known for its spectacular aurorae. But Ganymede, Io, Callisto, and Europa get quite the lightshows, too.
Inverse · Feb 15, 2023 This Pill Sensor Could Track Digestive Conditions In Never-Before-Seen Detail A new pill-sized ingestible device uses an electromagnetic field to offer real-time updates on the digestive system to doctors.
Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 15, 2023 Vibrating Pill, Ingestible Sensor: Mini Robots Tackle Gut Disorders A pill that vibrates to relieve constipation, a sensor that can be tracked in the gut -- medical researchers are turning to tiny robots to treat or diagnose gastrointestinal disorders. "This is a very booming field," said Saransh Sharma, a doctoral student at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) involved…
The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023 Leonardo Da Vinci’s understanding of gravity was ‘centuries ahead of his time’, study says Italian polymath modeled gravitational constant to around 97 per cent accuracy, scientists say
Inverse · Jan 25, 2023 40 years ago, NASA launched the space telescope that proved JWST could work IRAS is a sometimes forgotten spacecraft that proved that infrared astronomy had a bright future.
Inverse · Jan 14, 2023 This bold new mission will try beaming solar power down from space While the technology behind solar cells has existed since the late 19th century, generating solar power in space presents some serious challenges.
Inverse · Jan 12, 2023 New super-Earth study solves a baffling exoplanet mystery A new model suggests why some solar systems collect remarkably similar large, rocky worlds.
Inverse · Nov 30, 2022 This tiny 2D wormhole could finally solve the biggest problem in physics The experiment may eventually help tie together two contentious sides of physics, general relativity and quantum mechanics.