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Nanophysics Feb 1, 2024

Solving mysteries of metallic glass at the nanoscale

The matter of how metals deform or respond to external stresses has been extensively studied among metallurgists for centuries. When it comes to conventional metals—the crystalline kind with atoms that line up in neat patterns—the ...

Space Exploration Jan 30, 2024

Mars helicopter Ingenuity has ended its mission, paving the way for more flying vehicles on other planets, moons

It is difficult to emphasize the significance of the milestone surpassed by Nasa's Mars helicopter, Ingenuity.

Space Exploration Jan 30, 2024

Space shuttle Endeavour hoisted for display in launch configuration at Los Angeles science museum

NASA's retired space shuttle Endeavour was carefully hoisted late Monday and attached to a huge external fuel tank and its two solid rocket boosters at a Los Angeles museum where it will be uniquely displayed as if it is ...

Bio & Medicine Jan 25, 2024

Cellular scaffolding rewired to make microscopic railways

Princeton researchers have learned to harness the gossamer scaffolding that maintains the structure of living cells and used it to develop a nanotechnology platform. The technique eventually could lead to advances in soft ...

Nanomaterials Jan 24, 2024

Hacking DNA to make next-gen semiconductor materials

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, Columbia University, and Stony Brook University have developed a universal method for producing a wide variety of designed metallic and semiconductor ...

Nanophysics Jan 24, 2024

Organic electronics lead to new ways to sense light

The past few decades have seen astonishing advances in imaging technology, from high-speed optical sensors that process over two million frames per second to tiny lensless cameras that record images using a single pixel.

Space Exploration Jan 19, 2024

US spaceship lost over S. Pacific following failed Moon mission

A crippled American spaceship has been lost over a remote region of the South Pacific, probably burning up in the atmosphere in a fiery end to its failed mission to land on the Moon.

Space Exploration Jan 18, 2024

Crippled spaceship set for fiery reentry into Earth's atmosphere

A crippled American spaceship is set to burn up in the atmosphere over a remote region of the South Pacific on Thursday, bringing a fiery end to its failed mission to land on the moon.

Polymers Jan 16, 2024

Scientists open door to achieving high-precision 'slippery structural hydrogel'

Hydrogels inevitably undergo dehydration, structural collapse, and shrinkage deformation due to the uninterrupted evaporation in the atmosphere, thereby losing their flexibility, slipperyness, and manufacturing precision.

Plants & Animals Jan 16, 2024

Researchers develop hedgehog safety test for robotic lawnmowers

Researchers led by the University of Oxford have developed a new test to assess how dangerous robotic lawnmowers are to hedgehogs. They hope this will lead to a certification scheme that will allow consumers to choose 'hedgehog-friendly' ...

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