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Nanomaterials Jun 10, 2025

Carbon nanotubes replace metal coils for ultra-lightweight electric motors

Whether it's electric vehicles, drones, or spacecraft, a common technical challenge for future transportation is lightweighting.

Space Exploration Jun 5, 2025

Private lunar lander from Japan crashes into moon in failed mission

A private lunar lander from Japan crashed while attempting a touchdown Friday, the latest casualty in the commercial rush to the moon.

Plants & Animals Jun 5, 2025

Chimpanzees can catch yawns from androids

Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) can "catch" yawns from an android imitating human facial expressions, according to new research from City St George's, University of London.

Space Exploration Jun 5, 2025

Private Japanese lunar lander heads toward a touchdown in the moon's far north

A private lunar lander from Japan is closing in on the moon, aiming for a touchdown in the unexplored far north with a mini rover.

Planetary Sciences Jun 4, 2025

NASA Kennedy digs latest robot test

NASA's RASSOR (Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot) undergoes testing to extract simulated regolith, or the loose, fragmental material on the moon's surface, inside of the Granular Mechanics and Regolith Operations ...

Cell & Microbiology Jun 3, 2025

Light-guided 'bacterial robot' system tackles antibiotic resistance

A technique developed by Politecnico di Milano researchers is enabling scientists to control specific bacterial functions using light-sensitive materials. The Engineering of Bacteria to See Light (EOS) project has pioneered ...

Ecology Jun 2, 2025

How seaweed is a powerful, yet surprising, climate solution

Picture a place at the center of a global seaweed revolution. I'll bet the small English seaside town of Paignton in south Devon is not what comes to mind. A decade ago, I moved from the edge of Dartmoor to the coast. It ...

Materials Science Jun 2, 2025

PFAS could be replaced with safe graphene oxide solution

Northwestern University researchers have developed a new water- and oil-resistant material that could become a safe, viable replacement for harmful plastics and toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in food packaging.

Space Exploration Jun 2, 2025

Shelved Europa Lander mission concept could be used to explore Enceladus instead

A team of engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has outlined the decade-long development and testing of what was originally known as the Europa Lander prototype—a partially autonomous robot designed to find out ...

General Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics May 30, 2025

Origami structures unfold into seamless surfaces for deployable applications

A study published in Nature Communications presents a way to create deployable structures that transform from compact folded states into expansive configurations with perfectly smooth surfaces.

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