The Research Centre in Robotics and Underwater Technologies (CIRTESU) at Universitat Jaume I has tested a new way of linking robots underwater.
This week, at PortCastelló, researchers attached a surface robot to their award-winning fish…
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Our solar system’s asteroid belt is slowly disappearing
The asteroid belt is found orbiting between Mars and Jupiter and is a vast collection of rocks that is thought to be a planet that never formed. When our Solar System formed 4.6 billion years ago, the material in this region should have…
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Drops Hover Indefinitely Above Vibrating Solid Surface
• Physics 18, 166
An atomically smooth surface that oscillates vertically can host drops that either bounce or hover in place, depending on the oscillation frequency.
A 1.5-mm-diameter drop of silicone oil bounces… Continue Reading
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EV tax credits are dead in the US. Now what?
Ultimately, it’s not terribly surprising that there are local effects around these policy changes. “The question is really how long this decline will last, and how slowly any recovery in the growth will be,” Robbie Andrew, a senior…
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Anthony Letai, MD, PhD is Appointed as Director of the National Cancer Institute
Earlier this week, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) welcomed its 18th Director, the highly esteemed Dr. Anthony Letai. Dr. Letai, a graduate of Princeton University with a degree in Physics, furthered…
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Solar cell solvents challenge green energy sustainability
Last year, Oxford PV installed the first commercial solar panels to incorporate perovskites at a solar farm in the US. Perovskite materials have long been hailed as a technology capable of delivering cheap renewable energy on a global scale and…
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Cambridge discovery helps solar panels capture more sunlight power
A new organic semiconductor molecule could lead to lighter and simpler solar panels made entirely from a single material.
For almost a century, physics said it couldn’t be done with a single, simple organic material. But thanks to the…
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The Panama Canal needs a staggering amount of water to operate. Climate change could threaten that, study warns
The Panama Canal — a critical route for global maritime trade — may be at risk from reduced rainfall and increased evaporation due to climate change if greenhouse gas emissions aren’t reduced, according to a new study.
Gatún Lake provides…
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Wins Contract to Take NASA Rover to the Moon
NASA’s VIPER lunar rover could be delivered to the moon by Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ aerospace company. The US space agency has awarded the company a task order to design a delivery plan for the rover, with a future delivery option.
The award,…
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Scientists Reveal That the Red Sea Completely Vanished 6.2 Million Years Ago
New research shows the Red Sea dried out 6.2 million years ago before being suddenly flooded by the Indian Ocean. (Artist’s concept). Credit: SciTechDaily.com KAUST researchers discovered that the Red Sea experienced a massive…
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