HELSINKI — China launched a new Tianlian data tracking and relay communications satellite Wednesday, adding to the country’s on-orbit infrastructure in the geostationary belt.
A Long March 3B lifted off at 11:55 a.m. Eastern (1555…
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Scientists Create Compact Laser That Could Revolutionize Chipmaking and Quantum Devices
A new solid-state laser produces 193-nm light for precision chipmaking and even creates vortex beams with orbital angular momentum – a first that could transform quantum tech and manufacturing. Deep ultraviolet (DUV) lasers, which emit…
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15 States May See Aurora Borealis
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Geomagnetic storm conditions may bring the northern lights to more U.S. states along the Canadian border on Wednesday, with similar auroral activity expected later this week, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
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Getting Cancer to Expose Itself – Life Sciences | Weizmann Wonder Wander
When your social media account starts spewing out nonsensical or threatening status updates, it’s safe to assume that it has been hacked and must be shut down. The cells in our body also update their “status” by presenting to their…
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Getting Cancer to Unmask Itself – Life Sciences | Weizmann Wonder Wander
When your social media account starts spewing out nonsensical or threatening status updates, it’s safe to assume that it has been hacked and must be shut down. The cells in our body also update their “status” by presenting to their…
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Elephants Travel Smart to Conserve Energy on Their Journeys
Elephants are no pushovers when it comes to walking great distances every day, and they even seem to have a knack for planning their demanding journeys. A new study puts the ingenuity of these mammals on full display, showing how they…
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Results from global collaboration raise questions about future of universe — Harvard Gazette
New results from the international Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) collaboration, which includes researchers from Harvard, suggest that dark energy, widely thought to be a “cosmological constant,” might be weakening over time….
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Airbus’ next-gen hydrogen plane to pack 4 powerful 2MW electric engines
The aviation industry faces one of the toughest challenges in global decarbonization.
Unlike other sectors where electrification is feasible, airlines require a high energy density fuel to maintain long-haul flights and operational…
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Ice Quakes Cause Glacial Ice to Flow Toward the Ocean
Within glacial ice sheets, there are streams of ice, sometimes called ice rivers, that move much faster than the surrounding ice. If you’re having trouble imagining how ice moves inside ice, Elizabeth Thomas, a paleoclimatologist at the…
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Scientists capture Neptune’s auroras in dazzling detail for first time
For the first time ever, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope—humanity’s most powerful eye in space—has captured auroras on Neptune in dazzling detail.
Auroras are an atmospheric phenomenon that occurs when electrically charged particles…
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