NASA selected 14 university teams from across the nation as finalists in the 2026 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) Competition. This NASA challenge tasks students to design innovative concepts that could…
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Deep-sea mining rules face delays despite urgent push
Commercial deep-sea mining hasn’t yet begun, but it soon could — with the potential to reshape vast stretches of the ocean as companies move to extract minerals from the seafloor. However, this nascent industry lacks a set of international…
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Earth’s Rotation Is Speeding Up — Here’s What It Means for Timekeeping
Find out what’s speeding up Earth’s rotation and why it may force timekeepers to delete a second
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ShadowCam search casts doubt on abundant lunar ice
New observations by a team of US astronomers have cast fresh doubt on whether the lunar surface could host abundant water ice. Publishing their results in Science Advances, a team led by Shuai Li at the University of Hawaii at Manoa has shown…
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Human bias reminders can make AI decisions seem more acceptable, study finds
Reminding people that human decision-making can be biased can make the use of artificial intelligence seem less problematic, a new study says. Drawing attention to the limitations of human decision-making may also make AI seem more consistent or…
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AI-powered imaging tracks wound healing under the skin in real time
No matter the size or severity, wounds on human skin are difficult to monitor while they heal. Biopsies disrupt the wound site and are too invasive for routine, repeated monitoring, and most medical imaging devices that could do the job are…
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This Spinning Device Could Turn Ocean Waves Into Endless Clean Energy
Ocean waves offer a massive and steady source of renewable energy, but capturing that power efficiently has remained a stubborn challenge. A researcher at the University of Osaka has explored a new solution: a gyroscopic wave energy converter…
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Amid legal turmoil, Kalshi is temporarily banned in Nevada
Kalshi isn’t having a very good week. On Tuesday, the attorney general of Arizona filed a 20-count criminal complaint against the online prediction market, accusing it of running an illegal gambling business. Now, another southwestern state…
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Lasers, robots, action: MIT workshop explores Raman spectroscopy | MIT News
Could a three-hour workshop on an advanced materials analysis technique turn someone into a detective — or perhaps an art restorer?
At MIT’s Media Lab in late January, about a dozen students explored that possibility…
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Gamers Hate Nvidia’s DLSS 5. Developers Aren’t Crazy About It, Either
After a day of widespread, overwhelming pushback, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang doubled down and said gamers are “completely wrong” about DLSS. (You know how much gamers love being told that they’re wrong.) But developers at Capcom and Ubisoft…
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