Long-lasting nuclear batteries could provide power on remote missions like deep-sea explorationEB Adventure Photography/Shutterstock A nuclear battery powered by radioactive decay rather than chemical reactions could last for decades. The most efficient design yet may bring this concept closer to...
If you watched the live video of billionaire Jason Isaacman popping his head out of a SpaceX spacecraft (see “Polaris Dawn mission is one giant leap for private space exploration”), your first thought probably wasn’t “who gets sued if something...
Light can get away with an impossibly fast journey due to quantum fuzzinessМихаил Руденко/Getty Images/iStockphoto In the quantum realm, seemingly impossible things are happening every day. Thanks to quantum effects, a particle of light can exit a cloud of extremely...
Removing paint from surfaces can be a daunting task, especially when traditional methods like scraping or chemical treatments fall short. Enter laser cleaning: the innovative, efficient, and eco-friendly solution that’s taking the world of paint removal by storm. In this...
A Bryde’s whale surfacing for airNOAA Fisheries A mysterious sound emitted from the depths of the Pacific Ocean has finally been identified as a Bryde’s whale. Now, artificial intelligence is helping researchers track the elusive whale species responsible for the...
Growing up in the US during the oil embargo of the early 1970s, I was bombarded by public service announcements encouraging people to conserve energy. But at a very young age, I also read that “energy is always conserved”, according...
Multidirectional waves created in a circular tank grew higher and larger than those in the one-way tanksThomas Davey and Ross Calvert Ships, wind farms, oil rigs and other offshore structures may be at risk of damage from extreme ocean waves...
Illustration of the giant black hole jets known as PorphyrionCaltech A pair of jets blasting out of a black hole spans 23 million light years, the equivalent of 220 Milky Way galaxies in length. This is so large that it...
September 18, 20243 min readMystery of Deep-Ocean ‘Biotwang’ Sound Has Finally Been SolvedA strange sound dubbed “biotwang” was first heard bouncing around the Mariana Trench 10 years ago, and scientists have finally figured out where it comes fromBy Melissa HobsonA...
September 18, 20242 min readQuantum ‘Ghost Imaging’ Reveals the Dark Side of PlantsEntanglement lets researchers watch plants in action without disruptive visible lightBy Rachel Berkowitz Imagine you filmed a time-lapse video of a garden over the course of a year:...
