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Boeing Lands $2.8B Deal to Boost U.S. Strategic Satellite Communications
The U.S. Space Force has awarded a contract for the development and production of two advanced satellites, with the option to build two...
4 days ago


Net-negative greenhouse gas emissions: China's net-negative electrified catalysis strategy can combat climate change
Researchers demonstrated that the e-DRM process not only achieves thermodynamic equilibrium conversion but also maintains stability for over 120 hours.
4 days ago


New discovery in nuclear physics: Chinese scientists reveal new proton magic number
Magic numbers for exotic, short-lived isotopes have remained largely elusive.
4 days ago


RTX Deploys Blue Canyon Satellite to Help Shape Future Space Missions
Bathed in lunar glow, a small but powerful satellite from Blue Canyon Technologies, a division of RTX (NYSE: RTX), has been launched into...
Jul 10


New OTSM Technique Enables 3D Imaging of Floating Live Cells
Principle of optical tweeze-sectioning microscopy (Image by LI Xing). Three-dimensional (3D) imaging plays a vital role in studying how...
Jul 9


Jason Chapman, Elite Insect Specialist, Chooses China for Next Career Move
It’s not just insects that are migrating these days—scientists are too. One of the world’s foremost experts on insect migration, British...
Jul 8


NIST and Partners Harness Quantum Physics to Create Random Number Generator Factory
Instrumentation for the quantum random number generator in the NIST Boulder laboratories. Credit: NIST Randomness plays a surprisingly...
Jul 8


Mediterranean Beetles Defy Norm as Rare Insects That Can See Red
It’s a common belief in science that insects can’t see the colour red — and until now, that belief went largely unchallenged. But a new...
Jul 7


Junggar Basin Sediments Reveal Link Between Solar System Chaos and Earth's Carbon Cycle
It might sound surprising, but Earth’s climate isn’t controlled only by things on Earth. The way our planet moves through space — and how...
Jul 7


World-First Technique Enables Simulation of Quantum Computers with Error Correction Ask
A groundbreaking moment in quantum computing has arrived. For the first time in history, scientists have successfully developed a method...
Jul 5


KAIST Leverages AI to Identify Ideal New Material for Radioactive Iodine Removal
Managing radioactive waste remains a major challenge in the continued use of nuclear energy, with radioactive iodine presenting...
Jul 5


ETH Zurich Finds Greener Way to Use Platinum Catalysts
The catalyst consists of single platinum atoms (red) surrounded by nitrogen (blue) and carbon atoms (grey). Using nuclear magnetic...
Jul 5


Japan’s Fukushima Water Release Safe: Study
A major scientific study has brought much-needed clarity and calm to global concerns over Japan's release of treated water from the...
Jul 4


NASA Selects SwRI and UTSA to Test Electrolyzer Tech on Parabolic Flights
NASA’s TechLeap Prize program has awarded $500,000 to Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and The University of Texas at San Antonio...
Jul 4


Northrop Grumman Successfully Tests World’s Most Powerful Rocket Booster for NASA Moon Missions
In a major milestone for future space exploration, American aerospace and defence company Northrop Grumman has successfully completed a...
Jul 4


Discovery of a ‘mini halo’ offers new clues about the formation of the early universe
Astronomers have discovered a massive cloud of high-energy particles surrounding one of the most distant galaxy clusters ever observed,...
Jul 1


Researchers Uncover the Timeline and Irregular Development of Native Plant Life on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
A research team headed by Prof. WANG Wei from the Institute of Botany at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IBCAS) has traced the...
Jun 24


First-Ever Ocean Trial of Cold Atom-Based Atomic Clock Undertaken by Aquark Technologies and Royal Navy
A UK quantum startup has successfully carried out a second sea trial aboard HMS Pursuer, achieving the world’s first stable operation of...
Jun 23


Fertilizer Additive from Plants Increases Crop Yields and Reduces Emissions
Path analysis of NH₃, N₂O, NH₄⁺-N, and NO₃⁻-N emissions under different treatments (Image by LI Yaqun) Researchers at the Institute of...
Jun 19


MAXXDRIVE Industrial Gear Units Enhance the Efficiency of Mixing and Agitation Systems
Heavy-duty MAXXDRIVE industrial gear units ensure mixing and agitating systems receive maximum operational reliability with a robust...
May 18


China Establishes Three-Satellite Network in Earth-Moon Orbit
This image provided by the Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization (CSU) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)...
May 17


ATLAS Explores the Inner Workings of the Higgs Mechanism
Display of a candidate event for the production of two W+ bosons via vector-boson scattering, followed by their decay into two muons and...
May 16


European Particle Physics Strategy: Community Contributions Collected
Logo for the 2026 update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics (image: CERN) The submission period for community input to the...
May 16


"NASA Plans to Launch Its First Quantum-Based Gravity Measurement Sensor"
A map of Earth’s gravity. Red indicates areas of the world that exert greater gravitational pull, while blue indicates areas that exert...
May 16


NIST's Curved Neutron Beams May Offer Direct Advantages for Industrial Applications
For the first time in physics, researchers—including scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)—have...
May 15


Anduril Unveils Seabed Sentry: A New Underwater Sensor Network
Anduril is enhancing its maritime technology portfolio with the launch of Seabed Sentry—an AI-powered, mobile network of undersea sensor...
May 14


The "Spacecraft Speedometer" is a novel and cutting-edge method for monitoring satellite movement.
The Spacecraft Speedometer was tested on the Space Test Program-Houston 5 platform on the International Space Station. Credit to: NASA...
May 14


Lockheed Martin Finalizes Orion Spacecraft for Artemis II Lunar Mission
Lockheed Martin has successfully completed the assembly and testing of NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission, officially...
May 13


Turbulent waves moving through Earth's core offer fresh insights for future planetary exploration
ANU geophysicist and study co-author, Professor Hrvoje Tkalčić, says the study findings could be useful in the exploration of icy planets...
May 12


Scientists solve mystery of 500-million-year-old ancient fossil
A recent study conducted by our Earth Sciences department has unveiled a surprising revelation about a mysterious fossil dating back to...
May 12


Nitrogen and Argon Plasma Improves Performance of Carbon-Based Supercapacitor Electrodes
Image. A colored micrograph showing unmodified carbon nanowalls as seen with a scanning electron microscope. Credit: Stanislav Elvashin....
Apr 14


3D-Printed Skin as an Alternative to Animal Testing
3D-printed structure made of optimised hydrogel. Image source: Manisha Sonthalia - Vellore Institute of Technology A research team from...
Apr 14


New Dinosaur Found in Portugal Expands the Diversity of the Iberian Jurassic Park
A research team from the NOVA School of Science and Technology | NOVA FCT, in partnership with Spain’s Universidad Nacional de Educación...
Apr 13


Carnivoran mammals fossil unearthed in Himalaya could reveal new details about animal evolution
A team of researchers, including Dr. Steven Jasinski from Harrisburg University of Science and Technology (HU), has published a new study...
Apr 13


Japanese scientists develop new plastic-like materials that fully degrade in the sea
Artistic rendering of the new plastic. Cross linked salt bridges visible in the plastic outside the seawater give it its structure and...
Apr 13


Breakthrough method could shield quantum information from noise, lead to stable quantum computers
Scientists from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, in partnership with Huzhou University in China, have...
Apr 12


US Space Force selects Gravitics for $60M STRATFI to showcase, fly Orbital Carrier
The Orbital Carrier is engineered to station multiple maneuverable spacecraft in orbit, allowing for swift responses to potential...
Apr 11


US scientists turn CO2 into solid material that could make concrete and cement more sustainable
The researchers created solid materials that could be used in concrete as a substitute for sand and/or gravel. Or they could be used to...
Apr 11


Chinese scientists develop Doppler Heterodyne Wind Imager that acquires first in-orbit interferograms
DWI body part. (Image by XIOPM) Researchers at the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics (XIOPM) of the Chinese Academy of...
Apr 10


From Microbes to Complex Cells: Tracing the Origins of Life
An artist’s depiction of an Asgard archaeon, based on cryo-electron tomography data: the cell body and appendages feature thread-like...
Apr 10


SpaceX Dragon Successfully Docks at ISS Carrying Four Crew-10 Astronauts
NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov arrived at the...
Apr 2


New plastic-like materials that dissolve in the sea developed
Artistic rendering of the new plastic. Cross linked salt bridges visible in the plastic outside the seawater give it its structure and...
Apr 2


Researchers Create High-Performance Ceramic Powders with Archimedean Shapes for Next-Gen Heat Shields
Boride Ceramic Particle Growth Process Schematic (Image by WANG Zhen) A research team led by Prof. HU Xiaoye from the Hefei Institutes of...
Mar 23


Boston Metal Celebrates Historic Commissioning Run of MOE Green Steel Cell
Boston Metal is proud to announce a significant milestone in our work to scale steel decarbonization technology that will drive real...
Mar 23


New computer code could lead to simpler, less costly stellarators for fusion power
An artist’s interpretation of how a new computer code called QUADCOIL refines the design of stellarator fusion machines. (Illustration...
Mar 14


Scientists discover genes to grow bigger tomatoes and eggplants
Johns Hopkins scientists say the innovation could bring 'new fruits, foods, and flavors' to an expanded global agricultural marketplace...
Mar 14


NASA Successfully Acquires GPS Signals on Moon
An artist’s concept of the LuGRE payload on Blue Ghost and its three main records in transit to the Moon, in lunar orbit and on the...
Mar 9


NASA Turns Off 2 Voyager Science Instruments to Extend Mission
An artist’s concept depicts one of NASA’s Voyager probes. The twin spacecraft launched in 1977. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The...
Mar 8


Soft Actuators, Smart Sensors: Innovative Sensor Allows Real-Time Monitoring of Complex Systems
Fluidic Elastomer Actuators (FEAs) are lightweight and flexible systems, crucial in robotics and biomedical devices, with challenges in...
Mar 2


Touchdown! Carrying NASA Science, Firefly’s Blue Ghost Lands on Moon
First image captured by Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander, taken shortly after confirmation of a successful landing at Mare Crisium on...
Mar 2
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