Technology
Scientists successfully create a time crystal made of giant atoms
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Experimental protocol and mean-field phase diagram. Credit: Nature Physics (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41567-024-02542-9 A crystal is an arrangement of atoms that repeats itself ...
Evidence of water vapor detected in the atmosphere of Smertrios
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Artist’s concept of Smertrios. Credit: NASA. Using the CARMENES spectrograph, astronomers have found evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of a ...
Repurposed technology used to probe new regions of Mars’ atmosphere
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Orbital configuration of Mars express (red) and trace gas orbiter (blue) during a typical mutual radio occultation observation, with a black/white arrow ...
Astronaut reveals the painful truth about what it’s really like to spend six months in space
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An astronaut who spent six months living onboard the International Space Station has revealed what it’s actually like to live in space ...
A concentrated beam of particles and photons could push us to Proxima Centauri
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Depiction of the diffraction issues with particle a photon beams, and how a “self-guided” combined beam keeps providing pushing power even to ...
Permaculture found to be a sustainable alternative to conventional agriculture
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by Kerstin Theilmann, Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau For a stable agricultural system with functioning cycles, the individual components (animal species, crops, trees, ...
ESA develops Lego brick from space dust to build on the moon
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The European Space Agency has created its own version of a Lego brick that is 3D printed from meteorite dust, as the ...
Using copper to convert CO₂ to methane could be game changer in mitigating climate change
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Credit: Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2024.124061 Carbon in the atmosphere is a major driver of climate change. Now ...
Social media is a likely cause of confusion in modern mate selection
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Diagram explaining the cascading effects of social media on confusion in relationships. Credit: Chayan Munshi A recent sociological study finds that most ...
Scientists discover way to ‘grow’ sub-nanometer sized transistors
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This figure depicts the synthesis of metallic 1D mirror twin boundaries through Van der Waals epitaxial growth (top) and the large-area 2D ...
