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Texas A&M researchers have revived a 20-year-old NASA concept for a spherical robot called RoboBall that can navigate terrain impossible for traditional wheeled or legged machines. The current prototypes include a 2-foot version for testing and a 6-foot model designed to carry sensors and cameras, with the smaller version recently reaching speeds of 20 mph. Graduate students are preparing beach trials in Galveston...
SINN Power has commissioned the world's first vertical floating solar plant at a Bavarian gravel pit, using panels oriented east-west with water corridors between them to generate power throughout the day. The 1.87 MW system...
Copenhagen researchers developed a 30-minute brain test that can predict with 87% accuracy whether patients will experience sexual side effects from SSRI antidepressants by measuring serotonin activity before treatment begins....
Scientists captured the first confirmed image of two supermassive black holes orbiting each other in distant quasar OJ287, proving a 40-year-old theory. The breakthrough confirms predictions about binary black hole systems and...
Scientists have successfully created a quantum version of Bayes' rule, a 250-year-old mathematical formula used to update probabilities when new information emerges. The breakthrough applies the "minimum change principle" to...
Astronomers claim to have found evidence of "Planet Y," a hidden Earth-sized world lurking in the Kuiper Belt, much closer than the theorized "Planet Nine." Researchers studied 50 space objects whose tilted orbits can only be...
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R3V Tech developed an electrochemical process that converts crude glycerol waste from biodiesel production into valuable solketal solvent at room temperature. This allows biodiesel producers to monetize waste on-site instead of...
Researchers solved a decades-old puzzle about the simplex algorithm by proving why it works efficiently in practice, despite theoretical concerns about exponential runtimes as problems grow larger.
Martian dust devils race across the Red Planet at speeds reaching 158 kilometers per hour, far faster than scientists previously measured using ground-based rovers. Researchers led by Valentin Bickel of the University of Bern...
Scientists at North Carolina State University created a polymer structure shaped like a Chinese lantern that can rapidly transform into over a dozen different three-dimensional shapes when compressed, twisted, or controlled...
French biophysicists discovered that wine "tears" flowing down a glass and embryo development both use the same physics principle called the Marangoni effect, where surface tension differences cause tissue to flow and shape early...
Scientists developed a paper-thin LED that mimics natural sunlight by combining red, yellow-green, and blue quantum dots in precise ratios to replicate the sun's complete spectrum. The ultra-thin device operates at just 8 volts...
Lightbridge Corporation has successfully prepared its advanced nuclear fuel samples for critical testing at Idaho National Laboratory's Advanced Test Reactor, marking a key milestone toward regulatory approval. The company's...
Astronomers discovered a rogue planet 600 light-years away consuming gas and dust at an unprecedented rate of 6 billion metric tons per second, representing the fastest planetary growth ever observed. This massive growth spurt,...
University at Buffalo researchers improved a physics shortcut that runs quantum simulations on regular laptops instead of supercomputers. Their simple conversion table makes complex quantum problems solvable, with physicists...
The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS passed through our solar system in October 2025, offering scientists a rare chance to study its gravitational properties. Despite weighing over 33 billion tons with a diameter between 5-46...
A massive asteroid struck the moon's far side 4.3 billion years ago, creating the South Pole-Aitken basin and leaving crucial evidence about the moon's formation that NASA's Artemis missions may uncover. New research reveals the...
Scientists developed a battery recycling method that uses stored energy to trigger controlled thermal runaway, recovering 95% of lithium, cobalt, and manganese without external energy or harsh chemicals.
University of Illinois researchers generated entangled photons at 1389 nm using ytterbium-171 atoms, achieving 99% fidelity transmission through existing fiber cables. This breakthrough enables practical quantum networks without...
Astronomers using ALMA discovered an ultra-luminous infrared galaxy hidden behind the Cloverleaf quasar, shining 2.8 trillion times brighter than the Sun and offering insights into early galaxy formation.
Scientists from the Netherlands have solved why gas giants have jet streams spinning in opposite directions, with Jupiter and Saturn's winds racing eastward at up to 1,243 mph while Uranus and Neptune's blow westward. Their...
Japanese researchers developed a revolutionary energy harvesting method using non-thermal quantum states that surpasses traditional thermodynamic efficiency limits by keeping high-energy quantum states instead of spreading heat...
Baltimore County converted a 213-acre former landfill into a solar farm with 15,000 panels. The facility generates 8.2 million kilowatt-hours annually, providing 11% of county government power needs.
When Pope Francis died and 133 cardinals gathered to elect his successor, traditional prediction methods including AI models and betting markets completely missed the eventual winner, Cardinal Robert Prevost (now Pope Leo XIV)....