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Scientists 3D-printed tubular structures with special internal designs that block vibrations better than natural materials. These metamaterials use precise geometry instead of chemistry to isolate vibrations in transportation and construction.
Astronomers found a massive 185,000 light-year gas bridge connecting two galaxies 53 million light-years away, the largest structure ever recorded. Tidal forces from the Virgo galaxy cluster stripped gas from both galaxies over a...
Shanghai Electric built the world's largest toroidal field magnet coil box for China's fusion program, weighing 880,000 pounds and exceeding France's ITER project components by 20%.
Hubble Space Telescope captured stunning new images of spiral galaxy NGC 7496, located 24 million light-years away in constellation Grus, revealing active star formation regions and pink nebulae throughout its spiral arms. The...
Scientists created a hydrogel that forms microscopic electrical junctions, generating over 10 quintillion unique authentication patterns. This breakthrough could secure medical implants and microchips against counterfeiting since...
Last Energy will build a 5-megawatt PWR-5 nuclear microreactor at Texas A&M University's research campus, marking the company's first US reactor deployment. The privately-funded pilot project, fast-tracked through the Department...
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New research suggests dark matter behaves like a cosmic superfluid, forming stable spinning vortex networks inside galaxies rather than existing as featureless particles. Computer simulations show these quantum whirlpools create...
Chinese researchers at Tsinghua University created a fingernail-sized optical chip called Yuheng that analyzes starlight with 100 times sharper resolution than conventional cameras, capturing 88 frames per second. The...
Engineers at the RAI Institute enhanced Boston Dynamics' Spot robot with advanced control methods, enabling it to manipulate heavy objects like tires using coordinated body movements. The system combines reinforcement learning...
Janus-I is a revolutionary folding helicopter developed by engineers in Shenzhen that packs into a compact duffel bag measuring just 3 feet long and weighing 70 kilograms. The ultralight aircraft unfolds into a four-propeller...
British fusion company Tokamak Energy released stunning high-speed footage showing hydrogen plasma swirling in their donut-shaped reactor at temperatures hotter than the Sun's core. The video captures the plasma's pink glow and...
SpaceX's classified Starshield defense satellite network is transmitting mysterious signals on radio frequencies typically reserved for sending commands from Earth to satellites, potentially violating international...
Astronomers discovered a massive double-ring structure called an Odd Radio Circle (ORC) located 7.5 billion light years away, hundreds of thousands of light years across and dozens of times wider than the Milky Way. The...
Astronomers can't explain mysterious gamma rays from the Milky Way's center. New research shows they could come from dark matter collisions or spinning neutron stars called pulsars.
A small sculpted head emerging from Egyptian sand could be only the eighth known image of Cleopatra ever discovered. The bust, featuring a distinctive nose and diadem-like headdress, was unearthed at the Taposiris Magna temple by...
Researchers developed a tin-based anode enabling sodium-ion batteries to reach 178 Wh/kg energy density, surpassing lithium iron phosphate cells. This breakthrough could make sodium-ion batteries competitive for energy storage...
Iran's Taftan volcano, dormant for 710,000 years, showed signs of awakening when ground near its summit rose 3.5 inches over 10 months, with gaseous emissions detectable 31 miles away. Researchers believe gas pressure buildup...
Astronomers found a record-breaking small dark object 10 billion light-years away by detecting gravitational disturbances in an Einstein ring. This dark matter clump could help test theories about dark matter's nature.
Astronomers searched radio data for hydrogen signals from 800 million years after the Big Bang. They found no signals but discovered the early universe was warmed by black holes and stars.
Astronomers discovered the most metal-poor star ever observed, named SDSS J0715-7334, located about 85,000 light-years from Earth. This red giant, 30 times more massive than the sun, contains dramatically less iron and carbon...
Mars missions pose unprecedented biological challenges that could prove deadlier than any engineering problem. The six-to-nine month journey subjects astronauts to muscle atrophy, bone density loss of 1% monthly, heart shrinkage,...
Researchers created record-wavelength spin waves using ultra-fast magnetic flux quanta moving at 10 km/s, producing a "sonic boom" effect that could enable smaller, faster electronics components.
Scientists analyzing samples from asteroid Ryugu discovered that liquid water flowed through the space rock more than a billion years after it formed, challenging beliefs that water activity on asteroids only occurred early in...
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory will provide a critical 4-ton X-ray diagnostic tool to Japan's JT-60SA fusion reactor, the world's most powerful tokamak until ITER launches. The specialized equipment will precisely measure...