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UC San Diego engineers developed a new piezoelectric chip that converts data center power from 48 volts to lower levels with 96.2% efficiency and four times more current output than previous designs. This breakthrough could significantly reduce energy losses in data centers by replacing traditional magnetic inductors with vibrating piezoelectric resonators combined with capacitors.
Recent experiments have definitively ruled out the existence of sterile neutrinos, mysterious particles that some scientists theorized could explain dark matter and other cosmic puzzles. These comprehensive studies mark the end...
AI models are being explored as a potential solution to simplify mathematical proof verification, addressing challenges like those faced when Thomas Hales solved the centuries-old sphere-packing problem in 1998, proving hexagonal...
Floating more than 200,000 nautical miles from Earth, the Artemis II crew made history Tuesday with the first-ever ship-to-ship call between a moon mission and the International Space Station. The four astronauts aboard their...
XDOWN's new STUD tactical drone transforms battlefield deployment by launching from a backpack to full flight in just two seconds, eliminating traditional setup time. The 5.2-pound drone reaches 190 mph speeds with modular...
Scientists created a magnetic coil system that controls microrobots without expensive cameras or tracking by generating uniform magnetic field gradients, enabling reliable medical applications inside the human body.
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Matthew Shifrin, who is blind, received accessible braille instructions for building Lego sets from his babysitter when he was 13, enabling him to build independently. After she died, he created Bricks for the Blind, a nonprofit...
NASA has released a Mars Perseverance Rover kit that users must assemble to learn electronics, robotics, and wireless communication. The buildable robot features remote control capabilities, a movable camera, and a functional...
Chinese researchers developed a sodium battery with a revolutionary self-protecting electrolyte that forms an internal firewall when temperatures exceed 302°F, completely preventing dangerous thermal runaway that causes fires and...
Japanese orbital cleanup company Astroscale will launch its groundbreaking ISSA-J1 mission in 2027 to inspect two retired Japanese satellites in different orbits using a single spacecraft. This world-first commercial multi-orbit...
University College London research shows that red and near-infrared sunlight penetrates human tissue and reaches cells throughout the body, boosting mitochondrial energy production and improving overall health.
NASA's upcoming Artemis missions will deploy astronauts and robots across the moon to solve three fundamental mysteries that have puzzled scientists for decades. Researchers lack crucial data about why the moon remains...
NASA released the first photographs from Artemis II astronauts during their Moon flyby, including a stunning "Earthset" image showing Earth beyond the lunar landscape and a spectacular solar eclipse as the Moon blocked the Sun....
Mathematicians have solved the problem of fairly dividing pizzas with unevenly distributed toppings using the intermediate value theorem. When cutting a circular pizza through its center, rotating the cutting line 180 degrees...
Star Catcher Industries successfully demonstrated wireless power transmission by beaming over 1.1 kilowatts of laser energy to commercial solar panels at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, breaking DARPA's previous 800-watt record and...
US researchers developed a new catalyst that converts ethanol directly into jet fuel precursors in a single step, dramatically reducing sustainable aviation fuel production costs. Colorado biofuel company Gevo licensed this...
New research using 17 years of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter data reveals the moon's water has been accumulating slowly over 3 to 3.5 billion years, with the oldest craters containing the most ice. Computer simulations show water...
NASA officials are asking the space community to take a lot on faith as they push toward a 2028 lunar landing, with both SpaceX's Starship and Blue Origin's Blue Moon lander still facing significant development hurdles. To...
Researchers created silicone actuators for soft robots that work in extreme temperatures and near-vacuum conditions using UV light and platinum catalysts. The actuators successfully operated during high-altitude balloon tests,...
The Artemis II crew made history by traveling over 248,655 miles from Earth, breaking Apollo 13's 56-year-old distance record for human spaceflight. During a naming ceremony in lunar orbit, the astronauts proposed naming two moon...
Penn State researchers developed AI software that cuts data center cooling costs by 25% using real-time weather and electricity price data. The system replaces static cooling with adaptive strategies, dynamically adjusting...
US scientists used attosecond X-ray pulses to study electron behavior and discovered that electrons take almost twice as long to be emitted from atoms after absorbing X-rays than traditional theories predicted. The unexpected...
Harvard researchers developed a "cy-trust" framework that helps networks of self-driving cars and robots evaluate which information to trust before making critical decisions. The system assigns numerical trust scores to data...
Cambridge researchers created a solar-powered reactor that converts hard-to-recycle plastics into hydrogen fuel and industrial chemicals using acid recovered from discarded car batteries. The system breaks down polymer chains...