by James Meese, Amber Marshall, Holly Randell-Moon, Jenny Kennedy, Rowan Wilken, The Conversation Dubbo is a major regional centre but suffers from poor reception. Credit: Maksym Kozlenko/Wikimedia Australians rely on…
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What happened to those ‘little red dots’ Webb observed?
Images of little red dots seen in several deep-sky surveys of JWST. Credit: ASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Dale Kocevski (Colby College) When the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) began operations, one of its earliest…
How we sharpened the James Webb telescope’s vision from a million kilometers away
A ‘selfie’ taken during Webb’s testing on Earth. Credit: Ball Aerospace After Christmas dinner in 2021, our family was glued to the television, watching the nail-biting launch of NASA’s US$10…
AI trained robots, drones, team up with emergency rescue
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In a simulated natural disaster, robotic drones from the University of Maryland’s RoboScout Team arrived first, scanning the area for survivors. They beamed patients’ locations to…
Researchers’ autonomous system makes it easier to transport cargo on the moon
PhD student Alec Krawciw, left, and Professor Tim Barfoot stand beside the Canadian Space Agency’s Lunar Exploration Light Rover after a field trial in 2024. Credit: Tim Barfoot Autonomy algorithms…
Physicist and author Brian Greene to host 1st Global Space Awards in London
The cosmos is getting its own red carpet, as the inaugural Global Space Awards is debuting later this year with world-renowned physicist and science communicator Brian Greene set as the…
Smartwatches achieve centimeter-level location accuracy with new tracking algorithms
Precise centimeter-level positioning on a smartwatch during four hours of data in Dunedin, New Zealand. The dots show the repeatability of one second of data in comparison to precise benchmark…
New monoclonal antibody prevents malaria infection in early clinical trial
Dr. Kirsten Lyke with study volunteer who was exposed to infective mosquitoes carrying malaria parasite. Credit: University of Maryland School of Medicine Malaria remains one of the leading causes of…
Why Teenage Songs Define Us: The Science of Musical Memory
Summary: A global study reveals that our most emotionally resonant music tends to come from our teenage years—typically peaking around age 17. This “reminiscence bump” marks the period when our…
Archaeologists uncover a circular stone structure in Bavaria
Archaeologists from the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (BLfD) have uncovered a monumental circular structure during construction works for a stormwater retention basin in the municipality of Nassenfels, Germany.…
