Why your e-scooter may pose higher risks than a rental

Credit: Chalmers University of Technology | Hanna Magnusson What we colloquially refer to as “e-scooters” can differ greatly when it comes to steering and braking capabilities, wheel size, and suspension…

Interstellar signal linked to aliens was actually just a truck

The area near the seismic station in Manus Island, based on satellite images acquired on March 24, 2023. Credit: Roberto Molar Candanosa and Benjamin Fernando/Johns Hopkins University, with imagery from…

Drawings Shape Math Problem-Solving Skills

Summary: Researchers uncovered the connection between individuals’ drawings and their arithmetic problem-solving strategies. By analyzing the illustrations produced by both children and adults when tasked with solving simple mathematical problems,…

This is the first egg-laying amphibian found to feed its babies ‘milk’

In the middle of the night in a humid coastal rainforest, a litter of pink, hairless babies snuggle with their mother. They stir and squeak for milk, their mother obliges,…

1 in 8 voters cite abortion as most important issue: Poll

Abortion rights will play a pivotal role in determining how people will vote in the 2024 election, a new KFF poll has found. About one in eight voters (12%) now…

Considerations for Germany’s nationwide expansion of fast-charging locations

Credit: HoLa Consortium In the HoLa project, a total of eight high-performance charging points for trucks using the Megawatt Charging System (MCS) are being installed at five locations along the…

Pendulum experiment reveals insights into topological materials

Chaviva Sirote-Katz checking the system. Credit: Tel Aviv University A recent study conducted at Tel Aviv University has devised a large mechanical system that operates under dynamical rules akin to…

Exploring the surface properties of NiO with low-energy electron diffraction

Researchers carry out surface LEED crystallography of antiferromagnetic crystal NiO, providing experimental as well as theoretical insights for applications such as ultrafast spintronics. Credit: Masamitsu Hoshino and Hiroshi Tanaka/Sophia University…

Optically trapped quantum droplets of light can bind together to form macroscopic complexes

Scientists propose new scheme for the quantum battery using waveguides

A lossless and coherent energy exchange between the separated quantum battery and quantum charger is mediated by the electromagnetic field. It permits the realization of a remote-charging and anti-aging quantum…