Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A multi-institutional team of scientists in the United States, led by physicist Peng Wei at the University of California, Riverside, has developed a new superconductor material…
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London airport expansion shows danger of “false hope” Jet Zero strategy
The government decided expansion is compatible with its plan to cut aviation emissions, raising questions about its reliance on unproven techno-fixes over reducing flights This week, the UK’s new centre-left…
National Geographic’s ‘OceanXplorers’ dives into the ocean’s mysteries
Extreme Climate Survey Science News is collecting reader questions about how to navigate our planet’s changing climate. What do you want to know about extreme heat and how it can…
Memory Cues May Help Reduce Alcohol Consumption
Summary: A study suggests that recalling past alcohol experiences before drinking can slow down consumption, indicating a potential strategy to reduce alcohol intake. In the study, women who remembered a…
Lawmaker defends Google deal to fund California newsrooms, as labor criticism grows
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The California legislator at the center of a first-in-the-nation deal between Google and the state to help fund local news organizations and an artificial intelligence accelerator…
NASA will decide Saturday if Boeing’s new capsule is safe enough to fly 2 astronauts back from space
This photo provided by NASA shows Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft which launched astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station docked to the Harmony module’s forward port on…
Galaxies in dense environments tend to be larger, settling one cosmic question and raising others
Scientists have known that some galaxies reside in dense environments with many other galaxies nearby for decades. Others drift through the cosmos essentially alone, with few or no other galaxies…
Could we ever harness quantum vacuum energy?
Illustration depicting quantum entanglement between particles. Credit: ATLAS Experiment The fabric of spacetime is roiling with vibrating quantum fields, known as vacuum energy. It’s right there, everywhere we look. But…
