NASA’s Psyche mission enters home stretch before launch

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is shown in a clean room on June 26 at the Astrotech Space Operations facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA/Frank Michaux Engineers…

Researchers demonstrate the functioning of a photo-rechargeable two electrode battery

Schematic of the photo-battery full-cell demonstrated by Amar et al at TIFR. Credit: Amar Kumar T. N. Narayanan and colleagues from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Hyderabad (TIFRH) report…

Droplet Levitation Is a New Way To Explore Airborne Viruses and Microorganisms

Newswise — WASHINGTON, July 18, 2023 – Self-sustained levitation of millimeter-sized droplets was recently discovered by researchers at Tyumen State University, in Russia, during an experiment to select combinations of…

New theory for a periodically driven quantum dot–cavity system

Optical micrograph of the DQD–cavity composite device. Credit: Gu Sisi et al A team led by Prof. Guo Guoping and Prof. Cao Gang from the University of Science and Technology…

Unveiling synchronization preferences of quantum thermal machines

(a) Schematic diagram of the quantum thermal machine considered. The red and blue rectangles represent hot and cold baths, the horizontal lines represent the quantum energy levels of the working…

Australia will update the ‘fantasy’ net zero plan it inherited

Australia’s new climate minister says the plan relied too heavily on future technologies – the new one will include sectoral plans Australian climate and energy minister Chris Bowen has slammed…

Exercise may or may not help you lose weight and keep it off – here’s the evidence for both sides of the debate

The global fitness industry will generate over US$80 billion in revenue in 2023, estimates suggest. And why not, given the many excellent reasons to exercise? Better cardiovascular health, lower risk…

The Biden administration announces a cybersecurity labeling program for smart devices

The seal of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seen before an FCC meeting to vote on net neutrality in Washington, Dec. 14, 2017. The Biden administration and major consumer…

New genes implicated in deadly heart defect

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain By identifying genes in patients and testing their effects in fruit flies, researchers from Sanford Burnham Prebys have found new genes that contribute to hypoplastic left…

Striking Evidence of ‘Unusual’ Stellar Evolution

Magnetic stellar activity plays a key role in exoplanet habitability. Astronomers have found evidence that some stars boast unexpectedly strong surface magnetic fields, a discovery that challenges current models of…