A comprehensive blueprint for the settlement of Mars

Artist’s rendition of future astronauts and human settlements on Mars. Credit: NASA Throughout the 20th century, multiple proposals have been made for the crewed exploration of Mars. These include the…

World Bank green reforms approved; calls for additional funding

While technical tweaks should make the World Bank’s capital go further, their impact depends on shareholders injecting fresh funds The World Bank has officially expanded its mission to include climate…

Noorio B310 AI-Powered Security Camera: Review

The Noorio B310 security camera has two features you will not find with most outdoor security cams — dependable local storage and a built-in floodlight. This combination makes the Noorio…

Tailored electron pulses for improved electron microscopy

Plots of the measured energetic fingerprints of pulsed electron beams with different electron numbers. Credit: Rudolf Haindl, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences Electron microscopes provide unique vistas of nanoscale…

Pregnancy and Body Image Perception

Summary: A novel meta-analysis, encapsulating insights from 5,200 pregnant and 4,172 non-pregnant women, uncovers the multifaceted impacts of pregnancy on body image, revealing nuanced individual variations that range from heightened…

Manipulating nonlinear exciton polaritons in a WS2 monolayer with artificial lattices

The EU must take the driver’s seat in fossil fuel-free transport

Transportation is the connective tissue of our society. It brings us prosperity, but also rapidly rising greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants, threatening the health of the planet and…

Steep physical decline with age is not inevitable – here’s how strength training can change the trajectory

Raise your hand if you regularly find yourself walking up a flight of stairs. What about carrying heavy bags of groceries? How about picking up your child or grandchild? Most…

In a first, genetically modified silkworms produced pure spider silk

Spider silk is prized for its unrivaled strength and toughness. But figuring out a way to mass-produce it is no easy feat. Spiders cannot be put to work to pump…

First-ever Afterglow of Huge Planetary Collision in Outer Space

Image shows a visualisation of the huge, glowing planetary body produced by a planetary collision. In the foreground, fragments of ice and rock fly away from the collision and will…