Astrophysics

Microturbines can generate electricity from drinking water pipes

Microturbines can generate electricity from drinking wa...

SIN Jan 10, 2024 0 3

Water pipes offer a largely untapped source of renewable electricity that could ...

Workplace well-being initiatives don't boost employee mental health

Workplace well-being initiatives don't boost employee m...

SIN Jan 10, 2024 0 4

The mental health of people who undertake mindfulness or meditation courses offe...

Prototype rocket engine burns itself up for fuel as it flies

Prototype rocket engine burns itself up for fuel as it ...

SIN Jan 10, 2024 0 27

After a rocket uses up its fuel, the tank generally just becomes dead weight, bu...

NASA is delaying its Artemis missions to the moon

NASA is delaying its Artemis missions to the moon

SIN Jan 10, 2024 0 5

NASA’s Artemis II and Artemis III missions to the moon have been delayed by a ye...

Mysterious radio burst came from group of galaxies in distant universe

Mysterious radio burst came from group of galaxies in d...

SIN Jan 10, 2024 0 17

The Hubble Space Telescope has pinpointed the origin of the most distant known f...

Fire ants form rafts that have weird properties when stretched

Fire ants form rafts that have weird properties when st...

SIN Jan 10, 2024 0 3

Fire ants link together to form rafts when their nests are flooded, and unlike m...

AI comes up with battery design that uses 70 per cent less lithium

AI comes up with battery design that uses 70 per cent l...

SIN Jan 9, 2024 0 2

Researchers used AI to design a new material that they used to build a working b...

6 exquisite images from Close-up Photographer of the Year

6 exquisite images from Close-up Photographer of the Year

SIN Jan 9, 2024 0 3

A moray eel, a robber fly and an ice-topped slime mould appear in winning images...

‘Islands’ poking out of black holes may solve the information paradox

‘Islands’ poking out of black holes may solve the infor...

SIN Jan 9, 2024 0 3

Measuring “entanglement islands” that contain copies of information that black h...

Why moon missions in 2024 could reveal both our history and our future

Why moon missions in 2024 could reveal both our history...

SIN Jan 9, 2024 0 24

Several moon missions are planned for 2024, including some that will attempt to ...

Star cluster is heading for destruction at the heart of the Milky Way

Star cluster is heading for destruction at the heart of...

SIN Jan 9, 2024 0 4

The closest star cluster to the centre of the Milky Way we have seen seems to be...

2023 was officially the hottest year on record

2023 was officially the hottest year on record

SIN Jan 9, 2024 0 26

The global average temperature for 2023 was 1.48°C warmer than the 1850-1900 pre...

It might rain diamonds on more than 1900 exoplanets across the galaxy

It might rain diamonds on more than 1900 exoplanets acr...

SIN Jan 9, 2024 0 4

It may be easier than researchers thought to form diamonds inside giant planets,...

The Peregrine lunar lander may not make it to the moon

The Peregrine lunar lander may not make it to the moon

SIN Jan 9, 2024 0 32

After its 8 January launch aboard a Vulcan rocket, Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander...

There can be 240,000 plastic particles in a litre bottle of water

There can be 240,000 plastic particles in a litre bottl...

SIN Jan 9, 2024 0 6

Own brand one-litre water bottles from three unnamed US supermarkets each contai...

Extreme droughts are worse for plants than we thought

Extreme droughts are worse for plants than we thought

SIN Jan 9, 2024 0 4

Grasslands are almost 40 per cent less productive after a year of extreme drough...

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