Astrophysics

Nuclear fusion breakthrough: Is cheap, clean energy finally here?

Nuclear fusion breakthrough: Is cheap, clean energy fin...

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Extremely thin lightweight lenses take amazing images of the universe

Extremely thin lightweight lenses take amazing images o...

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Small, flat “metalenses” are made up of billions of nano-sized components, and t...

Why it's so hard to tell if LK-99 is a room-temperature superconductor

Why it's so hard to tell if LK-99 is a room-temperature...

SIN Aug 5, 2023 0 4

Researchers have been trying to determine if a material called LK-99 really is a...

Umbilical cord blood could be used to predict childhood obesity

Umbilical cord blood could be used to predict childhood...

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Some patterns of gene expression in umbilical cord blood are associated with chi...

Smoke-spotting AI watches live video to find early signs of wildfire

Smoke-spotting AI watches live video to find early sign...

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An AI that analyses live video from California’s statewide wildfire detection sy...

Drone mother ship could release mini-drone swarm for search and rescue

Drone mother ship could release mini-drone swarm for se...

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The MorphoLander drone carrier, which holds smaller "worker bee" drones, could b...

We are hopeless at telling when we have goosebumps

We are hopeless at telling when we have goosebumps

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A study that filmed people's skin while they watched emotional videos found that...

Could pumping CO2 under Canada's coast cause earthquakes?

Could pumping CO2 under Canada's coast cause earthquakes?

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Injecting CO2 underground might increase pressure along geological faults and ca...

World's smallest baleen whale stays home instead of migrating to feed

World's smallest baleen whale stays home instead of mig...

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The pygmy right whale doesn't go on long migrations for food or reproduction, un...

What would really happen if you landed on an asteroid?

What would really happen if you landed on an asteroid?

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Asteroids are far weirder than we had imagined – landing on one wouldn't go as y...

Flower that thrives in Death Valley may hold secret to heat adaptation

Flower that thrives in Death Valley may hold secret to ...

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Insights into how Death Valley’s Tidestromia oblongifolia tolerates such high te...

The Ring Nebula glows green in a stunning new JWST image

The Ring Nebula glows green in a stunning new JWST image

SIN Aug 4, 2023 0 6

A new image of the Ring Nebula from the James Webb Space Telescope is revealing ...

Canada's wildfire emissions this year have doubled the annual record

Canada's wildfire emissions this year have doubled the ...

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The unprecedented scale of wildfires in Canada since May has already produced do...

Tropical tree species that grow far apart can better avoid ‘enemies’

Tropical tree species that grow far apart can better av...

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Trees in rainforests that grow far away from others of the same species may be m...

Astronomers have spotted inexplicably bright light coming from the sun

Astronomers have spotted inexplicably bright light comi...

SIN Aug 3, 2023 0 23

Extraordinarily high-energy gamma rays have been found emanating from the sun, a...

Thin reflective film that mimics butterfly wings can keep cars cool

Thin reflective film that mimics butterfly wings can ke...

SIN Aug 3, 2023 0 2

A thin, multi-layered film inspired by the structure of vibrant blue butterfly w...

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