Astrophysics

UK nuclear fusion reactor smashes its own records in final tests

UK nuclear fusion reactor smashes its own records in fi...

SIN Feb 8, 2024 0 5

In its final experiments before being shut down for good last year, the UK's JET...

Cyborg locusts with brain nanoparticles could act as bomb sniffers

Cyborg locusts with brain nanoparticles could act as bo...

SIN Feb 8, 2024 0 2

Researchers wanting to make use of locusts’ keen sense of smell to sniff out cer...

Exercise programme helps people with long covid, but it's no panacea

Exercise programme helps people with long covid, but it...

SIN Feb 8, 2024 0 4

An eight-week virtual exercise programme improved the quality of life of people ...

Hottest January on record sees the world reach 1.7°C warming mark

Hottest January on record sees the world reach 1.7°C wa...

SIN Feb 8, 2024 0 3

The global average temperature in January 2024 was 1.7°C above pre-industrial le...

Inhalable nanoparticles could help treat chronic lung disease

Inhalable nanoparticles could help treat chronic lung d...

SIN Feb 8, 2024 0 4

Nanoparticles designed to release antibiotics deep inside the lungs reduced infl...

Super Earths that seem to have oceans may actually be covered in magma

Super Earths that seem to have oceans may actually be c...

SIN Feb 8, 2024 0 4

A type of distant planet long thought to have water oceans on its surface may be...

Orca pod disappears after being trapped in drifting ice off Japan

Orca pod disappears after being trapped in drifting ice...

SIN Feb 8, 2024 0 4

A group of more than a dozen orcas has disappeared after being trapped in freezi...

Saturn’s moon Mimas may be hiding a vast global ocean under its ice

Saturn’s moon Mimas may be hiding a vast global ocean u...

SIN Feb 7, 2024 0 2

Close measurements of Mimas’s orbit suggest there could be an ocean 30 kilometre...

Why it takes so much work to grow plants in space

Why it takes so much work to grow plants in space

SIN Feb 7, 2024 0 2

In space, growing plants could be important for food, oxygen and even astronauts...

Bizarre worm lizard not seen for 90 years found by landmine removers

Bizarre worm lizard not seen for 90 years found by land...

SIN Feb 7, 2024 0 3

A subspecies of the Somali sharp-snouted worm lizard was found by a landmine cle...

Quantum computer uses a time crystal as a control dial

Quantum computer uses a time crystal as a control dial

SIN Feb 7, 2024 0 3

Making a strange state of matter called a time crystal inside a quantum computer...

World's biggest onshore wind turbine blades unveiled in China

World's biggest onshore wind turbine blades unveiled in...

SIN Feb 7, 2024 0 4

A Chinese company is building wind turbines with 131-metre-long blades, the long...

Drought has hit the Panama Canal hard – can it survive climate change?

Drought has hit the Panama Canal hard – can it survive ...

SIN Feb 7, 2024 0 3

A severe drought exacerbated by climate change and a lack of updated infrastruct...

How menopause can make menstrual cycles longer and more unpredictable

How menopause can make menstrual cycles longer and more...

SIN Feb 7, 2024 0 4

Menstrual cycles change over time, but the menopause, and the time leading up to...

This robot can figure out how to open almost any door on its own

This robot can figure out how to open almost any door o...

SIN Feb 7, 2024 0 30

A robot that can learn to open most types of doors, cabinets, drawers and refrig...

The science and side effects behind the semaglutide weight loss drugs

The science and side effects behind the semaglutide wei...

SIN Feb 6, 2024 0 4

From how well they work to side effects such as hair loss, here’s the skinny on ...

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