Engineers use electric fields to form circuits beyond silicon limits
Transistors, the fundamental building blocks of digital logic, are now being made just a few dozen atoms wide.…
US team develops nuclear propulsion concept to shorten Mars trip
The Ohio State University is developing a new nuclear thermal propulsion system called the centrifugal nuclear thermal rocket…
Solar trees preserve 99% of forests, mimic nature to generate energy
A recent study indicates that vertically designed “solar trees” can generate electricity on par with conventional solar farms…
Non-magnetic material shows ‘Anomalous Hall Effect’ for the first time
Japanese physicists have observed an elusive form of the “Hall effect” in a nonmagnetic material for the first…
China planning mission to strike asteroid, alter its orbit: Report
China is moving forward with plans for an ambitious planetary defense mission aimed at testing whether a spacecraft…
Oklo to open first private nuclear fuel recycling facility in the US
Oklo Inc., a nuclear technology company, has announced plans to build the nation’s first privately funded facility to…
How collapsing cavities could replace needles
A joint US-Chinese research team has developed a new technique that uses bubble-popping as a potential propulsion system…
New research challenges century-old theory on Himalayan formation
Most geologists believe the Himalayas’ immense height results from thickening of the Earth’s crust. However, a new study…
Scientists trace rare nuclei ‘island’ where physics rules break apart
Researchers at CERN have made a great step forward in revealing how atomic nuclei behave after they mapped…
Self-breaking EV battery material could make recycling fast, easy
MIT researchers have developed a new “self-assembling” battery material for electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling. Currently, many used…
UK’s 1.4 GW offshore wind farm gets recyclable turbine blades
German energy company RWE and turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa have installed recyclable rotor blades at the UK’s Sofia…
Century-old turbulence theory confirmed in bubble swarm experiments
An international team of scientists has successfully shown that swarms of rising bubbles create turbulence that behaves exactly…