US lab reveals secrets to nuclear fusion fuel target survival
Work performed at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has unlocked new data on the design…
Oldest biological GPS? Magnetic fossils of mystery sea creature found
New research from Cambridge and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin has decoded the mystery of magnetic fossils left by an…
Metamaterial with more shapes than atoms allows endless sound control
The age of smart, self-optimizing materials has begun. A programmable metamaterial has been developed that shatters the limits…
Peat turned into low-cost catalyst, could replace platinum in fuel cells
A team of researchers has demonstrated that well-decomposed peat could serve as a sustainable and highly efficient precursor…
Scientists find cancer-fighting isotope hidden in accelerator waste
Scientists have found a way to convert high-energy radiation waste from particle accelerators into a critically scarce medical…
Record-breaking quantum material could outpace every semiconductor
Scientists at the University of Warwick and the National Research Council of Canada say they have achieved the…
Compact ultraviolet light source helps China enhance 14 nm chip yields
Chinese researchers have allegedly developed a new desktop-sized extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) light source for producing 14-nanometre microchips.…
Study overturns 180-year physics rule about light–matter interaction
Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have overturned a 180-year-old scientific assumption, proving that the magnetic component…
Bottles, textile waste turned into valuable compounds with iron method
Addressing the global plastic waste crisis has become more urgent than ever, as the majority of discarded plastics…
How a long-life nuclear fuel will transform space travel
In 1977, two spacecraft, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, launched toward the unknown. Nearly fifty years later, they…
Japan fusion breakthrough may triple plasma measurement precision
Researchers from the National Institute of Fusion Science in Japan, developing the Large Helical Device (LHD) for nuclear…
Swiss researchers pioneer robot-assisted recycling for EV lithium-ion batteries
Researchers in Switzerland have taken an important step toward circular mobility by developing a robotic system that extends…