New imaging tech uses ‘fingerprint matrix’ to detect what eyes can’t
Scientists in Austria and France have developed a new imaging method that can reveal objects hidden behind opaque…
Scientists develop ice that captures methane in just two minutes
A new ice-like material has shown potential for the safer, cleaner, and more efficient storage of natural gas…
How satellite refueling in orbit could cut space junk and extend missions
In the previous installment, we examined on-orbit refuelling (OOR), a concept that has existed since the Space Age.…
What is on-orbit refueling? Inside the technology that could solve orbital debris
Today, multiple space agencies are preparing to send crewed missions back to the Moon for the first time…
First proof links plasma ripples to fusion and universe origins
Researchers in South Korea have solved a long-standing mystery in plasma physics by experimentally demonstrating how tiny magnetic…
Swiss startup turns NASA-inspired Mars tech into jet crack detector
A Swiss startup’s wave physics software, which was originally designed to study the Red Planet, has now been…
China reveals 41 new lunar landslides caused mostly by moonquakes
Chinese researchers have discovered evidence of active landslides on the surface of the moon. According to the team,…
US Navy servicing robot spacecraft endures punishing space trial
The US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has tested a robotic system, which could soon inspect, repair, and even…
Germany’s icebreaker to get largest ever 360-degree propulsion system
Germany’s icebreaker Polarstern has secured a new groundbreaking propulsion system as part of its next-generation upgrade in a…
Japan’s new plasma engine could clean space junk contact-free
A new propulsion system developed by a researcher at Tohoku University, Japan, could provide a non-contact method for…
Physicists create world’s first time crystal visible to human eye
University of Colorado Boulder physicists have created a “time crystal” visible to the human eye. Nobel laureate Frank…
Wooden walls can withstand 100 kilonewtons of pressure, research finds
Swiss researchers have overturned the assumption that windowed timber walls offer no structural support after they proved that…