Risks of solar storms may be underestimated warn researchers
image: Illustration of solar wind streaming from a fuming sun drives auroras bright enough to be seen far…
Hayabusa2’s Next Target Is A Tiny 11 Meter Asteroid
Launched in 2014, Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft completed its primary asteroid sample return mission all the way back in…
All-mechanical coherence protection and fast control of a spin qubit
Schuetz, M. et al. Universal quantum transducers based on surface acoustic waves. Phys. Rev. X 5, 031031 (2015).…
Mysterious new monkey species with orange lips discovered in the Congo rainforest
A new species of colobus monkey, known locally as likweli, has been discovered in the forests of the…
When eyeing a predator, horses keep a poker face as their hearts race
image: A handler holds onto a horse while a researcher sets up the projector and videos. The handler will turn her…
NASA’s Picks for Mars Mobility Development Feature Composites Expertise
NASA has selected seven companies for contract awards under the Mars Exploration Program’s Science Transport and Robotic Innovation…
The Language of Quantum Computing Was Built in a Pasadena Office – Pasadena Now
John Preskill [photo credit: CALTECHTwo phrases now shape every serious conversation about quantum computing — when it will…
Woman pets wild alligator in Florida video, and now officials are investigating
A video out of Marion County, Florida, is drawing scrutiny after it appeared to show a woman walking…
Physicists made a black hole out of light to test Stephen Hawking’s elusive radiation theory
Physicists have coaxed a black hole’s most famous glow out of a strand of optical fiber and, for…
August’s solar eclipse inspires science involving jets, balloons and Einstein’s general theory of relativity
On August 12 the sky will go dark for just two minutes and 18 seconds, at longest, across…
The Monkey Supply Chain – by Nick Corvino
announcements: Aqib Zakaria, ChinaTalk’s chip lead, is in Hawai’i! If you’re interested in joining an Oahu ChinaTalk meetup,…
GPS Satellite Data Finally Calibrated for Space Weather
For more than two decades, the Global Positioning System (GPS) constellation has silently monitored high-energy electrons in Earth’s…