Pushing China’s EAST Tokamak Past The Greenwald Density Limit
Getting a significant energy return from tokamak-based nuclear fusion reactors depends for a large part on plasma density,…
Imperial researchers awarded £1m MRC grant to uncover how lymphatic system shapes immunity | Imperial News
Researchers at Imperial have been awarded £1.1 million from the Medical Research Council (MRC) to investigate how a…
How Does Nature Contribute to the Economy? These Environmental Accountants Are Trying to Find Out
In an era of rapid globalization, economic growth has come with trade-offs. To make room for urban development…
NASA’s Curiosity Uncovers New Evidence That Deepens the Case for Ancient Life on Mars
For more than a decade, NASA’s Curiosity rover has traversed the Martian surface with the singular goal of…
An Object With a Black Hole Core Discovered 11 Billion Light-Years Away
A completely dark, invisible object weighing 1 million times the mass of the Sun has been detected through…
The universe should be packed with tiny galaxies — so where are they?
Where are the smallest galaxies? A recent study suggests that there may not be as nearly as many…
Are we going to replay one of the worst oil disasters in history under Trump?
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Watch Crew-11 astronauts undock in 1st-ever medical evacuation from the International Space Station today
Four astronauts aboard the International Space Station are returning to Earth today (Jan. 14), more than a month…
George Smoot 1945–2025 – CERN Courier
George Smoot led the team that first measured tiny fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background. Credit: R Kaltschmidt/Berkeley…
why some people die from typically harmless germs
Michael Levin had just started working as a paediatric infectious-disease doctor in London when he received an urgent…
South East Water woe continues in Kent and Sussex as small firms fear going bust
What do you do if your child’s school is closed?published at 08:53 GMT 08:53 GMT Image source, Eddie…
Fires on the Rise in the Far North
In the far north, wildfires are breaking old patterns. Satellite data show that wildland fires once scattered across…