New Satellite Engine Could Use Earth’s Atmosphere as Fuel To Stay in Orbit Indefinitely
Fully Assembled RF Helicon-based Plasma Thruster. Credit: F. Romano A satellite engine that uses atmospheric gases as fuel…
Thai capital Bangkok declared disaster zone amid widespread flooding
BangkokReuters — Bangkok’s governor on Saturday declared Thailand’s capital city a disaster-affected zone after torrential rain led to widespread…
Hubble Spots Chaotic Secret in Galaxy
A chaotic secret hides within this seemingly serene image of spiral galaxy NGC 4698 taken by NASA’s Hubble…
A photon crossed 2 billion light-years to reach Earth when physics says it shouldn’t
The highest-energy photon ever seen from a cosmic blast should have been absorbed en route, and quantum gravity…
Marmosets start out with the makings of a folded brain – so why does theirs stay smooth?
The marmoset brain starts out with the same layout as folded primate brains, but slower-dividing, simpler cells help…
Will SpaceX’s Starship finally make it to orbit? We’re about to find out
There’s a lot riding on SpaceX’s next Starship launch, both physically and conceptually, as the company prepares the…
Bangkok declares flood disaster across all 50 districts after heavy rain
Almost continuous rain since Thursday afternoon has swelled Bangkok’s network of canals, sending murky water into surrounding homes,…
New simulations shed light on how the Earth got its moon
Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. A new…
Cyril Hilsum, former GEC research boss and Institute of Physics president, dies aged 101 – Physics World
Cyril Hilsum, former GEC research boss and Institute of Physics president, dies aged 101 – Physics World Skip…
Scientists excluded elephants from East African savanna plots for 15 years; dung beetle numbers fell 67%, biomass dropped 51% and species richness declined 23%, revealing how elephants sustain an insect network
According to the research published by Science Adviser newsletter, dung beetles rarely attract the attention given to elephants,…
Shared neural noise may not limit the brain’s information capacity
Our brains internally represent the outside world through the coordinated activity of billions of neurons. A single neuron…
Controversial $52m Ruakākā ocean sewage pipeline moves closer
The proposal would see treated wastewater from a planned new Ruakākā wastewater treatment plant at Rama Rd near…