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…
Chinese team develops new fibers that create power from vibrations
Researchers from Henan University in China have reportedly developed a new type of ceramic fiber that can make…
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…
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…
Non-magnetic material shows ‘Anomalous Hall Effect’ for the first time
Japanese physicists have observed an elusive form of the “Hall effect” in a nonmagnetic material for the first…
How collapsing cavities could replace needles
A joint US-Chinese research team has developed a new technique that uses bubble-popping as a potential propulsion system…
Living cell-based computing system could advance medical biosensors
The most powerful computer might one day be made of living cells instead of silicon and wires. A…