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…
Ring laser tracks Earth’s axial wobble 100 times more accurately
Scientists in Germany have used a highly sensitive underground ring laser to track Earth’s axial wobble without relying…