Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain There are few things more peaceful and relaxing than a night under the stars. Through the holidays, many people head away from the bright city lights to go camping. They revel in the dark skies, spangled with myriad stars. As a child, I loved such trips, and they helped cement my … Read more
Combination showing Former FTX CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried (L) and Zhao Changpeng (R), founder and chief executive officer of Binance. Getty Images | Reuters After a brutal 18 months of bankruptcies, company failures and criminal trials, the crypto market is starting to claw back some of its former standing. Bitcoin is up more than 150% this … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When was the last time you saw a frog? Perhaps you came across one in your garden and wondered at its little hands, glossy skin, and what looked very much like a contented smile. Maybe you regularly see them on Instagram or TikTok, where “frog accounts” have proliferated in recent years. … Read more
The ancient continent of Argoland, which was once connected to Western Australia, has been discovered millions of years after it floated away. Oceanic clues left behind by the 5000km “Gondwana-derived fragment” signalled its existence, but tracking it down took scientists in the Netherlands seven years. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: The ancient drift of the lost … Read more
VLITE 340 MHz image of GLIMPSE-C01 from February 27, 2021. Credit: McCarver et al., 2023. Using the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), astronomers have discovered a millisecond pulsar in the globular cluster GLIMPSE-C01 as part of the VLA Low-band Ionosphere and Transient Experiment (VLITE). This is the first pulsar ever detected in this … Read more
Travel deep enough below Earth’s surface or inside the center of the sun, and matter changes on an atomic level. The mounting pressure within stars and planets can cause metals to become nonconducting insulators. Sodium has been shown to transform from a shiny, gray-colored metal into a transparent, glass-like insulator when squeezed hard enough. Now, … Read more
Schematic image of NK cell-engaging nanodrones (NKeNDs). Credit: UNIST A study led by Professor Sebyung Kang and Professor Sung Ho Park in the Department of Biological Sciences at UNIST has unveiled a remarkable breakthrough in cancer treatment. The research team has successfully developed unprecedented “NK cell-engaging nanodrones” capable of selectively targeting and eliminating cancer cells, … Read more
Achromatic performance of different single lenses and multilayer lenses. (A) Schematic of the designer 3D-printed multilayer achromatic metalens (MAM). (B) Schematic of traditional and flat optics lenses [including Fresnel lens, multilevel diffractive lens (MDL), and metalens] with single layers and multilayers. (C) Evolution of focal spots at wavelengths of 400, 533, and 800 nm when … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A growing herd of 250 bison, re-introduced at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge to help restore toxic wasteland to the native short-grass prairie, often descends through a floodplain to reach First Creek and cross to the northern half of the refuge. But torrents of water spilling off the rapidly … Read more
Cars are huge now. This is known. These massive vehicles kill more people than smaller cars — this is also known. Yet, when confronted with these facts, automakers seem to prefer complex, expensive, high-tech solutions to reduce crashes, when there’s a much simpler option available: Make cars smaller. Rivian R1S Design Analysis Wired spoke with … Read more
