[ad_1] In my work as a quantum engineer, I wear two hats. At the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in London, where this photo was taken in April, I research quantum metrology, the scientific study of measurements based on the principles of quantum physics. The instrument in this picture is a dilution refrigerator, which allows us … Read more
[ad_1] Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule returns to the factory for a deeper dive into the valve issues that cleaned up a critical test flight earlier this month. The spacecraft was believed to have been launched towards the International Space Station on August 3. It was a redesign of an unmanned test flight that ended in … Read more
[ad_1] Credit: CC0 Public domain Curtin researchers revealed how behavioral and ecological factors influence the quality of bee venom, a product widely known for its effective treatment of degenerative and infectious diseases such as Parkinson’s disease and osteoarthritis. The study, published in PLOS ONE, analyzed for the first time the diversity of proteins in bee … Read more
[ad_1] Einstein’s famous equation E = mc2 was first published on November 21, 1905 and derives from his special theory of relativity. It states that if you smash two sufficiently energetic photons, or particles of light, into each other, you should be able to create matter in the form of an electron and its opposite … Read more
[ad_1] The formation of a gas giant involves a race against time. Planets are born when newly formed stars heat up, a process that quickly drives all parasitic gas out of nearby planet-creating regions. To create a gas giant, a large rocky planet must form before this process and generate enough gravitational pull to suck … Read more
[ad_1] Artist’s impression of an internal accretion flow and jet from a supermassive black hole as it actively feeds on, say, a star it has recently torn apart. Image: ESO / L. Calçada Flickering light emitted from astrophysical accretion discs can reveal mass of supermassive black hole (SMBH) at their center, according to a new … Read more
[ad_1] Picture this: colossal, Autonomous gasoline-powered robots bulldozed hectares of homogeneous farmland under a blackened sky that reeked of pollution. The trees have all been felled and there are no animals in sight. Pesticides are sprayed in excess because humans no longer tend to the fields. Machines do their job – producing massive amounts of … Read more
[ad_1] A view of the ISS on October 7, 2018, during Expedition 56/57.Picture: NASA Johnson Still spicy from the recent ISS car accidentRussian state news agency TASS alleges that a NASA astronaut deliberately damaged a docked Soyuz spacecraft in an attempt to facilitate a quick return to Earth, in an incident dating back to 2018. … Read more
[ad_1] According to a new study by South West Research Institute (SwRI). Known as the Chicxulub Impactor, this large object has an estimated width of 6 miles (9.6 kilometers) and has produced a crater in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula that stretches 90 miles (145 kilometers). After its sudden contact with Earth, the asteroid wiped out not … Read more