The last remnants of a dwarf galaxy circle the spiral galaxy that tore it apart. Two rivers of stars—and possibly dark matter—are all that remain of the low-mass dwarf after it was unraveled by the gravity of the much larger spiral, NGC 5907. ...
Off the Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Australia, amazing funnel-shaped “morning glory” clouds sometimes ripple across the sky. These stunning cloud formations are the objects of desire for a guild of daredevil pilots—cloud chasers seeking to glide ...
This A-beta peptide fibril has been rendered in 3-D by a transmission electron microscope, providing the most detailed look yet at the telltale sign of Alzheimer’s disease. While we still do not know just how Alzheimer’s progresses or what role the ...
Two researchers head into the target chamber at the National Ignition Facility in Livermore, California, where the world’s largest laser is being completed. The laser, built for fusion research, has already shown the ability to fire 4 megajoules of ...
To reverse climate change, we need to build an atmospheric carbon collector the size of the Great Wall of China, find a giant aquifer, and dump millions of tons of captured CO2 into it. Repairing the climate could be that simple, or at least that is ...
Engineers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston are busy creating tear-proof space suits, testing the heat shield on the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle (successor to the old Apollo capsule), and road testing six-wheel-drive SUVs. Although the buzz ...
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In case you hadn't heard, it’s “Australian Week” here in the U.S., a state-run marketing event that has the streets running red with wine, buildings plastered with shots of Russell Crow and the strangely soothing accents infiltrating the airwaves (at ...
During the discussion of current technologies driving the future, the need for modular technology—in automotive systems, robots, and personal devices—was discussed at great length. As consumer electronics continue to become more personalized, ...
Wireless power: We’ve seen it in MIT’s media lab, some predicted it would take over the world and, finally we see it coming out in products. Well, at least one product. eCoupled (owned by Fulton Innovations), hopes to be at the front of this emerging ...
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