Several science students may imagine a ball rolling down a hill or a car skidding due to friction as prototypical examples of the systems physicists care about. However, much of modern physics consists of looking for objects and essentially invisible sensations: the small electrons of quantum physics and the particles concealed within odd steels...
Alvin swimmers Molly Smith and Rick Sanger signal main latch release before deployment. On Thursday (July 21st), the human-occupied submersible Alvin made background when it effectively got to a whopping deepness of 21,325 feet (6,453 metres), achieving the inmost dive ever in the 58-year history of the storied submersible, in proportion to a press release...
The Penrose tiling pattern is a type of quasicrystal, which means that it has an ordered yet never-repeating structure. The pattern, composed of two shapes, is a 2D projection of a 5D square lattice. Credit: None By shining a laser pulse series inspired by the Fibonacci numbers at atoms inside a quantum computer, physicists have...
Simply ten months after the initial genome sequencing of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, two mRNA vaccines were shown to provide 95% effectiveness against symptomatic infections through randomized, placebo-controlled trials of more than 74,000 individuals. That unprecedented success was partially sustained by the $10 billion governmental investment in Operation Warp Speed (OWS) in March 2020 to accelerate...
A new working paper attempts to quantify the importance of more powerful computers for improving outcomes across society. In it, researchers analyzed five areas where computation is critical, including weather forecasting, oil exploration, and protein folding (important for drug discovery). Credit: MIT Q&A: MIT's Neil Thompson on Calculating Power and Innovation Technology in many industries has...
The large radio telescope and an illustration of the signal. (CHIME/MIT) A brand-new radio signal from deep space is once again challenging our understanding of these mysterious phenomena. Not only is this brand-new fast radio burst, called FRB 20191221A, another extremely rare repeater, but it is not even that quick: the radio flashes received across intergalactic...
The cost to producers for implementing EPR for packaging fell by £1 billion due to the exclusion of business waste. The Recycling Association has cautioned that proposals for business waste collection areas in the Scottish Government's circular economy bill could be "damaging" to the recycling industry. Within the consultation, the Scottish Government states it intends to...
A new research study examines how getting sufficient sleep affects caloric intake in a real-world setting. Understanding the fundamental causes of obesity and how to stop it is the best means to fight the obesity epidemic, according to Esra Tasali, MD, Director of the UChicago Sleep Center at the University of Chicago Medicine. "The present...
The M-RCV system. Credit: Israel Ministry of Defense/Facebook The weapon will be used for advanced reconnaissance In April of 2022, the Ministry of Defense of Israel tested its new laser-based missile defense system named Iron Beam, and now, the Ministry declared it would start testing a new robotic crewless combat vehicle on Monday that is under...
Researchers at IIT and INAIL in Italy are working on new concepts of wearable robotic exoskeletons for the reduction of the risks of work-related injuries. Credit: IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Scientists at IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology) and INAIL (Italian Worker's Compensation Authority) have designed and produced innovative prototypes of wearable robotic...
