All products and promotions are independently selected by our experts. To help us provide free unbiased advice, we earn an affiliate commission if you make a purchase. Click here to find out more Freesat has pulled the plug on a clever Sky Q-like feature that allowed viewers to schedule recordings from everywhere in the world. … Read more
Schematic representation of the surface instability considered, with the reference and the real configurations, and with a detailed description of the nature of the boundary conditions. Source: Physical assessment letters (2024). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.248202 A new theory has finally deciphered the physical mechanisms of fracture in soft materials. This discovery could soon lead to new, defect-free … Read more
Source: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Childhood temperatures and community connectedness can help predict how U.S. residents set their thermostats, offering new ways to promote energy conservation and combat climate change, according to a study published July 3 in the journal PLOS Climate by Dritjon Gruda of the National University of Ireland Maynooth and Paul Hanges of … Read more
Credit: McGill University Understanding how gold is formed is crucial to knowing where to find it and how to extract it sustainably. McGill researchers have answered a long-standing question in geology that could lead to new ore discoveries. Researchers traveled to the remote Brucejack gold deposit in northwestern British Columbia to study and collect ancient … Read more
The Goldstone Solar System Radar, part of NASA’s Deep Space Network, made these observations of the recently discovered 150-meter-wide asteroid 2024 MK, which made its closest approach — within about 295,000 kilometers of Earth — on June 29. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Deep Space Network’s Goldstone planetary radar had a busy few days observing asteroids 2024 MK … Read more
The half-radius of the Milky Way compared to that of local disk galaxies. Credit: Nature Astronomy (2024). DOI file: 10.1038/s41550-024-02315-7 A small team of astronomers from the University of Yunnan, the University of Utah, New Mexico State University and the University of St. Andrews has developed a new model of the Milky Way based on … Read more
The exposure-corrected image of SPT J2031. Credit: Diwanji et al., 2024. Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray spacecraft, astronomers from the University of Alabama in Huntsville have observed a merging cluster of galaxies known as SPT-CLJ 2031-4037. They discovered a rarely seen strong shock front in this cluster of galaxies. The finding was reported in a research … Read more
This figure shows the synthesis of metallic 1D mirror twin boundaries via Van der Waals epitaxial growth (top) and the large 2D semiconductor integrated circuit constructed from these boundaries (bottom). By controlling the crystal structure of molybdenum disulfide at the atomic level using Van der Waals epitaxial growth, metallic 1D mirror twin boundaries were freely … Read more
Camera trap footage in Udzungwa. From left to right: Female leopard, hyena, male leopard. Credit: Rasmus W. Havmøller Who is stronger? A lone leopard or the cackling of hyenas? And who can best handle people? Researchers from the University of Copenhagen studied this closely in a large East African nature reserve surrounded by rural settlements. … Read more
Laser light passing through the transparent crystal and exciting the thorium core. Credit: James Terhune, Hudson Group, UCLA For nearly 50 years, physicists have dreamed of unlocking the secrets of increasing the energy state of the nucleus of an atom using a laser. This achievement would make it possible to replace today’s atomic clocks with … Read more