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Nov 6, 2024
Tesla says goodbye to electrics (and hydrogen): This is the new type of non-fuel engine
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: sustainability, transportation
Tesla has created a new racing vehicle with a non-fuel engine, one that doesn’t rely on electricity or hydrogen to deliver sustainability and high performance.
Nov 6, 2024
Research team uses the human body to power wearables — addresses major obstacle of conventional batteries
Posted by Rx Sobolewski in categories: biotech/medical, wearables
Future wearables won’t need to get under your skin.
Nov 6, 2024
Majestic ‘8th continent’ collects and recycles plastic from the ocean
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: innovation, sustainability
Award-winning architect Lenka Petráková is pioneering a new way to tackle ocean pollution with an ambitious project named “The 8th Continent.” Her innovative design aims to recycle ocean plastic while functioning as a completely self-sustaining floating structure. If realized, it could mark a significant advancement in global conservation efforts.
“The 8th Continent” is an intricate, five-part structure designed to float on the ocean, equipped with greenhouses, living quarters, and biodegradable waste collectors. It represents more than just a plastic-collection unit; it’s a potential catalyst for restoring damaged marine ecosystems.
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Nov 6, 2024
This laser exceeded the speed of light: It broke a law of the universe
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space
The laser violated a law of the universe by travelling faster than light. A relative theory by Einstein was not believing that this could be possible.
Nov 6, 2024
Physicists Spot Quantum Tornadoes Twirling in a ‘Supersolid’
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: climatology, quantum physics, space
New observations of microscopic vortices confirm the existence of a paradoxical phase of matter that may also arise inside neutron stars.
Nov 6, 2024
See Spacecraft Views: Sun Blasts Massive X4.5-Class Solar Flare
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: nuclear energy, space travel
Researchers have been performing these experiments for nearly 30 years but they always encounter the same problem: the bottle technique yields an average neutron survival time of 880 s, while the beam method produces a lifetime of 888 s. Importantly, this eight-second difference is larger than the uncertainties of the measurements, meaning that known sources of error cannot explain it.
A mix of different neutron states?
A team led by Benjamin Koch and Felix Hummel of TU Wien’s Institute of Theoretical Physics is now suggesting that the discrepancy could be caused by nuclear decay producing free neutrons in a mix of different states. Some neutrons might be in the ground state, for example, while others could be in a higher-energy excited state. This would alter the neutrons’ lifetimes, they say, because elements in the so-called transition matrix that describes how neutrons decay into protons would be different for neutrons in excited states and neutrons in ground states.
Nov 6, 2024
X-59 Fires Up its Engine for First Time on Its Way to Takeoff
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: energy, transportation
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NASA’s Quesst mission marked a major milestone with the start of tests on the engine that will power the quiet supersonic X-59 experimental aircraft.
These engine-run tests, which began Oct. 30, allow the X-59 team to verify the aircraft’s systems are working together while powered by its own engine. In previous tests, the X-59 used external sources for power. The engine-run tests set the stage for the next phase of the experimental aircraft’s progress toward flight.
Nov 6, 2024
Soft Polymer Wireless Devices Can Gently Wrap Around Neurons
Posted by Jose Ruben Rodriguez Fuentes in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience, wearables
A study presents battery-free, polymer-based wearable devices that wrap around neurons, allowing for real-time monitoring and modulation of cellular activity. This innovation aims to restore neuronal function in conditions like multiple sclerosis.
Nov 6, 2024
Scientists can tweak one gene to extend lifespans by up to 30%
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: life extension
A new study could help further attempts to slow human aging as gene tweaking experiments have improved the lifespans of fruit flies by 30%.