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Space Exploration Jun 6, 2024

World's most powerful rocket Starship set for next launch

Starship, SpaceX's massive prototype rocket that may one day send humans to Mars, is poised for its next flight on Thursday.

Optics & Photonics May 31, 2024

New imager acquires amplitude and phase information without digital processing

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have achieved a significant milestone in optical imaging technology. A new all-optical complex field imager has been developed, capable of capturing both amplitude ...

Environment May 2, 2024

Scientists advance research of harmful PFAS chemicals and their impacts

A bemused fishmonger at a seafood market in Portsmouth, N.H., weighed and packaged a dozen filets of fish and three lobster tails for his unusually exacting customers, Dartmouth researchers Celia Chen, Guarini, a research ...

Space Exploration Apr 30, 2024

NASA's Mars Sample Return mission is in trouble—but it's a vital step to sending humans to the red planet

NASA recently asked the scientific community to help come up with innovative ideas for ways to carry out its Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission. This was in response to a report by an independent board that deemed that its ...

Space Exploration Apr 4, 2024

Three companies in the running for NASA's next moon rover

Three companies are in the running to provide NASA's next moon rover for crewed missions planned later this decade, the space agency said Wednesday.

Analytical Chemistry Mar 22, 2024

New AI model: A leap for autonomous materials science

Materials science enables cutting-edge technologies, from lightweight cars and powerful computers to high-capacity batteries and durable spacecraft. But to develop materials for these applications, they need to be exactingly ...

Space Exploration Mar 13, 2024

Evolved adapter for future NASA space launch system flights readied for testing

A test version of the universal stage adapter for NASA's more powerful version of its SLS (Space Launch System) rocket arrived at Building 4619 at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, on Feb. 22 from ...

Optics & Photonics Feb 7, 2024

Research team takes a fundamental step toward a functioning quantum internet

Research with quantum computing and quantum networks is taking place around the world in the hopes of developing a quantum internet in the future. A quantum internet would be a network of quantum computers, sensors, and communication ...

Biotechnology Nov 29, 2023

Researchers design smaller, more cost-efficient electron cryo-microscope

Researchers have designed a new electron cryo-microscope that is a fraction of the size and cost of current alternatives and used it to determine 11 atomic structures. The breakthrough aims to slash the cost of running electron ...

Quantum Physics Nov 15, 2023

Researchers demonstrate quantum error mitigation on prototype, extending coherent annealing range by order of magnitude

D-Wave Quantum Inc. has announced research results that demonstrate successful Quantum Error Mitigation (QEM) in its Advantage2 annealing quantum computing experimental prototype.

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