Space Exploration
Mar 6, 2025
US firm targets Moon landing with drill, rovers, hopping drone
A drill to search for ice. A 4G network test. Three rovers and a first-of-its-kind hopping drone.
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Space Exploration
Mar 2, 2025
Two lunar landings in a week for NASA's private moon fleet
More than fifty years passed between the last Apollo mission and the United States' return to the lunar surface, when the first-ever private lander touched down last February.
Space Exploration
Feb 27, 2025
SpaceX launch sends ice hunters to the moon
A SpaceX launch Wednesday night sent both a lander and an orbiter on their way to the moon, both on the hunt for ice.
Space Exploration
Feb 27, 2025
Private US company blasts off for second moon landing attempt
A US company is aiming for its second lunar touchdown after a lander carrying a suite of unique experiments successfully launched aboard a SpaceX rocket on Wednesday.
Mathematics
Feb 26, 2025
From slime molds to corporations, traveling networks chart a new path
You can learn a lot from a little slime mold. For Nate Cira, assistant professor of biomedical engineering in Cornell Engineering, the tiny eukaryotic organism provided inspiration for modeling "traveling networks"—connected ...
Space Exploration
Feb 26, 2025
Private US company set for second moon landing attempt
Intuitive Machines made history last year as the first private company to put a robot on the moon, although the triumph was marred by the lander tipping onto its side.
Social Sciences
Sep 11, 2024
Should you give your child a 'dumb' phone? They may not be the answer to fears over kids' social media use
Parents concerned about the possible dangers smartphone use might have for their children are turning to "dumb phones." These are the brick-shaped or flip phones today's parents might have had themselves as teenagers, only ...
Environment
Sep 5, 2024
Oil and gas communities are a blind spot in America's climate and economic policies
On a recent visit to Rangely, a small town in northwest Colorado, my colleagues and I met with the administrators of a highly regarded community college to discuss the town's economy. Leaving the scenic campus, we saw families ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 3, 2024
New 3D-printed microscale photonic lantern opens opportunities for spatial mode multiplexing
Optical waves propagating through air or multi-mode fiber can be patterned or decomposed using orthogonal spatial modes, with far-ranging applications in imaging, communication, and directed energy. Yet the systems that perform ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 28, 2024
Researchers develop world-leading microwave photonics chip for high-speed signal processing
A research team led by Professor Wang Cheng from the Department of Electrical Engineering (EE) at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) has developed a world-leading microwave photonic chip that is capable of performing ...
