Optical systems, such as microscopes, telescopes, and lasers, often suffer from aberrations that distort the quality and information of the light field. These aberrations can...
Bacterial Teamwork: How Microbes Cooperate and Share Resources Across Generations
Researchers at the University of Basel have discovered how bacteria cooperate and share resources across generations, using a newly developed method that tracks gene expression...
US to send first woman and first person of color to the moon in 2023
The US space agency NASA has announced that it will send the first woman and the first person of color to the moon in 2023,...
New Nikon Scanning Confocal Microscope to Revolutionize Light Microscopy Research
Nikon, a leading manufacturer of optical instruments, has announced the release of its next generation confocal microscope series, AX and AX R, which features a...
New Jersey Aims to Ban Gas Car Sales by 2035
New Jersey has announced its plan to phase out the sales of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035, following the footsteps of California and other states....
SpaceX Starship rocket suffers another explosion on test flight
SpaceX’s ambitious Starship rocket, which is designed to eventually carry humans and cargo to the Moon and Mars, exploded for the second time during a...
Earth’s Temperature Spikes Above 1.5°C for the First Time
The Earth has reached a grim milestone in its fight against climate change. According to the latest report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), there...
Oxfam Report Exposes Carbon Inequality Between Rich and Poor
A new report by Oxfam International and the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) has revealed the shocking gap in carbon emissions between the richest and the...
Kiwi cafés sizzle with success on meat-free mondays, cooking up environmental change
A growing number of cafés and restaurants in New Zealand are joining the global Meat Free Monday movement, which encourages people to reduce their meat...
Avian influenza A H5N1 virus poses a serious threat to wildlife in the U.S., study warns
A new study published in the journal Science has revealed that the avian influenza A H5N1 virus, which has caused outbreaks in poultry and sporadic...
Sunlight-powered soft robots can move autonomously and sustainably
Scientists have developed a new type of soft robot that can move and change shape in response to sunlight, without the need for batteries or...
Scientists create a mini Sun using nuclear fusion
Scientists in South Korea have achieved a major breakthrough in nuclear fusion research by creating a mini Sun that is hotter than the core of...
ESA’s Modular Rover Could Be a Science Lab or a Tiny Bulldozer on the Moon
The European Space Agency (ESA) is developing a versatile lunar rover system that can perform different missions with different objectives. The rover is based on...
Tongue-twisters could help detect drunk drivers, study suggests
A new study from Stanford University has found that tongue-twisters could be used to gauge alcohol-intoxication levels in people. The researchers say that the changes...
A Belgian Satellite Inspired by a Comic Character Launches into Space
Aerospacelab, a Belgian company that designs, manufactures and operates small satellites, has teamed up with DUPUIS, a renowned publisher of comic albums and magazines, to...
Listen to the Sound of a Meteor Hitting Mars and See the Craters It Created
NASA’s InSight mission, which landed on Mars in 2018, has been studying the interior and atmosphere of the Red Planet using a seismometer, a heat...