Science

What are the signs that nature is telling us?’ Scientists are triggering earthquakes in the Alps to find out what happens before one hits

Scientists are deliberately triggering earthquakes from a tunnel deep beneath the Alps. Although it may sound like something out of a James Bond movie, the goal isn't turmoil and...

Data Centers: The Past, Present and Future of Digital Infrastructure

In today’s digital-first world, data centers are the invisible engines that power almost everything we do from streaming...

Six Months with R2-D2: Inside the Life of a Certified Automation Technician Aboard Galactic Starship

The Galactic Assignment of a Lifetime For most automation technicians, the job involves factory floors, assembly lines, and robotic...

Francis Turbine Impact on Electrical Power Generation: How Experienced and Licensed Generator Technicians Drive Efficiency

Introduction In the world of modern hydroelectric power, the Francis Turbine stands out as one of the most efficient...

Electronics breakthrough means our devices may one day no longer emit waste heat, scientists say

Researchers have developed a breakthrough technology that solves a fundamental limit in electronics.This new technology, dubbed an "optoexcitonic...

From Lime to Layers: How 1930s House Plaster Compares to Modern Times

Every home tells a story through its walls. The solid, cool touch of an older home feels different from the smooth, papered surfaces of...

Rainbow-on-a-chip’ could help keep AI energy demands in check — and it was created by accident

A lab accident has led engineers to build a chip that fires a rainbow of powerful laser beams — and it could help data...

Scientists create ultrapowerful, squishy robotic ‘eye’ that focuses automatically and doesn’t need a power source

A squishy robotic "eye" can focus automatically in response to light, without any external power. The ultrapowerful robotic lens is sensitive enough to distinguish...

‘I screamed out of excitement’: 2,700-year-old cuneiform text found near Temple Mount — and it reveals the Kingdom of Judah had a late payment...

A 2,700-year-old pottery sherd discovered near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem is the first known correspondence between the Assyrian Kingdom to the Kingdom of...

For the first time, James Webb telescope detects 5 ‘building blocks of life’ in ice outside the Milky Way

For the first time, scientists have spotted multiple complex building blocks of life in the ice around a star outside the Milky Way.Using the...

Comet 3I/ATLAS has been transformed by billions of years of space radiation, James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal

Comet 3I/ATLAS is extremely irradiated from billions of years of cosmic ray bombardments, new research using observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)...