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Mon, 21 Aug 2017 06:55:06 GMT
Remote work and automation is about to see Voyager-listeners' work change, but our man says tuning in is still a thrill
When Richard Stephenson drives to work, there's a chance that later that day he'll become the first human to see new details of Mars, a moon of Saturn, or the far reaches of the solar system.…
Thu, 17 Aug 2017 07:26:09 GMT
We hardly noticed at first, but records revealed plenty about how star-stuff sails solar winds
On October 14th, 2014, the Sun decided it was time for a coronal mass ejection, the irregular hiccups that see it belch out astounding quantities of magnetised plasma. And after careful analysis, we've now fingerprinted the plasma's passing using no fewer than ten spacecraft.…
Thu, 17 Aug 2017 03:58:11 GMT
Teams get extra wiggle room to hit final deadline
The X-Prize Foundation has cut some slack for teams vying to be the first to land a robot on the Moon and scoop millions of dollars as a result.…
Wed, 16 Aug 2017 06:04:07 GMT
All you need is a 3D printer, ultrasonic transducers, an Arduino, patience...
Engineers at the University of Bristol in the UK have published a rough guide to building a simple levitation chamber that uses sound waves to suspend objects.…
Wed, 16 Aug 2017 05:24:13 GMT
Zinc-air batteries are hard to charge: boffins think new catalysts can fix that
Sydney University boffins reckon they've got a handle on how to stop batteries catching fire: quit using lithium ions.…
Tue, 15 Aug 2017 21:26:08 GMT
Human cell study AMA on Reddit all cleaned up
Money can't buy you love, but it can remove criticism, at least in the hallowed world of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.…
Tue, 15 Aug 2017 12:30:20 GMT
Far away from where Earth's atmosphere can interfere
Hitching a ride on SpaceX's 12th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station is NASA's latest tech for studying the origins of cosmic rays, the high-energy particles that bombard Earth from deep space.…
Tue, 15 Aug 2017 06:02:08 GMT
Shriveling vehicle patented
Waymo has been granted a patent to deck out its self-driving cars in a material that becomes less rigid when its sensors detect a high chance of collision.…
Tue, 15 Aug 2017 01:58:11 GMT
A heavy metal performance proves an old theory
Large Hadron Collider boffins in charge of the ATLAS experiment reckon they've seen photons interacting at the quantum level for the first time.…
Mon, 14 Aug 2017 02:01:56 GMT
Awaken not the Elder Things, lest they and their shoggoths again battle foul Cthulhu
Boffins from the University of Edinburgh's School of GeoSciences have found 91 previously unknown volcanoes beneath the West Antarctic Ice Shelf, a total that suggests it might be the most volcanic region on Earth.…
Sat, 12 Aug 2017 07:06:07 GMT
Carp diem, indeed
Scientists have discovered how goldfish and their wild ilk survive months of winter in frozen-over lakes of oxygen-free water. The answer is alcohol – the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.…
Fri, 11 Aug 2017 06:31:11 GMT
Ancient Moon rocks vital clue in space dynamo study
Scientists studying prehistoric lunar rocks have found evidence of a lava-lamp-like dynamo at the heart of our Moon’s metallic core that generated a long-lasting magnetic field.…
Thu, 10 Aug 2017 19:47:33 GMT
ESA tells everyone to calm down and carry on
The European Space Agency has confirmed there is no danger of asteroid 2012 TC4 hitting Earth in October, despite what some panicky YouTube videos might tell you.…
Thu, 10 Aug 2017 07:31:08 GMT
Shall we launch a telescope in a balloon? Or an X-ray to the ISS? One will happen by 2022
NASA has published a shortlist of six missions its considering for launch from the year 2022.…
Thu, 10 Aug 2017 04:02:11 GMT
Let's get outta here while we still have a chance
Scientists have found tantalizing signs that there are four Earth-like planets orbiting Tau Ceti, a Sun-like star just 12 light-years away. And two of those worlds could be home to life.…
Wed, 09 Aug 2017 05:04:13 GMT
Bug in the Matrix or boon for grav wave hunters – you decide
A new study shows that there may be up to 100 million black holes scattered around the dark depths of the Milky Way – a number much higher than previously expected.…
Tue, 08 Aug 2017 20:19:51 GMT
We can't think of anything snarky to say about this cool biological repair kit
Video Researchers at Ohio State University have developed a nanochip contact patch that can reprogram nearby cells, to help repair damaged or aging organs, blood vessels, or nerve cells.…
Tue, 08 Aug 2017 07:03:04 GMT
Atto-boy!
Physicists at the University of Central Florida have developed the world's fastest X‑ray pulse, at 53 attoseconds.…
Tue, 08 Aug 2017 06:01:09 GMT
'We need a superhero,' sighs prof – and anyone can apply
There aren't many astronomy jobs that pay very well – but the Chinese authorities are offering just that for the director of scientific operation for its new Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Telescope.…
Sat, 05 Aug 2017 10:03:04 GMT
Yeah, try slapping some sanctions on black holes
Astronomers have proposed that heavy elements in the universe may have been forged when small, primordial black holes swallowed neutron stars.…
Fri, 04 Aug 2017 11:15:09 GMT
It actually works – and could foster faster, cheaper science
Boffins have built what could be one of the world's smallest working detectors of elusive neutrino particles.…
Fri, 04 Aug 2017 03:46:58 GMT
Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 could be two rocks for the price of one
The New Horizons probe's next destination, Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69, looks a bit like a duck.…
Thu, 03 Aug 2017 07:03:06 GMT
Boffins crack ultimate riddle of stinging agent formation
We’re all familiar with the burning, eye-watering sensation felt when chopping onions, and now we know exactly why.…
Thu, 03 Aug 2017 05:00:07 GMT
If you said yes, you may be in luck: NASA needs a Planetary Protection Officer
Here’s a job title you can dazzle people with at boring dinner parties: Planetary Protection Officer.…
Thu, 03 Aug 2017 04:25:10 GMT
Gravity waves reveal our star rotates four times faster on the inside than the outside
Our Sun's core is rotating four times faster than its surface.…
Wed, 02 Aug 2017 06:16:05 GMT
It's cold outside, there's no kind of atmosphere ... I'm all alone
NASA scientists have dashed hopes that Proxima Centauri b, an Earth-ish-like planet orbiting the closest star to the Sun, could be habitable.…
Wed, 02 Aug 2017 06:02:07 GMT
You'll be blinded by science, literally, if you put on fake glasses, boffins warn
The American Astronomical Society has warned that knockoff viewing glasses for this month's total solar eclipse will blind people if they wear them while looking up at the spectacle.…
Tue, 01 Aug 2017 19:40:57 GMT
Toshiba pulls plug on reactor construction, uranium becomes u-ran-out-of-cash
Energy companies in the US have cancelled plans to build a pair of nuclear power plants – after Toshiba's Westinghouse Electric Company collapsed.…
Mon, 31 Jul 2017 20:16:31 GMT
Enceladus, Europa will not be habitable, scientists warn
The possibility of alien life on the icy planets and moons in our Solar System could be lower than previously thought, because any water on them will quickly vaporize, according to a new study in Nature Geoscience.…
Mon, 31 Jul 2017 12:57:09 GMT
What's a few more billion between friends, eh?
US defence technology firm Raytheon’s advanced GPS project has encountered yet more cost-inflating delays, according to reports.…
Mon, 31 Jul 2017 03:58:10 GMT
Good news: Chelyabinsk-sized rattler won't wipe us out, will let us test asteroid defences
NASA's preparing another round asteroid defence tests, thanks to the October fly-by of a rock that may come within a cosmic whisker of the Earth.…
Mon, 31 Jul 2017 02:28:12 GMT
Social media speculation forced their hand, hence the pre-press paper explaining their interest
After Twitter-leaks, a trio of exoplanet-hunters have decided to go public with observations they reckoned weren't quite up to broadcast-quality but which is rather significant: the first possible detection of a moon orbiting an exoplanet.…
Sat, 29 Jul 2017 11:34:12 GMT
With apologies to Bonnie Tyler
Scientists are gearing up for the hotly anticipated total solar eclipse on August 21 by preparing a series of experiments.…
Fri, 28 Jul 2017 16:05:11 GMT
Attempt to make Blighty an innovator in the field
The UK has launched a £45m competition to support research in electric vehicle battery materials, technologies and manufacturing processes.…
Fri, 28 Jul 2017 12:00:45 GMT
Plus: We take a sneak peek at London's other tube network, Mail Rail
Royal Mail’s Postal Museum, hidden round the corner from its central London sorting depot, is opening to the public after an 18 month refurbishment project.…
Thu, 27 Jul 2017 06:33:04 GMT
Third Space Launch System engine controller declared a success
Vid If you have a hankering to watch eight minutes of billowing clouds of rocket exhaust, NASA's posted the video of the latest test of its RS-25 engine.…
Thu, 27 Jul 2017 01:00:05 GMT
'We could consider ourselves space travelers or extragalactic immigrants'
Up to half the atoms in the stars, planets, moons – and even in us – could come from distant galaxies beyond the Milky Way, according to a new study.…
Tue, 25 Jul 2017 22:08:17 GMT
Cool, er, hot stuff but no breakthrough (yet)
Analysis Google and Tri Alpha Energy, a Californian energy company, say they have come up with an algorithm that appears to help scientists generate hotter plasma more efficiently for nuclear fusion experiments. Keyword: experiments.…
Tue, 25 Jul 2017 10:55:04 GMT
Wellcome Trust wants boffins to share
Moneybags research funder the Wellcome Trust has changed its policy on the sharing and management of research outputs to include original software, reagents and cell lines.…
Tue, 25 Jul 2017 06:38:06 GMT
We can’t bring ‘em home, but we should be able to figure out what they’re made of
The soon-to-die Cassini probe has captured tiny fragments of Saturn’s rings. Cassini’s was launched in 1997, made it to Saturn in 2004 and has been there ever since. But the probe is running out of fuel and will be crashed into the gas giant in September 2017, in order to avoid possible contamination of potentially-life-bearing moons.…
Mon, 24 Jul 2017 21:38:06 GMT
Everyone else did the 'Houston, we have a problem' headline
An online fundraising campaign is asking for $250,000 to cover the costs of preserving and maintaining a historic control room used for NASA's Apollo missions.…
Mon, 24 Jul 2017 10:26:09 GMT
No mutant lizards. Possible spilled fuel found inside reactor container
Pics TEPCO, the operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant, has revealed photos of the facility's flooded interior.…
Fri, 21 Jul 2017 09:27:10 GMT
Too lazy to plug GPS co-ords into satnav? Fear not, gypsythief has saved you
A forward-thinking Reg reader has put the entirety of our Geeks’ Guide series onto a Google Map, for your navigational and geographically organised reading pleasure.…
Wed, 19 Jul 2017 10:30:04 GMT
Should we believe the hype? And why drop so much $$?
Two hundred local government employees across the capital of China's eastern Shandong province will soon be encrypting messages with keys that are "impossible" to crack.…
Tue, 18 Jul 2017 04:57:05 GMT
Sure, Goddard boffins could just analyse the signals, but why not listen to them too?
NASA boffins in charge of the agency's Van Allen Belt mission have recorded audio-frequency noise made by energetic electrons emitting what's known as “whistler waves”.…
Mon, 17 Jul 2017 23:03:31 GMT
Mayak bird so bright it may outshine Venus, Jupiter
Skywatchers are going to see a new light in the heavens this week after the successful launch of the Russian satellite Mayak this past weekend.…
Mon, 17 Jul 2017 05:23:06 GMT
Infected sterile males will help kill off the population
Google’s healthcare arm Verily announced just before the weekend it will release twenty million sterile male mosquitoes into the wild, in Fresno County, California.…
Mon, 17 Jul 2017 01:39:03 GMT
Aerospace firm says there's no market for this stuff, wants to build it anyway
Aerospace company Orbital ATK has failed in a legal bid to halt a DARPA contract for robotic satellite maintenance devices and will instead see if the White House can help it to bring the work to the private sector.…
Sat, 15 Jul 2017 07:02:13 GMT
High-Mach number, magnetized collisionless shocks reproduced
Scientists have managed to create powerful supersonic shock waves – comparable to those generated in space – under laboratory conditions.…
Fri, 14 Jul 2017 21:16:55 GMT
Amazingly, it's not Keith Richards
Humans are newcomers on Earth and it's almost certain that we won't be around, on this planet at least, when the solar system's star finally goes nova. But boffins have identified at least one animal that will be.…
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