When Anil Menon launches into space aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket next June, he'll bring two decades of experience as a physician, engineer, military pilot, and NASA flight surgeon—and a highly personal understanding of ...
Space Exploration
Sep 18, 2025
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A new study has successfully demonstrated the confinement of terahertz (THz) light to nanoscale dimensions using a new type of layered material. This could lead to improvements in optoelectronic devices such as infrared emitters ...
Condensed Matter
Sep 15, 2025
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"Fortress stores" with security-tagged chicken and steaks in wire security cages. GPS-tracked jars of instant coffee. Everything from toothpaste and deodorant to face creams, locked inside display cases, with buttons to call ...
Economics & Business
Sep 10, 2025
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For millennia humans have tried to scare wolves away from their livestock. Most of them didn't have drones.
Ecology
Aug 31, 2025
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Over the past decades, computer scientists have developed increasingly sophisticated sensors and machine learning algorithms that allow computer systems to process and interpret images and videos. This tech-powered capability, ...
When NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches in October 2026, it won't just be peering into the distant universe to study dark energy and exoplanets. This powerful observatory will also serve as Earth's newest guardian, ...
Planetary Sciences
Aug 26, 2025
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In an advance at the intersection of neuromorphic engineering and photonics, researchers have developed an ionic-electronic photodetector that not only detects light but also performs in-sensor image processing, offering ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 4, 2025
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When astronauts began spending six months and more aboard the International Space Station, they started to notice changes in their vision. For example, many found that, as their mission progressed, they needed stronger reading ...
Space Exploration
Jul 18, 2025
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A study published in npj Computational Materials presents a new AI system that uses computer vision and language processing to interpret complex polymer–solvent interactions such as swelling, gelation and dispersion from ...
Polymers
Jul 10, 2025
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In blinding bright light or pitch-black dark, our eyes can adjust to extreme lighting conditions within a few minutes. The human vision system, including the eyes, neurons, and brain, can also learn and memorize settings ...
Nanophysics
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