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Today we are in the middle of Solar Cycle 25, which began in 2019 and will last approximately until 2030, going through cyclical highs and lows of solar flares, coronal mass ejections and solar storms that will peak this or next year — making this a crucial period of time to invest in solar weather

The question of consciousness is one of the biggest mysteries in science Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images Two years after opening our bureau in New York, we are delighted to share that New Scientist is launching a new live event series in the US. This kicks off on 22 June in New York with a one-day masterclass

Laser light makes a material magnetic – Physics World Skip to main content Close search menu Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2024 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here

HELSINKI — Central American state Nicaragua has joined the ILRS moon base program as China continues its push to attract partners for the project. The China National Space Administration (CNSA) also reached agreements April 24 with the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization, headquartered in Beijing, and the Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences. The agreements

HELSINKI — Central American state Nicaragua has joined the ILRS moon base program as China continues its push to attract partners for the project. The China National Space Administration (CNSA) also reached agreements April 24 with the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization, headquartered in Beijing, and the Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences. The agreements

The hippocampus in a mouse brain that contains some rat cells (red) M. Khadeesh Imtiaz/Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CC BY-NC-ND) Rat cells grown inside the brains of mice with no sense of smell have allowed them to gain the ability. This is the first time that an organism of one species has experienced the

NIST researchers develop magnetics-based analyte sensor – Physics World Skip to main content Close search menu Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2024 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here

HELSINKI — China is on target to reach its goal of putting its astronauts on the moon before the end of the decade, according to the country’s human spaceflight agency. Officials with the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) provided a rare update on the crewed lunar program during a press conference at Jiuquan spaceport

Obese mice that lost weight on a low-fat diet before getting a flu shot had better immune responses than those that lost weight afterwards, suggesting diet and weight loss influence vaccine efficacy Read the original article here

Individual polyatomic molecules are trapped in optical-tweezer arrays – Physics World Skip to main content Close search menu Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2024 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here

HELSINKI — China has established a new force of the People’s Liberation Army, with the reorganization to have repercussions for how its space forces are commanded.  Xi Jinping, China’s president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, launched the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Information Support Force (ISF) April 19. The ISF is effectively replacing the

Inside Amazon’s Operations Innovation Lab in Vercelli, Italy Sam Todd/Amazon The world’s largest manufacturer of robots is a company you have probably heard of. As of last year, Amazon had installed more than 750,000 robots in its warehouses, and it is investing hundreds of millions of pounds on developing and building more. Many of these

Single-cell nanobiopsy explores how brain cancer cells adapt to resist treatment – Physics World Skip to main content Close search menu Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2024 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here

The Global Positioning System (GPS) and other Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) provide critical positioning, navigation and timing services to users across the globe. However, like other electronics-based systems (and despite industry efforts to bolster the security of these technologies) devices receiving a signal from GNSS satellites could be vulnerable to jamming and spoofing. It

Satakorn Sukontakajonkul/Alamy I spend an inordinate amount of time in my kitchen scrutinising pieces of plastic, trying to discern whether they are recyclable or not. If they are, they go into a bag alongside glass, cans, cardboard and paper. If not, or if I am unsure, I put them in a plastic bag (non-recyclable) and

Nanofluidic memristors compute in brain-inspired logic circuits – Physics World Skip to main content Close search menu Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2024 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here

WASHINGTON — The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded BlueHalo a $24.4 million contract to support the lab’s Satellite Assessment Center, an organization that models and analyzes the vulnerabilities of space systems.  BlueHalo, a defense contractor based in Arlington, Virginia, specializes in space, directed energy and autonomous systems technologies. The five-year contract was awarded by AFRL’s

Space modules must be able to switch orbits in order to explore a solar system Elen / Alamy Stock Photo When a spacecraft is circling a planet or sailing among a set of moons, navigating between different orbits can be tough – but a trick from knot theory may help. It can be used to