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3D printing creates strong, stretchy hydrogels that stick to tissue – 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 U.S. Space Force awarded a $200 million contract to Northrop Grumman to construct a radar site in the United Kingdom to monitor objects in outer space. This initiative is part of the AUKUS security alliance involving Australia, the U.K. and the United States. The contract, announced Aug. 23, is for the second

A health worker assesses a suspected case of mpox in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo Arlette Bashizi/Bloomberg via Getty Images Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is driving an ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and neighbouring countries. Surging cases are partly caused by a new variant that is thought

Vacuum-sealed tubes could form the backbone of a long-distance quantum network – 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 — Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner will return from the International Space Station in September without the two astronauts on board who launched on it in June after NASA concluded thruster problems posed too much risk. NASA announced Aug. 24 that Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, the NASA astronauts who flew to the ISS on Starliner’s

The interior of the monument in Spain known as the Menga dolmen Miguel Ángel Blanco de la Rubia Neolithic people seem to have understood sophisticated concepts in science, such as physics and geology, using this knowledge to construct a megalithic monument in southern Spain. Called the Menga dolmen, it is among the earliest European megaliths,

Quantum sensor detects magnetic and electric fields from a single atom – 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 — Nine space technology companies won a new round of contracts from SpaceWERX, a Los Angeles-based organization that connects military needs with commercial space technologies, officials announced Aug. 22. The contracts, known as Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) agreements, are funded by the Department of the Air Force’s AFWERX organization. SpaceWERX revealed the contract recipients

A DNA computer can solve simplified chess and sudoku puzzles Kevin Lin A computer made from DNA that can solve basic chess and sudoku puzzles could one day, if scaled up, save vast amounts of energy over traditional computers when it comes to tasks like training artificial intelligence models. DNA devices have a number of

Physics for a better future: mammoth book looks at science and society – 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

TAMPA, Fla. — Amazon is investing $19.5 million to expand its satellite processing facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, to mitigate delays in deploying its 3,200-strong Project Kuiper broadband constellation. The company said Aug. 22 the investment will support a secondary, 3,900-square-meter support facility at the site, which would help accelerate launch cadence amid

Covid-19 is a risk all year round Rosem Morton for The Washington Post via Getty Images Traditionally, summer is the season of sunburn and allergies, while winter is a time for sniffles and flu, but now it seems one pathogen is upending our yearly cycle of medical maladies: the coronavirus behind covid-19. This infection also

Drowsiness-detecting earbuds could help drivers stay safe at the wheel – 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 — Axiom Space is working with Nokia to adapt terrestrial wireless technologies to provide high-speed communications for the Artemis spacesuits Axiom is developing. The two companies announced a partnership Aug. 21 to develop 4G/LTE communications technologies, called the Lunar Surface Communications System (LSCS), for the suits Axiom is developing for NASA for use starting

Lasers can have a cooling effect in quantum experiments Mike_shots/Shutterstock In the strange world of quantum mechanics, nothing isn’t ever actually nothing — and now we have found that nothing, or the absence of a photon, can be used to cool things down. One of the most common ways scientists cool things down is by

Software expertise powers up quantum computing – 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 — As the sun’s activity ramps up, a new company is emerging to help satellite operators prepare for the potential hazards of space weather.  Ensemble Space Labs, spun off from a government contracting firm, is developing advanced forecasting tools to predict solar storms and their impacts on Earth, said CEO Ben McCrossan. Space weather,

Quantum effects result in particles behaving like waves that interfere with each other Shutterstock/sakkmesterk​e The fuzziness of the quantum world has been demonstrated on its largest-ever scale, probing the limits of quantum mechanics. More than a billion atoms inside a glass bead acted as a single quantum wave, a crucial step in making macroscopic matter