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TAMPA, Fla. — Ramon.Space is setting up an engineering hub in the United Kingdom to help grow its space computing technology business globally, the California-based company announced July 16. Avi Shabtai, Ramon.Space’s CEO, said the newly created British subsidiary will focus on developing hardware and software for its radiation-resilient processors.  “We currently have an immediate

The north polar region of Titan, imaged using radar signals from the Cassini probe, with hydrocarbon seas coloured blue NASA / JPL-Caltech / Agenzia Spaziale Italiana / USGS Our most detailed look yet at the strange lakes of Saturn’s moon Titan has revealed a diverse seascape, similar to Earth’s combination of freshwater rivers and salty

Single electrons follow structured chiral paths – 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 United States should harden its low Earth orbit satellites that support nuclear command and control against radiation effects from potential high-altitude nuclear detonations, according to a new report from a prominent think tank. The Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security released a study July 15 titled “Modernizing Space-Based Nuclear Command,

Air traffic controllers can track transatlantic flights’ GPS problems NATS Disruptions to GPS signals, which began near war zones in Europe and the Middle East, are now affecting the busiest oceanic airspace in the world. More than 1700 transatlantic flights cross the North Atlantic between Europe and North America each day. In recent months, a

Scientists create space plasmas at CERN – 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

SAN FRANCISCO — Dawn Aerospace is poised to begin supersonic testing of its Mk-II Aurora spaceplane. New Zealand’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) awarded Dawn a certificate to fly the Mk-II Aurora at unlimited speeds and a maximum altitude of 80,000 feet, the company announced July 12. “This unlocks the next major performance milestone for the

Those living in Papua New Guinea’s highlands may benefit from having Denisovan DNA Michael Runkel/Danita Delimont/Getty Images/Gallo Images ROOTS People living in the highlands and lowlands of Papua New Guinea have different frequencies of several Denisovan genetic variants, which may help them adapt to their local environmental conditions. The Denisovans were hominins that lived across

Second team uses laser to excite thorium-229 nuclear transition – 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

TOKYO — SpaceX says it will not be able to recover the 20 Starlink satellites left in a very low orbit after a malfunction of a Falcon 9 upper stage on a July 11 launch. In a statement July 12, the company said that the 20 satellites on the Group 9-3 launch have been unable

Pupil size can help diagnose conditions such as concussion Irina Shilnikova/Getty Images The size of our pupils fluctuates as we breathe. They are at their smallest as we start to breathe in, increase steadily to reach their largest size when we are in the middle of breathing out, then shrink rapidly as we finish exhaling.

Spacesuit backpack allows astronauts to drink their own urine – 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. military is poised to award an estimated $3 billion multi-year contract for commercial data and analytics services to monitor potential threats across the Indo-Pacific region, a focal point of global geopolitics and a priority theater for the Department of Defense. The program, known as Long-Range Enterprise Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Activity

Not all diving boards obey the laws of thermodynamics vm/Getty Images A microscopic version of a diving board has been driven to cheat the second law of thermodynamics 95 per cent of the time. The finding doesn’t challenge the validity of the law, but underscores how different the rules of the microscopic world can be.

Laura Tobin: the meteorologist and broadcaster who won’t stop talking about climate change – 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. — Armada has raised an extra $40 million through a Microsoft-led funding round to develop mobile data centers tailored for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, the San Francisco-based startup announced July 11. The venture, which said it has received around $100 million from investors after emerging from stealth six months ago, is first focusing on

A special laser (red) can spiralise electrons (blue) Dr. Yiqi Fang, University of Konstanz An electron has been turned into a spiralling wave of mass and charge, with the help of a laser. “Chirality, or handedness, is an interesting and still in part enigmatic feature of our universe,” says Peter Baum at the University of

Precision medicine: meet two medical physicists who are making it possible – 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