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A drunken forest in Alaska, where trees are tilting or collapsing to the ground due to permafrost melt Global Warming Images/Shutterstock Melting permafrost in Arctic forests may cause trees to tilt to the side in ways that slow their growth, reducing the amount of carbon these “drunken forests” store. The northern hemisphere’s boreal forest is

Speeding up MR-guided radiotherapy with VMAT – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2024 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here

This is a customer submitted press release. Submit your press release. Washington, D.C. — SpaceNews, the leading B2B news organization covering the business, politics and technology of the space industry, announced the winners of the 7th annual SpaceNews Icon Awards on Dec. 6.  The event, hosted by SpaceNews as part of its 35th anniversary celebrations

AI found a new way to entangle particles of light luchschenF/Shutterstock Quantum entanglement just got easier, thanks to artificial intelligence. Researchers discovered a new procedure for creating quantum links between particles, and it could be used for building quantum communication networks in the future. This new method came as a surprise. Mario Krenn at the

Ask me anything: Dave Smith – ‘I don’t spend time on regrets’ – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2024 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here

WASHINGTON — NASA has further delayed the next two Artemis missions to the moon, pushing back the first crewed landing of the program to the middle of 2027. At a press conference Dec. 5, NASA leadership said they were delaying the Artemis 2 and 3 missions after finding the root cause of erosion of the

A highly infectious strain of bird flu has been circulating worldwide since 2020 ULISES RUIZ/AFP via Getty Images The H5N1 bird flu virus that has spread worldwide is already better at infecting people than earlier strains. What’s more, a single mutation could allow it to infect the cells lining our noses and throats, making it

How the UK Metamaterials Network supports scientific and commercial innovation – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2024 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here

TAMPA, Fla. — Telesat said Dec. 4 its Lightspeed constellation has passed an early design review, marking a key milestone in the Canadian geostationary operator’s bid to challenge Starlink’s growing broadband dominance in low Earth orbit (LEO). The operator said the preliminary design review showed the design of the spacecraft, the first to use Canada-based

This brain implant contains tens of thousands of lab-engineered neurons Science Corporation An experimental brain implant containing tens of thousands of living neurons can form cell connections with the brains of mice. Such a device could eventually enable sophisticated control over millions of neurons on the level of individual cells – but without relying on

International Year of Quantum Science and Technology 2025: here’s all you need to know – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2024 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here

WASHINGTON — Two European companies are partnering to provide microgravity research and manufacturing missions to low Earth orbit independent of the International Space Station. Atmos Space Cargo and Space Cargo Unlimited announced Dec. 3 that they will work together on a series of seven missions that will place a spacecraft carrying microgravity payloads into orbit

A warty comb jelly (Mnemiopsis leidyi) Andrey Nekrasov / Alamy Stock Photo It may be the closest scientists have yet come to creating Frankenstein’s monster. Living pieces of dozens of individual animals known as comb jellies have been fused together to create an array of new forms that, in some cases, survived for more than

Mathematical model sheds light on how exercise suppresses tumour growth – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2024 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here

WASHINGTON — Varda Space Industries secured a $48 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to test military payloads on the company’s reentry capsules.  A California-based startup focused on in-space manufacturing, Varda Space developed a factory-in-orbit spacecraft — a compact, 120-kilogram satellite engineered to produce high-value materials such as pharmaceuticals in zero-gravity conditions.

People carrying out disinfection work at a market in Wuhan, where covid-19 is thought to have originated, in March 2020 An Yuan/China News Service via Getty Images Five years ago, the covid-19 pandemic was getting under way – but we didn’t know it yet. So, what exactly happened? Many scientists are convinced that it began

From qubits to metamaterials: tech that led to Institute of Physics business awards 2024 – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2024 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here

WASHINGTON — The new European Union commissioner responsible for space says he will focus on improving European competitiveness and security in space, including passage of a long-delayed space law. Andrius Kubilius formally started his tenure as the European Commissioner for Defence and Space on Dec. 1 after members of the European Parliament confirmed him among