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Godfrey Hounsfield’s early life did not suggest that he would accomplish much at all.
Was it the enormous magnitude of the quake, or is the problem with the buildings?
Simple physics makes hauling vast ice chunks thousands of miles fiendishly difficult — but not impossible.
Innovative thinking has done away with problems that long dogged the electric devices — and both scientists and environmentalists are excited about the possibilities.
Size matters, but it's not the only thing.
An unexpected ancient manufacturing strategy may hold the key to designing concrete that lasts for millennia.
Its implications go well beyond the Earth itself, affecting even the future of space travel.
Nuclear fusion has long been seen as the future of energy. As the NIF now passes the breakeven point, how close are we to our ultimate goal?
If you gave me $400 and I gave you $3.15, would you consider yourself wealthier? That's a financial analogy for the supposed fusion power "breakthrough."
SpinLaunch will cleverly attempt to reach space with minimal rocket fuel. But will physics prevent a full-scale version from succeeding?
In the future, driving an app across a bridge could let engineers know how safe it is.
Sooner or later, Earth is going to be hit by a large enough space object to cause significant damage to humanity. Stopping them isn't easy.
The war in Ukraine is unlikely to trigger a catastrophic nuclear meltdown. Physics and smart engineering are the reasons why.
If your computer crashes, it might be due to a star that exploded somewhere in the Universe millions of years ago.
The synthetic cartilage was made from cellulose fibers — the stuff found in wood — mixed with a goo called polyvinyl alcohol.
New stamp-sized ultrasound adhesives produce clear images of heart, lungs, and other internal organs.
Scientists turn to nature to improve a ubiquitous building material.
NASA was dangerously cavalier about the dangers of the shuttle launches.
Heart muscle is shaped like a spiral, a mystery that has eluded scientists since 1669. New research has recreated the structure.
A two-dimensional material made entirely of carbon called graphene won the Nobel Prize in 2010. Graphyne might be even better.
From Amazon to the US Army, everybody wants one (or 150).
Deep learning AI has accurately created color images from night vision images.
“I thought, why not direct these high-power beams, instead of into fusion plasma, down into rock and vaporize the hole?”
For the very first time, an AR contact lens was worn on the eye of a human subject. And it has about 30 times the pixel density of an iPhone.
"The Soul of a New Machine" provides a rare level of insight into the minds and decisions of humanity's greatest thinkers.
It could make enough drinking water for a family of four.
The Hyperloop is physically possible, but engineering challenges will make its construction very difficult. Also, accidents would be catastrophic.
Nanofabricators could quickly synthesize whatever we need, molecule by molecule.
Can electrical stimulation meaningfully substitute for natural touch during a complex task in the real world? We think so.