Black hole spews out material years after shredding star
Yikes, I guess it didn’t like the taste! A black hole has been spotted ejecting material three years after consuming a star, in what astronomers are comparing to a cosmic burp. For more, check out this Daily Mail/MSN story.
Train-plane ‘hybrid’ that can go 620 miles per hour
A Canadian company wants to join the fight for better high-speed train travel. Toronto-based TransPod recently unveiled plans for a “FluxJet,” a fully-electric transportation system that’s “a hybrid between an aircraft and a train.” The project, currently in the conceptual stage, would involve 82-foot-long, magnetically levitated trains that would carry passengers at roughly 621 miles…
Scientists think they have found a solution to one of the oldest problems in the universe
If the universe is primarily matter, where did all the anti-matter go? The theory Drs Cui and Zhong-Zh wanted to explore is known as leptogenesis, a process involving particle decay that could have led to the asymmetry between matter and antimatter in the early universe. An asymmetry in certain types of elementary particles in the…
Logitech Launches Handheld Cloud Gaming Device
Logitech announced the launch of their Logitech G CLOUD Gaming Handheld, a purpose-built gaming device for cloud gaming. The Logitech G CLOUD Gaming Handheld was developed in partnership with Tencent Games and supports cloud streaming from Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and NVIDIA GeForce NOW. Players can also stream local games from an Xbox console with…
Yamaha And Toyota Team Up To Develop Hydrogen Engines
Hydrogen power is slowly gaining traction. Yamaha and Toyota will team up once more on a project focused on sustainability and performance—two factors that appear to be at odds with one another when it comes to the future of transportation. To that end, Toyota Motor Corporation has given Yamaha Motor a contract to create a…
The JW telescope found a new energy source in space that’s baffling scientists
Scientists have been making a lot of intriguing discoveries with the new James Webb space telescope. Some speculate that a mysterious energy source picked up by James Webb could entirely change things for renewable energy. Others, however, feel it could just be a normal phenomenon. You can check out the video here.
Apple just released a major update for your iPhone
A little PSA…Apple just released a major update (IOS 16) for your iPhone. IOS16 will let users unsend and edit iMessages, schedule emails, customize their iPhone’s lock screen and more. For more, check out this CNBC story.
Making Popcorn with Infrared Cooking
Infrared heating is turning up in more places. They tested the new system with three different levels of heat power (600, 700 and 800 W) and found that 700 W produced the highest amount of fully or semi-popped kernels, as well as the largest kernels. Then, a sensory panel also determined that the popcorn from…
Researchers develop 3D printing sodium-ion micro batteries
Chinese researchers have developed a prototype of planar and flexible 3D printed sodium-ion micro batteries (NIMBs). Planar NIMBs are a promising new micro-power source because of their rich sodium resources, low cost, and fast sodium ion transmission. But they are hindered by low areal capacity owing to the thin microelectrodes. For more, check out this…
NASA’s Webb Telescope Just Detected Carbon Dioxide On A Distant Planet
A sign of a potential life environment? Thanks to the Webb Telescope’s precision, scientists discovered the first clear evidence of carbon dioxide on WASP-39 b by using the JWST’s Near-Infrared Spectrograph to view the change in wavelengths of light from the planet as it orbited its host star. The subtle measurements of the planet’s transmission…