The dream of producing power by utilizing nuclear fusion power is getting closer. There are two main types of fusion that are currently being researched. The first, inertial confinement fusion, involves using lasers to put the fuel under a massive amount of pressure and heat. At the National Ignition Facility where Zylstra does his research,…
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Results from particle accelerator hint at ‘new mechanism in nature’
Still discovering new things in science. One of the world’s biggest particle accelerators has produced a troubling result: the mass of the W boson – a fundamental particle that is crucial for our understanding of matter and the universe – is not what it should be. For more, check out this El Pais/MSN story.
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These Solar Cells Might Be the Answer to Nighttime Electricity Woes
Solar cells at nighttime…seems like an oxymoron. As it turns out, radiative cooling may also be our ticket to a nighttime renewable energy source for countless people across the globe…In a new study published on Tuesday in the journal Applied Physics Letters, researchers at Stanford University created a photovoltaic (PV) cell, which collects and converts…
‘Dead’ telescope discovers Jupiter’s twin from beyond the grave
NASA’s Kepler space telescope supposedly died four years ago! An international team of astrophysicists using NASA’s Kepler space telescope, which ceased operations in 2018, have discovered an exoplanet similar to Jupiter located 17,000 light-years from Earth, making it the farthest exoplanet ever found by Kepler. The exoplanet, officially designated K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb, was spotted in data captured…
New discovery on the sun has captured scientists’ attention
A new object on the Sun has gained astronomer’s attention. A sunspot has emerged in recent days that is at least twice as big as the Earth, according to SpaceWeather.com. This region was named AR2975 after appearing on Wednesday…Astronomers are not only watching this area of the sun closely due to its size but also…
What Is Hawking’s Black Hole Paradox? 50-year Mystery Cracked, Experts Say
Scientists believe they have cracked one of the most pressing mysteries surrounding black holes that has boggled experts for decades. One particular characteristic of black holes has puzzled scientists for decades. In the 1970s, world-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking and colleagues found that black holes emit something called Hawking radiation—a faint glow of light that actually…
This Fiber Can Turn Your Clothes Into Listening Devices
Imagine if you could wear an ear… In a new study published on Wednesday in the journal Nature, researchers from around the U.S. created a fiber that can bend under the slightest sounds. When woven into a shirt, the fibers were able to pick up the direction a sound was coming from—even ones as faint…
World’s deepest hole offers ‘inexhaustible clean energy’
A US company is planning to dig the world’s deepest hole in order to tap an inexhaustible supply of geothermal energy from the Earth’s crust. MIT-spinoff Quaise Energy has raised $63 million to bore a record-breaking 20km below the planet’s surface – nearly twice as far as the deepest holes ever made – where temperatures…
Astronomers discover what’s inside a black hole for the 1st time ever
Black holes are holograms?? According to their theory, black holes could just be holograms. The study took a closer look at the idea of holographic duality, which has become popular to better understand black holes by connecting theories of particles and their interactions and the theory of gravity. For more, check out this Audacy/MSN story.