Month: April 2023

That could be a big step towards living on the Moon. The Carbothermal Reduction Demonstration (CaRD) experiment could prove vital for producing oxygen for breathing, as well as for propellant for transportation. For more, check out this The Independent story.

It could be a harbinger of the “big one.” A leak in the Pacific Ocean’s floor has scientists concerned it could fuel “the big one,” a magnitude-9.0 earthquake that would be one of the strongest earthquakes the U.S. has ever seen, and has been the source of fears in the Pacific Northwest for years. For…

Now that they know why, scientists can build better lithium-metal batteries to eventually produce more electric vehicles. The researchers combined an electric probe and an electrolyte to create a miniature battery in an attempt to understand why lithium burrowed into certain areas and caused a short circuit. When resting, the lithium anode performed as designed,…

This can’t be good…a Hypersonic Generator in China? Chinese scientists say one formidable explosion inside a shock tunnel can turn hot gas into the most powerful hypersonic generator a military has ever seen—strong enough to charge military lasers, rails guns, microwave weapons, and more. For more, check out this Popular Mechanics story.

Wow, a ground-breaking Physics experiment showed light can cross through gaps in time. In a new version of the experiment, scientists made light cross through gaps not in space, but time. The findings, published Monday in the journal Nature Physics, could lead to new, unusual ways to control light, such as photonic time crystals —…