Dragonfly recovers from an upside down fall in ~200ms using a complex wing motion. Credit: Z. Jane Wang, Cornell University A trio of researchers, two from Cornell University, the other from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, have discovered the means by which dragonflies are able to right themselves so quickly from an upside-down orientation. In … Read more
Nature Physics (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41567-022-01591-2.” width=”800″ height=”398″/> Optical microscope image of the acoustic resonator seen from above (two larger discs whose interior is the piezoelectric transducer) and of the antenna connected to the superconducting qubit (white structure). Credit: adapted from von Lüpke et al, Natural Physics (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41567-022-01591-2. When we think of quantum mechanical … Read more
A Cambridge University computer processor has been proven to run on an amazing new type of battery. In a cartridge not much larger than an AA battery, the researchers placed blue-green algae in a container with electrodes and the microorganisms were able to use sunlight to create enough electricity to power the computer for six … Read more
Retired NASA eclipse scientist Fred Espenak has been watching the night sky since he was eight years old and plans to search for the next lunar eclipse again on Sunday, May 15. After roughly six decades of gazing at the sky, the Arizona resident said he still enjoys watching the shading change as the moon … Read more
WASHINGTON — Private astronauts who spent two weeks on the International Space Station in April said they tried to overfill their schedules while on the station, which put a strain on them and the professional astronauts. During a press conference on May 13, the four people who participated in Axiom Space’s Ax-1 mission to the … Read more
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft descends under parachute on December 22, 2019, at the end of the Orbital Flight Test-1 mission. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani Members of NASA’s Independent Safety Advisory Board warned the space agency on Thursday not to rush into a crewed test flight of Boeing’s troubled Starliner spacecraft, and expressed concerns over final certification of … Read more
When the Artemis program returns humans to the Moon in (hopefully) a few years, there will be considerable logistics to sort out to keep such fragile beings alive in such a hostile environment. The question of food is not the least. Space agencies involved with the International Space Station are now very experienced in providing … Read more
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There is “green energy” and then there is really GREEN energy, or rather blue-green energy. A colorful colony of photosynthetic cyanobacteria, known as blue-green algae, successfully powered a computer microprocessor for more than six months, according to a published study Thursday in the journal Energy & Environmental Science. The small bio-based battery alternative could serve … Read more
SPACE experts are monitoring a new solar flare that could “graze” Earth today. The eruption was originally expected to hit Earth on Friday the 13th, but it could cause a solar storm much earlier. 1 A plasma explosion from the Sun could cause a solar storm todayCredit: Getty SpaceWeather.com experts explained, “Sunspot AR3007 has a … Read more