Perseverance rover sets a Martian speed record with software controls 347.7 meters in a day - humans could probably do better Science27 Sep 2023 | 7
CERN experiment proves gravity pulls antimatter the way Einstein predicted Why there is not a lot more of it is yet to be explained though Science27 Sep 2023 | 31
China identifies AI, optoelectric semiconductors, as challenges it wants to crack Underwater comms make list of 14 techs at which Beijing hopes to do better Science26 Sep 2023 | 1
NASA's Mars Sample Return mission is in danger of never launching Review board: Mega project is way over budget, needs cash, and senators want it axed Science25 Sep 2023 | 21
That's gas: CO2 found on Europa surface may hint at some possible sign of life Hey, ESA: Can Juice get there any faster? Offbeat22 Sep 2023 | 8
Scientists suggest possible solution to space-induced bone loss Douglas Adams was right! Mice may hold key to exploring the universe Science20 Sep 2023 | 43
DoD hopes $30M BEACONS will light the way to next-gen American battery designs And less than half the cost of a single F-35 – bargain! Science19 Sep 2023 | 8
Textbook publishers sue shadow library LibGen for copyright infringement Yet another attempt at a permanent takedown – but will it stick? Science18 Sep 2023 | 68
Apple's iPhone 12 woes spread as Belgium, Germany, Netherlands weigh in Updated Euro land stunned by French safety findings Personal Tech14 Sep 2023 | 76
UK civil servants – hopefully including those spending billions on tech – to skill up in STEM How about the ministers go next? Science14 Sep 2023 | 55
Scientists spot startlingly close black holes in Hyades star cluster Black hole stun: They're more than 1,400 light years closer than the previous record holder Science14 Sep 2023 | 40
How's this for X-ray specs? Wi-Fi can read through walls... if the letters are solid objects No, miscreants won't be able to use it to read secret printed docs Networks13 Sep 2023 | 12
MOXIE microwaved Mars air into oxygen, but now it's time for a breather Concept will need to be scaled up to keep more than a small dog alive Science11 Sep 2023 | 19
UK rejoins the EU's €100B Horizon sci-tech funding program Two and a half years after Brexit, some cheer for scientists based in Britain. We're... baaaaxit (sorry!) Science07 Sep 2023 | 156
Scientists turn to mid-20th century tech for low-power underwater comms Hat tip to the late Lester Clare Van Atta, whose array is behind the system Science07 Sep 2023 | 19
Germany's wild boars still too radioactive to eat largely due to Cold War nuke tests Scientists one step closer to cracking the case of these atomic swine Science31 Aug 2023 | 137
Meteorite is 4.6 billion years old and still rocking the solar system dating scene Presence of aluminum isotope might help age other objects from space Science30 Aug 2023 | 4
NASA to outdo most Americans on internet speeds, gigabit kit heading to the ISS See hot singles in your area! Well, -453.8 F singles at least Offbeat29 Aug 2023 | 10
Budget satellite drag sail shows space junk how to gracefully exit orbit Students prove $30 device could help declutter Earth's backyard Science22 Aug 2023 | 32
A closer look at Harvard and Google's HPC heart research project That's a massive workload you've got there – how much does it cost? Cloud Infrastructure Week18 Aug 2023 | 3
Cost of gallium goes up after Chinese export restrictions land Measures needed to protect 'national interest,' says Beijing. Rubbish, it's retaliation, scoff critics Systems17 Aug 2023 | 8
Brainwaves rock! Scientists decode Pink Floyd tune straight from the noggin First up: Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 1 Science17 Aug 2023 | 38
DARPA wants interoperability standard for Moon living Less lunacy? LunA-10 is seeking designs for 'optimized and integrated lunar infrastructure' Science16 Aug 2023 | 5
It's not just spin – boffins give quantum computing a room-temp makeover Another team is harnessing nature's own algorithm to solve problems faster than classical computers Systems16 Aug 2023 | 3
Boffins reckon Mars colony could survive with fewer than two dozen people Taming that unforgiving dust world may be significantly less expensive than anticipated Science16 Aug 2023 | 130
US shovels cash into supercomputers hoping to stoke fusion future $112M for 12 projects announced on heels of LLNL's second successful fusion ignition HPC15 Aug 2023 | 2
Saturn's mega-storms challenge planetary formation models Storms on Saturn last for hundreds of years, leaving long-lasting impacts and raising lots of scientific questions Science15 Aug 2023 | 3
Curiosity finds evidence of wet and dry seasons on ancient Mars Scientists: Martian mud cracked in a manner that only happens after repeated cycles of drying Science12 Aug 2023 | 38
Think International Space Station dust is obviously free of bad chemicals? Wrong No one's in danger but we may need to rethink some cabin materials Science11 Aug 2023 | 29
Researchers discover algorithm to create shapes that roll down pre-determined paths Lopsided solids promise applications in quantum mechanics and medicine Science09 Aug 2023 | 4
Scientists strangely unable to follow recipe for holy grail room-temp superconductor Race to replicate LK-99, and the process used to create it, hits plenty of hurdles Science07 Aug 2023 | 106
Lawrence Livermore lab repeats fusion breakthrough – yep, still kinda works Greater yield than last year, but don't ditch your solar panels just yet Science07 Aug 2023 | 25
Graphene foam is the future of IoT power, maybe An electrically charged spring in your step Science07 Aug 2023 | 8
NASA and pals complete Artemis II recovery dress rehearsal One more box checked in humanity's quest to return to the Moon Science03 Aug 2023 | 3
Beyond the hype, AI promises leg up for scientific research However boffins in academia need to match the progress made in Big Tech, and always challenge poor data quality AI + ML02 Aug 2023 | 6
Japanese boffins slice semiconductors from diamonds – with lasers! Chips based on the tech could boost efficiency of electric vehicles Science02 Aug 2023 | 19
MIT boffins build battery alternative out of cement, carbon black, water Imagine your home's foundation was its own energy-storing supercapacitor Science02 Aug 2023 | 96
Bacterial byproducts may help stop the stink in future spacesuits ESA is testing that pink stuff from your dirty bathtub as an antimicrobial Moon suit lining Science01 Aug 2023 | 10
LLMs appear to reason by analogy, a cornerstone of human thinking How they do it remains a mystery, say boffins in research paper AI + ML31 Jul 2023 | 27
Hadar heats up race for better night-time computer vision, AV performance Machine learning helps take fuzz out of thermal imaging AI + ML27 Jul 2023 | 8
A room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconductor? Take a closer look It's OK to be skeptical if someone says they found the holy grail Science27 Jul 2023 | 105
Always on the Horizon, UK must wait for megabucks EU science deal Rishi Sunak fails to secure place in €95.5B program before Parliament packs up for holiday Science20 Jul 2023 | 114
Auroras – the solar system's universal light show (except Neptune... sorry, Neptune) Data from 2021 Mercury flyby shows same mechanisms cause phenomena throughout our star system Science18 Jul 2023 | 9
Uncle Sam to put Aurora supercomputer to work on catalyst conundrums Meanwhile, ORNL's Summit simulates bacteria battling cicada wings HPC17 Jul 2023 | 5
Perseverance reveals more detail on Martian organic chemistry Building blocks for life could have been present for up to 2.6 billion years on the Red Planet, rover discovery shows Science12 Jul 2023 | 8
Methane-spotting satellite that gives true readings of industry emissions hits skies in 2024 Potent greenhouse gas even worse for climate than too much carbon dioxide Science12 Jul 2023 | 28
Fancy tinkering with the atmosphere? The Derecho supercomputer can advise NCAR's biggish iron will also explore wildfires, drought and solar storms HPC12 Jul 2023 | 6
Starlink satellites leak astronomy-disturbing EM radiation, say boffins The light pollution problem is so 2022 Science10 Jul 2023 | 10
Brits negotiating draft deal to rejoin EU's $100B blockbuster science programme Prime minister set to look over promises for potential pact at the weekend Science06 Jul 2023 | 172
Artificial General Intelligence remains a distant dream despite LLM boom Feature Cognitive scientists question bold claims from OpenAI, Microsoft and others AI + ML04 Jul 2023 | 116
Ripoff Vuitton handbag smaller than a grain of salt fetches $63,750 at auction The art world is up to shenanigans again Offbeat30 Jun 2023 | 39
NIST boffins shrink atomic beam clock to the size of a postage stamp It's not the most accurate atomic clock in the world, but the NIST team behind it believes they can fix that Science27 Jun 2023 | 14
NASA and miners face off over lithium deposits at satellite calibration site There's smartphone batteries to be mined, but at what cost? Science26 Jun 2023 | 17
After decades contributing to science, John Goodenough powers down Obit The American lithium-ion battery inventor has died aged 100 Personal Tech26 Jun 2023 | 21
Wind tunnels for fluid dynamics boffins among UKRI's £72M funding Funds will focus on energy, transportation, astronomy, and healthcare Science26 Jun 2023 | 25
If you want a big brain, make a habit out of daytime naps You are getting sleepy… very sleepy Bootnotes26 Jun 2023 | 41
MIT discovery suggests a new class of superconductors You who think superconductivity can't happen without spin polarization? Hold my FeSe Science23 Jun 2023 | 23
Pangolin-inspired robot can roll around your guts administering treatments Flexing device works where surgeons find hard to reach Science22 Jun 2023 | 4
Time running out for crew of missing Titanic tourist submarine It has enough air to last until Thursday, but if it isn't already on the surface rescue operations could be impossible Science20 Jun 2023 | 206
Phosphates on Enceladus could mean sub-surface oceans teeming with aliens Scientists find last missing precondition for life on Saturnian moon The Reg in Space14 Jun 2023 | 14
James Webb spots the early galaxies responsible for tidying up the universe I can see clearly now reionization's done The Reg in Space14 Jun 2023 | 10
Software picks out more satellite photobombs in Hubble image Multi-exposure masking helps mitigate modern era interferance Science13 Jun 2023 | 18