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Small planet and small star: 600 trillion miles away there is water. (Source: NASA, ESA, Leah Hustak and Ralf Crawford (STScI))

Hubble finds water 97 light years away

Three years of observations show that water must be present on an exoplanet. This is the first time that the molecule has been detected on such a small planet. It is the starting signal for further investigations.

Mario Petzold, 31 Jan 2024 21:10

Current flow in water alone is not enough. H2 must be separated, as effectively as possible.

Optimized production of hydrogen: lower costs, higher yield

A new type of structure can considerably simplify water electrolysis for the production of hydrogen as an energy carrier. A simple modification could significantly reduce material costs while speeding up the production process.

Mario Petzold, 30 Jan 2024 20:59

The brain implant's 1024 electrodes are attached by a robot (image: Neuralink)

Elon Musk calls first Neuralink brain implant Telepathy as it would make 'Steven Hawking talk like auctioneer'

People who have lost control of their limbs will be able to control phones and computers with a Neuralink device called Telepathy. Elon Musk just announced the first successful Neuralink brain implant.

Daniel Zlatev, 30 Jan 2024 17:11

50 million kilometers away, the experimental field is being built. (Source: ESA)

Lasers in space: LISA discovers space-time shifts

Three satellites with floating cubes of gold and laser light are to detect gravitational waves. The system is set up millions of miles away from Earth, is gigantic and can make the previously unknown visible.

Mario Petzold, 29 Jan 2024 23:58

Not chic, but printed: a chair. (Source: MIT Self-Assembly Lab)

Metal from the 3D printer: from liquid aluminum to chairs, beams, hooks

Melt down a block of aluminum, set up the 3D printer and have a frame or stand made. Sturdy enough for further processing. The goal: aluminum recycling in a new dimension.

Mario Petzold, 29 Jan 2024 21:25

Iron mining is associated with gigantic efforts. (Source: MPG/Youtube)

Iron from sludge: steel lies dormant in waste

Aluminum mining is a dirty business. Toxic red mud remains, containing millions of tons of iron. Researchers are showing how steel, chrome and more can be extracted from it at the same cost and without CO2 emissions.

Mario Petzold, 25 Jan 2024 21:19

Batteries of the future could get better. (pixabay/Joenomias)

2,000 charging cycles with organic cathode: New battery technology for EVs of the future

The rare, expensive and highly controversial mined cobalt can be replaced in batteries by widely available organic materials. The result is a durable, powerful and long-lasting battery. Lithium is also on the researchers' to-do li...

Mario Petzold, 24 Jan 2024 21:05

Cleaveland's virtual supermarket shopping simulator can detect cognitive-motor decline. (Source: MM Lewis et al. article via Frontiers in Virtual Reality)

Cleveland Clinic VR supermarket shopping simulator measures declines in cognitive and motor abilities

Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic have developed a virtual reality grocery shopping simulator that measures declines in cognitive and motor abilities that occur as one ages. This opens the door to improved tests that will better...

David Chien, 24 Jan 2024 07:01

Disney Imagineer reveals prototype walking platform for multiple, simultaneous VR users. (Source: Disney Parks)

Disney Imagineer Lanny Smoot unveils Holotile - a multi-person, VR walking treadmill prototype

Disney Imagineer Lanny Smooth has unveiled the Holotile VR treadmill for multiple users. This device users to stand on the platform and walk in any direction for any distance during VR sessions and games without physically moving ...

David Chien, 24 Jan 2024 05:51

A sensor sends data, but has no power supply of its own. (Source: Christine Daniloff, MIT)

Sensor without power or battery: Energy comes from the environment

No battery change and no separate power supply are required to obtain measured values such as the current temperature. This means that sensors can be better positioned and provide continuous data.

Mario Petzold, 23 Jan 2024 21:12

Inside the Varta battery research facility in Graz due to begin full operations in Q2 2024 (Source: Varta AG)

Varta battery research facility in Graz to expand later this year

Currently conducting research in the battery field with a team of around 30 people, Varta's Graz site will expand later this year. The new facility will accommodate a team of 50 members in charge of developing post-lithium solutio...

Codrut Nistor, 23 Jan 2024 16:50

Patent-free CORBEVAX is an inexpensive, easy to manufacture COVID-19 vaccine. (Source: Biological E. Limited)

Patent-free CORBEVAX COVID-19 vaccine developed by Texas Children's Hospital team receives World Health Organization Emergency Use Listing to counter expensive alternatives

The patent-free CORBEVAX COVID-19 vaccine developed by researchers at Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development and Baylor College of Medicine has received World Health Organization Emergency Use Listing. This gives...

David Chien, 23 Jan 2024 09:06

Seagate Mozaic 3+ technologies pave the way for 30+ TB hard drives. (Source: Seagate)

Seagate announces trailblazing Exos 30 TB hard drive utilizing breakthrough Mozaic 3+ technologies to lower power consumption and store more at AI and cloud datacenters

Seagate has announced its trailblazing Exos 30 TB hard drive for the enterprise market. Breakthrough Mozaic3+ technologies are used in this drive to lower power consumption by 40% while increasing recording densities. This paves t...

David Chien, 22 Jan 2024 09:38

Japanese land on the moon while the US Peregrine lander fails

Japan has successfully landed its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) spacecraft on the lunar surface, making it only the fifth country to achieve this feat. However, the spacecraft is facing power challenges due to a malfu...

Robert Gelo, 20 Jan 2024 12:03

New understanding can open up better ways to produce and use hydrogen. (pixabay/akitada31)

More hydrogen and better fuel cells: A new look at the basics

A team at MIT has investigated the fundamental chemical reactions involved in hydrogen production and is calling previous models into question. With consequences for fuel cells, batteries and the industrial production of hydrogen.

Mario Petzold, 17 Jan 2024 21:09

2023 in review: Curiosity Mars rover's most spectacular captures (Source: NASA)

Curiosity Mars rover's most spectacular captures from 2023

CheckMag Since landing on Mars on August 5, 2012, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has been investigating the planet's past ability to support life. In 2023, Curiosity captured 3 significant images and videos, crucial for future Mars exploratio...

Triet Le, 16 Jan 2024 23:33

A micro nuclear reactor smaller than a coin. (Image Source: Betavolt)

Betavolt unveils revolutionary coin-size battery with nickel-63 nuclear isotope and diamond semiconductors

The BV100 micro nuclear energy battery is said to provide 100 mW at 3V continuously without recharge or any maintenance for 50 years. Despite using the radioactive nickel-63 isotope, the battery can safely power even pacemakers in...

Bogdan Solca, 16 Jan 2024 17:07

Swift Solar's perovskite tandem solar cells could be commercialised in four years (Image: Swift Solar)

Next-generation solar panels with record efficiencies within reach: Perovskite tandem solar cells on the verge of commercialisation

Solar modules using perovskite tandem solar cells are highly efficient, which is why they are of great interest to some of the world's largest solar companies as a renewable energy source for power generation. There have been prob...

Nicole Dominikowski, 15 Jan 2024 22:00

Much more than just visible light can be converted into electricity. (pixabay/Bru-nO)

More light for solar cells: Novel alloy provides efficiency boost

Instead of improving the electricity yield of existing technology, a research team has been able to convert light into electricity that has not yet been used. Efficiency is expected to increase by two thirds - and all without rare...

Mario Petzold, 14 Jan 2024 20:51

First make renewable energy available and then produce hydrogen? There's a more elegant way. (pixabay/blazejosh)

Producing clean hydrogen correctly: plannable and scalable

Producing hydrogen on a large scale using electricity from coal and gas, and precisely when there is a shortage of energy elsewhere, can cause enormous emissions and endanger the power grid. A smart approach is required.

Mario Petzold, 10 Jan 2024 20:53

Vulcan rocket successfully launched from Cape Canaveral (Image source: ULA Archive)

US returns to Moon with Peregrine lander and Vulcan rocket

United Launch Alliance (ULA) debuts Vulcan rocket, carrying the first U.S. moon lander in decades. The Peregrine lunar lander is set to land on the moon on February 23. This marks the first U.S. moon landing attempt in over half a...

Robert Gelo, 08 Jan 2024 08:40

Mistakes in the laboratory are often avoidable. (pixabay/Mohamed Hassan)

Space technology meets medicine: laboratories, doctors and patients benefit

Hundreds of typical errors in laboratory diagnostics can be eliminated with a few fundamental changes, an MIT study has found. By looking at the system as a whole, problems known from aerospace technology could be identified - sol...

Mario Petzold, 07 Jan 2024 21:04

An exoplanet could look exactly like this, perhaps. (pixabay/Peter Schmidt)

Storm in space: exoplanet has weather

The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a cyclone on a planet almost 1,000 light years away. An astonishing observation when you realize the dimensions.

Mario Petzold, 05 Jan 2024 21:34

WELOV P200 Pro launches as world's first Matter-certified air purifier

The AiDot brand WELOV asserts that its latest air purifier is a world first in that it is the first device of its kind officially approved to work with the Matter standard for smart home IoT and devices. The company believes that ...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 05 Jan 2024 19:31

Sustainable construction could significantly reduce the price of electric vehicles. (pexels/Kindel Media)

Millions of miles with one electric motor: prototype can be used again and again

In the end, more electric cars also mean more scrap containing valuable elements and components that are still intact. The development of an electric motor that is easy to repair and dismantle should prevent such mountains of wast...

Mario Petzold, 02 Jan 2024 21:22

NTU computer scientists used AI chatbots against themselves to "jailbreak" the models (Image source: NTU)

Researchers put AI chatbots against themselves to "jailbreak" each other

Computer scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) of Singapore could "jailbreak" AI chatbots by setting them against each other. After "jailbreaking" them, the researchers got valid responses to queries that chatbots...

Abid Ahsan Shanto, 02 Jan 2024 17:55

Nanotech Energy 18650 lithium-ion batteries are non-flammable due to innovative electrolyte and graphene. (Source: Nanotech Energy)

Nanotech Energy announces 18650 lithium-ion battery that resists burning down homes and cars

Nanotech Energy has announced its 18650 lithium-ion battery utilizing graphene and a proprietary electrolyte. Unlike traditional lithium batteries that catch fire and explode when subject to excessive pressure, charge, or heat, Na...

David Chien, 01 Jan 2024 23:02

Nataliya Kosmyna, Ph.D controlling robotic Spot using thoughts read by AttentivU smart glasses. (Source: Nataliya Kosmyna, Ph.D. BRAINI)

MIT researchers demonstrate ability to tell a Boston Robotics robotic dog to fetch while wearing a pair of AttentivU mind-reading smart glasses

A MIT research group has demonstrated the ability to mind-control a 4-legged Boston Robotics Spot. Participants wore a pair of AttentivU smart glasses with built-in electrodes that can mind-read. They were able to tell the robotic...

David Chien, 01 Jan 2024 09:28

Integrated Biosciences discovers new class of antibiotics effective against resistant MRSA bacteria. (Source: Public Health Image Library #9994)

Integrated Biosciences discovers new antibiotics effective at killing MRSA and other germs using AI drug discovery software

Integrated Biosciences has discovered a new class of antibiotics using AI-powered drug discovery software. The new antibiotics can be effective against MRSA and other germs that have gained resistance against current drugs. This c...

David Chien, 28 Dec 2023 22:24

David Good visits his mother (back) in her village and researches the treatment of chronic diseases (image: Yanomami Foundation)

Scientific colonialism or progress? Chronic diseases could be cured by gut bacteria from hunter-gatherer societies

Microbiomes from hunter-gatherer societies are being used to help people in industrialised countries fight chronic diseases such as Alzheimer's, arthritis, heart disease, diabetes and cancer. However, this type of research also ra...

Nicole Dominikowski, 27 Dec 2023 19:59

Hydrogen aircraft takes off: a milestone on the path to zero-emission aviation (image: ZeroAvia)

Hydrogen-powered aircraft completes first flight and is voted Breakthrough Technology of 2023

This year, zero-emissions flying came closer: the first flight of ZeroAvia's hydrogen-powered aircraft was voted the breakthrough technology of 2023 in a survey by MIT Technology Review. The company has already raised over $140 mi...

Nicole Dominikowski, 25 Dec 2023 18:18

One exploding star is not enough to create gold. (pixabay/WebTechExperts)

Creating gold: Physicists show how the precious metal is created

Alchemists puzzled over it for centuries, physicists have now been able to calculate it precisely. A comprehensive model shows how gold and other precious, rare and heavy metals are formed. The only ingredients: Just two neutron s...

Mario Petzold, 24 Dec 2023 19:00

The Ariane (far right) will soon take off with clean hydrogen. (pixabay/stux)

Space travel with renewable energy: ESA launches fuel production with green hydrogen

A rocket launch consumes a few hundred tons of fuel. Roughly speaking, the equivalent of 1 million liters of petrol. All the better that ESA wants to send its Ariane launch vehicles into space using solar energy in future.

Mario Petzold, 23 Dec 2023 21:46

Better than their reputation: stars for products and services can be reliable under certain conditions. (pixabay/51581)

Paid online reviews suddenly trustworthy: study shows surprisingly expected result

"Great product" or "The best ever" are unhelpful comments. An online experiment shows how it can be done better. The strategy not only leads to more, but above all to more reliable reviews.

Mario Petzold, 22 Dec 2023 22:10

The future is now revealed by a suitably trained AI. (pxiabay/Jean-Didier)

Fortune tellers beware: AI knows future income, health, death

15 years of data on family, health and education are enough to make astonishingly reliable predictions for a lifetime. If you want to take a look into the future yourself, you can find the associated program "life2vec" on github.

Mario Petzold, 20 Dec 2023 21:31

NASA streams a cat video from space with impressive transmission speed (Image source: JPL NASA)

NASA shares cat video from space using lasers

NASA has streamed a high-definition video of a cat named Taters. The video was transmitted to Earth from 19 million miles away, nearly 80 times the distance from the Moon. But what's really interesting is that the video was beamed...

Abid Ahsan Shanto, 20 Dec 2023 12:25

Google is officially launching MedML initially only in the US (Image: Google).

AI in healthcare: Google introduces MedML

Google MedML is an AI language model developed specifically for the healthcare sector and is now available to Google Cloud customers in the US via the Vertex AI platform.

Alexander Pensler, 16 Dec 2023 21:01

Google DeepMind's new materials are being tested in the A-Lab using robotics (Image: Marilyn Sargent / Berkeley Lab)

Google DeepMind's new AI has developed over 700 materials for EV batteries, solar cells, and more

Google DeepMind's new AI is developing numerous materials, including for EV batteries, solar cells, computer chips and much more. In addition, the new A-Lab laboratory is taking material development to a next level by combining ro...

Nicole Dominikowski, 16 Dec 2023 17:37

There is value in manure and slurry, you just have to get it out. (pixabay/Antranias)

Manure and money: electrodes and green electricity extract raw materials from faeces

Not only meat consumption itself has a few disadvantages. The excrement of farm animals also becomes a problem in large quantities. A novel system of electrodes and surplus electricity can be used to recover valuable raw materials...

Mario Petzold, 13 Dec 2023 21:36

Quantencomputer von IBM und Google setzen noch auf supraleitende Qubits (Bild: IBM).

Rubidium-based quantum computers significantly improve performance

Quantum chips based on rubidium atoms instead of superconducting qubits are expected to dramatically increase the performance capabilities of quantum computers, as reported by researchers in the journal 'Nature'.

Alexander Pensler, 13 Dec 2023 04:42

A genomic smartwatch would be able to track in real-time how genes affect health at the cellular level. (Image source: iStock/Ekin Kizilkaya)

Geneticists at the new Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology to build a genomic smartwatch

The newly launched Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology aims to develop novel technology that can record the genetic history of a cell as it changes over time. Called a genomic smartwatch, this research initiative has the potential t...

Sarfo Ashong-Listowell, 12 Dec 2023 13:16

Small but informative: Does the calcium fluoride rotate or not?

Quantum computers made of molecules: the bit is about to be replaced

No transistors in the nanometer range, instead individual molecules and laser light come into play to store information and execute algorithms. Above all, however, research into molecule-based quantum computers provides an excitin...

Mario Petzold, 08 Dec 2023 22:00

The Heron QPU with 133 qubits (Source: IBM Research/Flickr)

Quantum computers: IBM reveals Condor and Heron quantum CPUs

IBM recently presented two new quantum processors (QPUs) at the Quantum Summit 2023: the Condor QPU with 1121 qubits and the smaller Heron QPU with 133 qubits. IBM also unveiled the modular System Two quantum supercomputer.

Alexander Pensler, 05 Dec 2023 21:00

The new Raspberry Pi 5 has a load of new features (Source: Raspberry Pi)

The Raspberry Pi 5 is much more than a board for projects

CheckMag The Raspberry Pi 5 has been given a significant speed boost and a slew of new features. With the introduction of faster silicone and a PCI connector that doesn't require a separate compute module, the Raspberry Pi 5 is more akin t...

David Devey, 05 Dec 2023 20:41

Biomemory has designed its DNA Card to last until nearly 2200. (Image source: Biomemory)

Biomemory DNA Cards to store data as synthetic DNA with 150 year lifespan

French startup Biomemory has introduced a new kind of memory card designed to securely store data for at least 150 years. According to the company, the Biomemory card encodes this data as DNA that it replicates thousands of times ...

Alex Alderson, 05 Dec 2023 16:04

UNFCCC teams up with Microsoft for AI-driven emissions reducing effort

With a history of over 31 years, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has failed in its attempts to limit the negative influence of human activity on the climate system. However, the partnership with ...

Codrut Nistor, 01 Dec 2023 02:00

Graphene-like structures (Image Source: SDXL)

Google DeepMind finds in just one year 2.2 million new materials, of which 381,000 are stable

Around 52,000 of the new stable structures resemble the layered nature of graphenes and may play an important role in the development of advanced superconductors for quantum supercomputers and nuclear fusion reactors.

Bogdan Solca, 30 Nov 2023 18:59

Future solar cells are much more efficient. (Source: pixabay/mrganso)

Solar cells with outstanding efficiency: perovskite meets sicilium

Everyone would like cheap energy. For the electric car, radiant heater, heat pump, air conditioning or coffee machine. A new tandem solar cell promises exactly that, and on a large scale.

Mario Petzold, 29 Nov 2023 22:55

The Valtra T235D tractor powered by AGCO Power's diesel engine is used to test VTT'S new e-fuel. (Image source: AGCO Power)

Finnish researchers use CO₂ to produce e-fuel for diesel engines

Combining green hydrogen and CO₂, experts at the VTT Technical Research Center have successfully produced a sustainable electro-fuel to power heavy transport engines.

Sarfo Ashong-Listowell, 27 Nov 2023 22:24

Which comes first: misinformation or false evidence? (Image source: pixabay/Pexels)

Ingenious: ChatGPT creates false study on false claim

AI can hallucinate and use false claims to substantiate arguments. A new quality are apparently scientific studies that conclusively prove the desired result at first glance. As if humans weren't already quite good at this themsel...

Mario Petzold, 23 Nov 2023 20:33

Science

Hubble finds water 97 light years away

Optimized production of hydrogen: lower costs, higher yield

Elon Musk calls first Neuralink brain implant Telepathy as it would make 'Steven Hawking talk like auctioneer'

Lasers in space: LISA discovers space-time shifts

Metal from the 3D printer: from liquid aluminum to chairs, beams, hooks

Iron from sludge: steel lies dormant in waste

2,000 charging cycles with organic cathode: New battery technology for EVs of the future

Cleveland Clinic VR supermarket shopping simulator measures declines in cognitive and motor abilities

Disney Imagineer Lanny Smoot unveils Holotile - a multi-person, VR walking treadmill prototype

Sensor without power or battery: Energy comes from the environment

Varta battery research facility in Graz to expand later this year

Patent-free CORBEVAX COVID-19 vaccine developed by Texas Children's Hospital team receives World Health Organization Emergency Use Listing to counter expensive alternatives

Seagate announces trailblazing Exos 30 TB hard drive utilizing breakthrough Mozaic 3+ technologies to lower power consumption and store more at AI and cloud datacenters

Japanese land on the moon while the US Peregrine lander fails

More hydrogen and better fuel cells: A new look at the basics

Curiosity Mars rover's most spectacular captures from 2023

Betavolt unveils revolutionary coin-size battery with nickel-63 nuclear isotope and diamond semiconductors

Next-generation solar panels with record efficiencies within reach: Perovskite tandem solar cells on the verge of commercialisation

More light for solar cells: Novel alloy provides efficiency boost

Producing clean hydrogen correctly: plannable and scalable

US returns to Moon with Peregrine lander and Vulcan rocket

Space technology meets medicine: laboratories, doctors and patients benefit

Storm in space: exoplanet has weather

WELOV P200 Pro launches as world's first Matter-certified air purifier

Millions of miles with one electric motor: prototype can be used again and again

Researchers put AI chatbots against themselves to "jailbreak" each other

Nanotech Energy announces 18650 lithium-ion battery that resists burning down homes and cars

MIT researchers demonstrate ability to tell a Boston Robotics robotic dog to fetch while wearing a pair of AttentivU mind-reading smart glasses

Integrated Biosciences discovers new antibiotics effective at killing MRSA and other germs using AI drug discovery software

Scientific colonialism or progress? Chronic diseases could be cured by gut bacteria from hunter-gatherer societies

Hydrogen-powered aircraft completes first flight and is voted Breakthrough Technology of 2023

Creating gold: Physicists show how the precious metal is created

Space travel with renewable energy: ESA launches fuel production with green hydrogen

Paid online reviews suddenly trustworthy: study shows surprisingly expected result

Fortune tellers beware: AI knows future income, health, death

NASA shares cat video from space using lasers

AI in healthcare: Google introduces MedML

Google DeepMind's new AI has developed over 700 materials for EV batteries, solar cells, and more

Manure and money: electrodes and green electricity extract raw materials from faeces

Rubidium-based quantum computers significantly improve performance

Geneticists at the new Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology to build a genomic smartwatch

Quantum computers made of molecules: the bit is about to be replaced

Quantum computers: IBM reveals Condor and Heron quantum CPUs

The Raspberry Pi 5 is much more than a board for projects

Biomemory DNA Cards to store data as synthetic DNA with 150 year lifespan

UNFCCC teams up with Microsoft for AI-driven emissions reducing effort

Google DeepMind finds in just one year 2.2 million new materials, of which 381,000 are stable

Solar cells with outstanding efficiency: perovskite meets sicilium

Finnish researchers use CO₂ to produce e-fuel for diesel engines

Ingenious: ChatGPT creates false study on false claim

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