NASA is preparing for a critical milestone in its return-to-the-Moon campaign, targeting February 19 as the next tanking day for
Chinese military-linked researchers have called for deeper integration between the country’s commercial space technology and its defence systems. The scholars
Brookhaven National Laboratory has built a custom “cloud in a box”—a convection cloud chamber that lets scientists create and study clouds under controlled conditions. The one-cubic-meter chamber allows repeatable experiments on how clouds form, why some produce rain, and how aerosols affect them. The work addresses one of the biggest uncertainties in weather and climate models.
Austria’s TU Wien has set a Guinness World Record by creating the smallest QR code ever, measuring just 1.98 square micrometers—smaller than most bacteria. Working with industry partner Cerabyte, researchers engraved the code into durable ceramic material using focused ion beams. The technology could lead to ultra-dense, long-term data storage that lasts centuries without energy.
University of Florida scientists have solved the mystery of Antarctica’s “gravity hole”—a region where gravity is weaker than anywhere else on Earth. Using earthquake waves and computer models, they traced its formation back 70 million years. The research shows a connection between deep underground rock movements and the growth of Antarctica’s massive ice sheets.
Scientists at the SETI Institute have a new idea about Saturn’s giant moon Titan. It might have formed when two smaller moons crashed together and merged. The violent collision would explain Titan’s few craters, its strange orbit, and even the age of Saturn’s famous rings. NASA’s Dragonfly mission heading to Titan in 2034 could prove this theory right.
A mysterious ultra-high-energy cosmic ray, known as the ‘Sun Goddess’ particle, is puzzling scientists worldwide. Officially called the Amaterasu particle,
Texas A&M University researchers are using black soldier fly larvae to clean polluted soil in a multi-million dollar project. The larvae consume waste and break down toxins while sensors, robots, and AI automate the work. If successful, the method could restore lost farmland, clean industrial sites, and even help future astronauts grow food on Mars.
London-based Shadow Robot has spent 30 years perfecting a robotic hand that moves with human-like precision. Using 40 metal tendons pulled by small motors, their hand helps universities and tech firms study dexterity. But making hands that are affordable, durable, and sensitive enough for real-world use remains one of robotics’ biggest challenges.
Chinese researchers from Peking University have demonstrated a quantum communication prototype capable of spanning 3,700 kilometers using fingernail-sized optical comb chips. Published in Nature, the system eliminates vulnerable relay nodes and achieves a 97.5 per cent operational success rate across 20 users, bringing scalable, ultra-secure quantum networks closer to reality.
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