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Starfront Observatories Let Amateur Astronomers Get Closer to the Stars Using Robotic Telescopes

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Astronomers and astrophotographers can rent prime space to deploy their telescopes to explore the night sky. (Image credit: Starfront Observatories) Located near Rockwood, in central Texas, Starfront Observatories built a unique facility that allows...
- 7 Nov 2025
Learn About PC-Based USB Oscilloscopes and the Advantages of PicoScope 7 with element14 and Pico Technology

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(Image credit: element 14) Recently element14 hosted a one-hour technical webinar, "Scoping Out PC-based USB Oscilloscopes," featuring Ben Ellis, Technical Applications Engineer at Pico Technology. The session, which streamed live on September 11, 2...
- 24 Oct 2025
Meet WOWCube, A Rubik's Cube Reimagined

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Cubios plans to release the WOWCube later this year. (Image Credit: Cubios) We're familiar with the Rubik's Cube, a favorite childhood 3D twisty puzzle. But, now there's a new twist: WOWCube! Developed by Cubios, this cube is a puzzle r...
- 15 Oct 2025
MEMS and How It Changed The Sensing World

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An IMU-MEMS sensor. (Image Credit: Gladiator Technologies) The research and development of MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) technology started in the 1960s. It has seen commercial adoption and industry growth since the 1980s, accelerating in ...
- 3 Oct 2025
Researchers Develop and Deploy an Underwater Color-Correcting Tool

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SeaSplat clears any obstructions in an underwater image and applies color corrections. (Image Credit: MIT) Researchers from MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) developed SeaSplat, a tool designed to produce a replica image of the u...
- 17 Sep 2025
Your Heart Rate Can be Monitored Using WiFi

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The team used an affordable ESP32 chip to monitor heart rates. (Image Credit: Erika Cardema/UC Santa Cruz) Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have developed Pulse-Fi, a new technology that uses WiFi signals to monitor heart ra...
- 9 Sep 2025
Scientists Develop a New Trick to See Nanoparticles

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Image showing light scattering of sub-15 nm objects inside and outside a plasmonic nanocavity. (Image Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-63380-8) Researchers from the University of Twente engineered a new technique that ma...
- 3 Sep 2025
Scientists Split a Photon, Demonstrating it Still Has Angular Momentum

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For the first time, scientists split a single photon (green) into two photons (red) and conserved angular momentum. (Image Credit: Robert Fickler/Tampere University) Scientists at Tampere University split a single photon into two, demonstrating tha...
- 27 Aug 2025
Researchers Develop Mini Brains to Understand Neurological Conditions

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Development of Multi-Region Brain Organoids using integrated single-nucleus analysis. (Image Credit: AdvancedScience) How many neurons create awareness? Researchers at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) created mini brains called brain organoids compose...
- 14 Aug 2025
NASA Used Optical Satellite Imagery to See the Long-Term Impact of the Megatsunami That Struck in 1958

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The largest tsunami ever recorded struck Lituya Bay in 1958. (Image Credit: NASA Earth Observatory) In 1958, a huge landslide caused 90 million tons of rock to slam into Alaska’s Lituya Bay. This impact produced a tsunami with a wave height o...
- 24 Jul 2025
Texas Researchers Develop New Technique to Predict Underwater Landslides

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Underwater landslides can impact offshore infrastructure like wind turbines. (Image Credit: Nicholas Doherty/Unsplash) When underwater landslides hit, they can move huge amounts of sediment into the ocean, potentially damaging offshore infrastructur...
- 22 Jul 2025
ASLM Uses a 3D Scanner to Replicate Vincent Van Gogh Paintings

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ASML gallery. (Image Credit: ASML/X) I would want a print from this tech, for sure. I fear the potential price. ASML and the Van Gogh Museum partnered to develop a 3D scanner capable of producing extremely detailed replicas of Vincent Van Gogh&rsquo...
- 20 Jun 2025
Researchers Develop a New Device That Splits White Noise into an Acoustic Rainbow

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The ARE device uses scattering structures to split broadband white noise from a single source into an acoustic rainbow. The sound is mapped on a visible spectrum based on magnitude and frequency. (Image Credit: Science Advances) Researchers from the...
- 18 Jun 2025
Researchers Introduce Metalens Microscope for Medical Applications

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The metalens-based microscope can address off-axis aberrations and achieve high-resolution wide-field imaging. (Image Credit: Tao Li and Jiacheng Sun (Nanjing University)) Optical technology could soon change thanks to the introduction of metalenses...
- 10 Jun 2025
Open Bionics Launches the Hero Pro Bionic Arm For Amputees

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Open Bionics’ Hero Pro has a higher payload than other bionic arms. (Image Credit: Open Bionics) Bristol-based robotics company Open Bionics developed and launched Hero Pro, the world’s first wireless bionic arm for amputees. The company...
- 28 May 2025
Earlier This Year, A Private Lander Touched Down on The Moon

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The Blue Ghost spacecraft touched down on the lunar surface, capturing an image of Earth on the horizon. (Image Credit: Firefly Aerospace) In March, Firefly Aerospace landed its Blue Ghost spacecraft on the Moon's surface, touching down "in...
- 23 May 2025
China Fires Laser at a Moon-Orbiting Satellite in Daytime

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(Image Credit: marmixer/pixabay) Recently, China’s Deep Space Exploration Laboratory (DSEL) pointed, fired, and deflected a precision laser at a moon-orbiting satellite 80,000 miles away from Earth. This breakthrough with laser technology demo...
- 8 May 2025
Researchers Believe Mosquito Antennas Could Help Unlock New Sensor Technology

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CT scan showing the structural antenna of a male mosquito. (Image Credit: Purdue University/Phani Saketh Dasika) Mosquitoes have unique sensory capabilities, and scientists believe they can use them as inspiration for developing new technology. Purd...
- 30 Apr 2025
NASA Tracks a Large Anomaly in the Earth's Magnetic Field

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NASA tracks the South Atlantic Anomaly, a weakened region in the magnetic field that stretches 1,800 miles. (Image Credit: NASA Goddard/YouTube) For years, NASA researchers have been keeping a close eye on a weakened part of the magnetic field calle...
- 17 Apr 2025
Scientists Develop 3D Holographic Display Where Objects Can be Touched and Manipulated

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The FlexiVol volumetric display does away with rigid diffusers in favor of elastic ones that can be touched and handled safely. (Image credit: Public University of Navarra) Scientists from the Public University of Navarra (UPNA) have developed Flexi...
- 16 Apr 2025
Researchers Turn Light into a Supersolid State for the First Time

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System in reciprocal and coordinate space. (Image Credit: Nature (2025) An international team of engineers, nanotechnologists, and physicists has made it possible to transform laser light into a supersolid. This breakthrough could ultimately unlock ...
- 12 Mar 2025
Researchers Put Mouse Brain Samples in Suspended Animation and Successfully Revived Them

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The brain slices underwent directional cooling via a copper cylinder immersed in liquid nitrogen. (Image Credit: bioRxiv) For the first time, scientists at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg cryogenically froze and revived hippocampal slices of m...
- 11 Mar 2025
Nasa’s Cone-Shaped Telescope to Unveil More About the Universe

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NASA’s SPHEREx telescope could give scientists a better understanding of the universe. (Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) We’re getting a better glimpse of the cosmos soon! The SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, E...
- 28 Feb 2025
Canon Drops World’s First 410MP Image Sensor with 24K Resolution

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The CMOS sensor packs a staggering 24,592 x 16,704-pixel resolution, the largest ever achieved in a 35mm full-frame sensor. (Image credit: Canon) Canon recently unveiled the world’s first CMOS image sensor that packs 410MP, which is equivalent...
- 19 Feb 2025
Upgrade Zigbee Devices and Turn Them into Motion Sensors with A Firmware Update

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Three or four Zigbee devices grouped within a room act as virtual sensors that detect human movement, turning the lights on/off. (Image Credit: Ivani) Zigbee bulbs and plugs have gotten a whole lot better. With a simple firmware update, these smart ...
- 18 Feb 2025