Can JWST tell the difference between an exoEarth and an exoVenus?
As of October 2023, astronomers have discovered 5,506 exoplanets orbiting other stars. That number is growing daily, and astronomers are hoping, among other things, to find Earth-like worlds. But will we know one when we see it? How might we be able.....»»
JWST Spots Biggest Water Plume Yet Spewing from a Moon of Saturn
The huge watery cloud spurting from Enceladus could carry the ingredients for life farther into space than previously known.....»»
Effective capital markets are needed to protect the climate
A new study investigates the role of effective capital markets for climate protection and the energy transition. Banks collect savings and make them available as loans and the greater the difference between savings and loan interest rates, the more i.....»»
Extremely hot days are warming twice as fast as average summer days in North-West Europe
New research led by the University of Oxford has found that climate change is causing the hottest days in North-West Europe to warm at double the rate of average summer days. The difference in trends is most pronounced for England, Wales, and Norther.....»»
The Best Hiring Apps for Recruiters
When talking about the best hiring apps, there's a difference between apps for hiring managers and hiring apps for recruiters......»»
EV vs. PHEV vs. hybrid: What’s the difference?
There's a wide range of different kinds of electric vehicles. It can be challenging figuring out the difference between them......»»
Digital trust can make or break an organization
With increased data breaches, errors, ransomware and hacks, digital trust can be the difference between retaining reputations and customer loyalty after a major incident and suffering serious, time-consuming, and expensive losses, according to ISACA......»»
This might be the most secure browser in the world - but also the least
The Indian tech giant is probably trying to educate about browser privacy - but will it make a difference?.....»»
Best path to fair living wage for global supply chain workers may take an indirect route, new research suggests
Want to make a positive difference in the wage conditions of developing country factory workers churning out products for multinational firms?.....»»
Scale separation: Breaking down unsolvable problems into solvable ones
In physics, one often has to deal with different scales that can be described separately from one another: For the Earth's orbit around the sun, it makes absolutely no difference whether an elephant in the zoo walks to the left or to the right. And t.....»»
There are answers to every question and the only difference is whether they are good ones or poor ones
There are answers to every question and the only difference is whether they are good ones or poor ones.....»»
Enhancing thermoelectricity with guided impurity position control
Thermoelectric materials, substances that convert temperature difference into electricity, find a multitude of applications involving the conversion of waste heat into useful electrical energy. However, they often need to rely on heavy rare earth ele.....»»
JWST"s MIRI instrument is having problems again
Last week, NASA shared a blog post saying they detected a sensor glitch associated with the James Webb Space Telescope's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). For some reason, the sensor for MIRI's Medium Resolution Spectroscopy (MRS) is receiving less lig.....»»
GPT-4 vs. GPT-3.5: how much difference is there?
GPT-4 and GPT-3.5 are two of the most exciting language models for chatbots available today. But what sets them apart, and is ChatGPT Plus worth paying for?.....»»
Top Tech Tools & Platforms for CFD Traders
Contracts for difference (CFDs) are one of the most popular vehicles for modern traders who want to play the markets without being tied to asset ownership or high costs of entry. For those who wish to navigate any market by speculating on price moves.....»»
Mixing theory and observation to envision a warmer world
Climate changes are conjuring a whirlwind ride that seems to present some creatures opportunities to thrive. Scientists scripting supercharged scenarios caution the difference between seasonal coping and long-term adaption is vast—and tricky to pre.....»»
The playbook of forecasting US Treasury bond returns
Interest rate variance risk premium (IRVRP), the difference between implied (forward-looking) and realized (backward-looking) variances of interest rates, measures compensation for risk for exposure to volatility in the interest-rate markets......»»
Astronomers explore multiple stellar populations in Messier 92
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), astronomers from the University of Padua, Italy, and elsewhere have observed a metal-poor globular cluster known as Messier 92. The observations deliver crucial informa.....»»
The ultimate guide to the James Webb Space Telescope
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the largest telescope in space. As an infrared space observatory, the telescope was designed to peer deep into … The post The ultimate guide to the James Webb Space Telescope appeared first on BGR......»»
JWST"s Newfound Galaxies Are the Oldest Ever Seen
We now know that the first galaxies in our universe formed shockingly fast, thanks to the latest results from the James Webb Space Telescope.....»»
Novel durable copper-aluminum-zinc shape memory alloys for energy-efficient refrigeration
The elastocaloric effect is a phenomenon where a material displays a temperature change when it is exposed to a mechanical stress. The change in temperature occurs due to an entropy difference resulting from a martensitic transformation accompanied b.....»»