How to thermally cloak an object
Can you feel the heat? To a thermal camera, which measures infrared radiation, the heat that we can feel is visible, like the heat of a traveler in an airport with a fever or the cold of a leaky window or door in the winter......»»
An energy-efficient method to enhance thermal conductivity of polymer composites
With their lightweight nature and flexibility, thermally conductive polymer composites are applied between a heat source and a sink in electronics to dissipate the generated heat to the surroundings. Efficient heat dissipation is achieved due to the.....»»
Showing off: Wild chimpanzees show others objects simply to share attention
Researchers have observed a wild chimpanzee showing an object to its mother simply for sharing's sake—social behavior previously thought to be unique to humans......»»
Single Hubble image captured supernova at three different times
An image taken in 2010 captured the lensed supernova, but nobody noticed. Enlarge / On the left, the full Hubble image. On the right, different images of the gravitationally lensed object. (credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, Wenlei Chen,.....»»
Truly chiral phonons observed in three-dimensional materials for the first time
Chirality is the breaking of reflection and inversion symmetries. Simply put, it is when an object's mirror images cannot be superimposed over each other. A common example are your two hands—while mirror images of each other, they can never overlap.....»»
New radio-loud high-redshift quasar discovered
European astronomers report the detection of a new powerful radio-loud quasar at a redshift of about 5.32. The newfound object, designated PSO J191.05696+86.43172, turns out to be one of the brightest radio quasars identified at such a high redshift......»»
The surprising thermal properties of cellulose nanofibers
Plant-derived materials such as cellulose often exhibit thermally insulating properties. A new material made from nanoscale cellulose fibers shows the reverse, high thermal conductivity. This makes it useful in areas previously dominated by synthetic.....»»
First-ever study shows bumble bees "play"
Bumble bees play, according to new research led by Queen Mary University of London published in Animal Behaviour. It is the first time that object play behavior has been shown in an insect, adding to mounting evidence that bees may experience positiv.....»»
Astronomers discover a planetary system with a Neptune-mass planet and a massive sub-stellar object
An international team of astronomers reports the detection of a new planetary system by observing a nearby star known as HD 18599 (or TOI-179). It appears that this star is orbited by a Neptune-mass exoplanet and a massive sub-stellar object. The fin.....»»
House of the Dragon Producer Has No Idea How Daemon Became an "Internet Boyfriend"
House of the Dragon star Matt Smith has become an Internet Boyfriend as Daemon Targaryen... but the show's producers don't get it.House of the Dragon villain Daemon Targaryen is now the object of internet thirst… and producers have no idea why.Duri.....»»
This oddball pair of stars is producing dust shells like clockwork
The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted an intriguing object created by a rare pair of stars which are encircled by rings of dust......»»
NASA spaceship deflected asteroid in test to save Earth
NASA on Tuesday said it had succeeded in deflecting an asteroid in a historic test of humanity's ability to stop an incoming cosmic object from devastating life on Earth......»»
A solar gravitational lens will be humanity"s most powerful telescope. What are its best targets?
One of the central predictions of general relativity is that a massive object such as a star, galaxy, or black hole can deflect light passing nearby. This means that light from distant objects can be gravitationally lensed by objects closer to us. Un.....»»
Foreign object debris seen during Mars Ingenuity helicopter"s 33rd flight (Video)
A small piece of foreign object debris (FOD) was seen in footage from the Mars helicopter's navigation camera (Navcam) for a portion of its 33rd flight. This FOD was not visible in Navcam footage from the previous flight (32)......»»
Invisibility cloak: Clothing company says garments that make the wearer invisible are only 5-10 years away
Vollebak embedded the coat with 42 panels of graphene, a highly conductive material that some companies, like Samsung, believe can provide longer-lasting and faster-charging batteries. In fact, Professor Coskun Kocabas of UoM says the material works.....»»
High severity vulnerabilities found in Harbor open-source artifact registry
Oxeye security researchers have uncovered several new high severity variants of the IDOR (Insecure Director Object Reference) vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-31671, CVE-2022-31666, CVE-2022-31670, CVE-2022-31669, CVE-2022-31667) in CNCF-graduated project H.....»»
Meteor Network solves Thursday’s fireball mystery
Folks in parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland were treated to an unexpected light show on Wednesday when a mysterious object streaked across the night sky......»»
Dead Island 2: release date, trailers, gameplay, and more
This game isn't quite dead. Grab yourself a blunt object and get ready to smash some zombie skulls as we run through everything we know about Dead Island 2......»»
MSP360 adds Object Lock immutability from Backblaze to help users meet their cloud storage needs
MSP360 has added Object Lock immutability from Backblaze, an independent cloud storage service provider, to the latest version of MSP360 Managed Backup. “Our customers have clients operating in a range of IT environments,” said MSP360 CEO.....»»
Apple employee petition demands flexibility against return-to-office policy
Apple employees are continuing to object to Apple's order to return to working from its offices, with a petition demanding the iPhone maker continues to offer "location flexible work" to its staff.Like other companies that put in place work-from-home.....»»
Gifted dogs found to be more playful
A new study just published in Animal Cognition reveals that the rare dogs that are gifted in learning object verbal labels—the names of their toys—are more playful than typical dogs......»»