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......»»
This colorful Hubble dreamscape is sculpted by newborn stars
The image from the Hubble Space Telescope this week is particularly dreamy and stunning, showing the bright colors and soft shapes of a Herbig-Haro object......»»
Price no object? portable RTX 3080 Ti with this Alienware deal
If money is no object, you should buy the Alienware x17 R2 as your next gaming laptop, but you might as well enjoy savings of $299 through a discount from Dell......»»
A step towards quantum gravity
In Einstein's theory of general relativity, gravity arises when a massive object distorts the fabric of spacetime the way a ball sinks into a piece of stretched cloth. Solving Einstein's equations by using quantities that apply across all space and t.....»»
Showcase: Japan presents handpicked designs from 25 Japanese designers
Promotion: homeware platform Shoppe Object is hosting a virtual marketplace and in-person show called Showcase: Japan that presents handpicked collections of homeware, fashion and accessories from 25 Japanese brands. Read more Promotion: ho.....»»
New faint, distant and cold brown dwarf discovered
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers have detected a new faint, distant, and cold brown dwarf. The newly found object, designated GLASS-JWST-BD1, turns out to be about 31 times more massive than Jupiter. T.....»»
An interstellar meteor struck Earth in 2014, and now scientists want to search for it at the bottom of the ocean
In 2014, an object crashed into the ocean just off the coast of Papua New Guinea. Data collected at the time indicated that the meteorite just might be an interstellar object, and if that's true, then it's only the third such object known (after 'Oum.....»»
Acoustics researchers develop novel underwater carpet cloak
Acoustic camouflage, realized by controlling wave propagation, has attracted much attention in recent years. Aided by a reflecting surface, acoustic carpet cloak has become one of the most practically feasible invisibility devices......»»
Infortrend introduces WORM and MFA features on EonStor GS to keep data safe from ransomware
Infortrend Technology introduces immutable object storage or write-once-read-many (WORM) and multi-factor authentication (MFA) security features to their EonStor GS unified storage solutions, ensuring the safety of stored data, specifically against r.....»»
What’s your string theory for Mars rover’s latest find?
NASA's Mars rover, Perseverance, has discovered another mysterious object while exploring the red planet earlier this month......»»
String theory: NASA Mars rover discovers mystery object
Is it tumbleweed? A piece of fishing line? Spaghetti?.....»»
New aerogel maintains functionality, superelasticity at extreme temperatures
Aerogel materials serve a vital role as protective materials needed for many fields, including as electromagnetic interference shielding material for 5G technology, thermally insulating material in high-rise buildings and infrared stealth material fo.....»»
Lucerne School of Art and Design presents nine student design projects
Dezeen School Shows: a thermo-electric charger for smartphones and deconstructed wind instruments are featured in Dezeen's latest school show by object design students studying at Lucerne School of Art and Design. Read more Dezeen School Sh.....»»
Turkish astronomers discover new short-period pulsating variable star
Astronomers from the Istanbul University in Turkey report the finding of a new short-period pulsating variable star during observations of the field of exoplanet host star XO-2. The newly detected object is most likely a Delta Scuti type variable wit.....»»
The First High-Yield, Sub-Penny Plastic Processor
IEEE Spectrum reports: For decades, hopeful techies have been promising a world where absolutely every object you encounter — bandages, bottles, bananas — will have some kind of smarts thanks to supercheap programmable plastic processors......»»
Solar wind a major driver of atmospheric sodium at Mercury
No object in the solar system experiences the sun's solar wind more powerfully than Mercury. The planet's magnetic field deflects the sun's stream of electrically charged particles at a distance of only 1,000 kilometers from Mercury's surface, a poin.....»»
NGC 541 fuels an irregular galaxy in new Hubble image
This striking pair is an elliptical galaxy NGC 541 and an unusual star-forming, irregular dwarf galaxy known as Minkowski's object (the bluish object to the lower left of NGC 541). Elliptical galaxies are nearly spherical to egg-shaped groups of star.....»»
The Insta360 Sphere is a virtual invisibility cloak for drones
The Insta360 Sphere attaches to DJI drones and allows you to record immersive 360 videos from an aerial perspective.....»»
Hubble views a galactic oddity
The ultra-diffuse galaxy GAMA 526784 appears as a tenuous patch of light in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This wispy object resides in the constellation Hydra, roughly four billion light-years from Earth. Ultra-diffuse galaxies.....»»
Metamaterial significantly enhances chiral nanoparticle signals
The left hand looks like the right hand in the mirror but the left-handed glove does not fit on the right hand. Chirality refers to this property where the object cannot be superimposed on to the mirror image. This property in molecules is an importa.....»»
How "Hatching"s creepy creature compares to those in Star Wars "Andor"
Welcome to Thanks, I Love It, our series highlighting something onscreen we're obsessed with this week.There's magic to be found in movie monsters. Even when they're grotesque, grimy, and gooey, they are an object of imagination and fascination. In H.....»»