If Dilophosaurus ran the 100-meter against Usain Bolt, who would win?
Eight-time Olympic gold medalist would beat the Jurassic beast by a good 2 seconds. Enlarge / University of Toledo physicist Scott Lee came up with the exercise to inspire undergrads in his introductory physics course. (credit: Aurich.....»»
Ford recalls more than 250,000 Explorers for rollaway risk
The defect is caused by the rear axle horizontal mounting bolt fracturing during acceleration. The fractured bolt causes a severe noise that customers describe as "loud, grinding, binding, or clunking," NHTSA said......»»
US Opens First Major Silicon Carbide Chip Plant
On Monday, the world's largest plant for making silicon carbide chips was opened in central New York. Nikkei Asia reports: The $1 billion, 63,000 sq. meter fabrication plant, or "fab," will be the first of its kind to make 200mm silicon carbide wafer.....»»
Payment Startup Bolt Sued by Its Most Prominent Customer
Bolt, the payments startup known for its founder's inflammatory Twitter threads claiming Silicon Valley is run by "mob bosses," is being sued by its most prominent customer. From a report: The complaint by Authentic Brands Group alleges that Bolt not.....»»
Wyze Lock Bolt brings high-tech features, low-tech price tag
The Wyze Lock Bolt is a new affordable smart lock that replaces your existing hardware and offers easy access with a built-in fingerprint scanner and keypad......»»
Elementary Particle"s Unexpected Heft Stuns Physicists
A new analysis by the CDF collaboration is a bolt from the blue, finding that the W boson is significantly heavier than suggested by previous measurements and theoretical prediction -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Giant space telescopes could be made out of liquid
The Hubble space telescope has a primary mirror of 2.4 meters. The Nancy Grace Roman telescope also has a mirror measuring 2.4 meters, and the James Webb Space Telescope has a whopping 6.5 meter primary mirror. They get the job done that they were de.....»»
Driverless car appears to flee the scene after being pulled over by cops
The Cruise autonomous vehicle was stopped in San Francisco's Richmond District. Enlarge / Cruise's driverless Bolt EVs are a common sight in San Francisco. (credit: Cruise) A video showing a driverless car being stopped by the.....»»
Ukraine Says "Lax" and "Careless" Russian Soldiers Entered the Most Nuclear Contained Area on the Planet
"The sudden ear-piercing beep of a radiation meter fills the room," reports CNN, "as a Ukrainian soldier walks in. "This is where Russian soldiers were living at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, and radiation levels are now higher than normal.".....»»
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga - The Final Preview
The first thing that strikes me in Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga isn't a bolt of blaster fire, but the game's stunning visual presentation. Developer Traveller's Tales latest dive into the galaxy far, far away covers much of the same.....»»
Gravity Could Solve Renewable Energy"s Biggest Problem
In the Swiss municipality of Arbedo-Castione, a 70-meter crane stands tall. Six arms protrude from the top, hoisting giant blocks into the sky. But these aren't building blocks, and the crane isn't being used for construction. From a report: The stee.....»»
Ethiopian Dam Generates Power, but What’s Next?
In the eyes of Ethiopia’s government, the future is a 145-meter-tall monument of rolled concrete and Francis turbines that spans the Blue Nile River within a shout of the Sudanese border.That future shifted from vision to reality on 20 February, w.....»»
The PetSafe Bolt Laser Cat Toy rules
If you have a cat, you likely experience the terrifying few moments when your little heathen wants to play but you don't have access to a toy. My cat, Colby Jack, commits crimes every morning with a fervor unseen in times of peace. He pounces, claws.....»»
If Dilophosaurus ran the 100-meter against Usain Bolt, who would win?
Eight-time Olympic gold medalist would beat the Jurassic beast by a good 2 seconds. Enlarge / University of Toledo physicist Scott Lee came up with the exercise to inspire undergrads in his introductory physics course. (credit: Aurich.....»»
Controlling how fast graphene cools down
Graphene is the thinnest material ever produced, with the thickness of a single atomic layer. Thinner than a billionth of a meter, it is able to efficiently absorb light from the visible to the infrared through the photoexcitation of its charge carri.....»»
Burning Cargo Ship is Adrift in Mid-Atlantic Without Crew
A burning car transport ship drifted in the mid-Atlantic on Thursday after the huge vessel's 22 crew members were evacuated due to the blaze, the Portuguese navy said. From a report: Shipping in the area was warned that the 200-meter-long (650-feet-l.....»»
How SoftBank’s costly bet on the “Internet of things” backfired at Arm
Chip designer changes strategy ahead of planned IPO with renewed focus on servers. Enlarge / Components manufactured by ARM Holdings Plc sit inside a demonstration ARMmbed parking meter on display on the second day of Mobile World Cong.....»»
Foxlink rents factory in US for production of energy products
Connector maker Foxlink has rented a 168,897-square meter plant in the US state of Arizona, where the Taiwan-based company plans to produce green-energy products such as charging stations, batteries, and energy storage devices, according to an announ.....»»
Riding a laser to Mars
Could a laser send a spacecraft to Mars? That's a proposed mission from a group at McGill University, designed to meet a solicitation from NASA. The laser, a 10-meter wide array on Earth, would heat hydrogen plasma in a chamber behind the spacecraft,.....»»
Poem: "Elective Affinities: Ghazal of the Muon"
Science in meter and verse -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Cruise opens driverless taxi service to SF riders — but with limitations
It's a big day for Cruise, the General Motors-backed autonomous vehicle company: Its driverless cars are open to the public in San Francisco.Though there are plenty of limitations. The first public rides in the modified Chevy Bolt EV Cruise vehicles.....»»