Sunday 30 June 2019
Friday 28 June 2019
Insect-sized robot powered by light
At half the weight of a paper clip, 'RoboBee X-wing' has achieved untethered flight using ultra-lightweight solar cells, powering piezoelectric actuators, via a stripped down circuit board. This technology is in its infancy, but could pave the way for a new generation of miniature drones.
Tuesday 25 June 2019
Mars rover detects ‘excitingly huge’ methane spike
NASA’s Curiosity rover has measured the highest level of methane gas ever found in the atmosphere at Mars’s surface. The reading taken last week at Gale Crater — 21 parts per billion — is three times greater than the previous record, which Curiosity detected back in 2013. Various spacecraft and telescopes have spotted methane on Mars over the past 16 years, but the gas doesn’t appear in any predictable pattern — deepening the mystery of its origin.
Saturday 8 June 2019
The human body is a complex mosaic made up of clusters of cells with different genomes
Wednesday 5 June 2019
Quantum jumps caught and reversed mid-flight
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