Ocean energy: the future of renewable energy?
The potential of marine energy in the fight against climate change is receiving a significant boost. With 70% of the earth's surface covered by oceans, the power of waves and tides…
Aviation industry faces challenges in reducing carbon emissions
The global airline industry is rapidly recovering from the unprecedented pause imposed by COVID-19. In some parts of the world, like the Middle East, airlines are even expanding rapidly, far…
James Webb Telescope Discovers Mini-Neptune Exoplanet
In deep space, a planet has been found that NASA has dubbed "mini-Neptune" due to its resemblance to the planet found in the solar system. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope…
Mushroom based Electronic Chips Could Revolutionize the Electronics Industry
Innovation in technology never stops and with it new problems arise, one of them is the management of electronic waste. Electronic chips contain non-recyclable plastics that account for 37% of their…
Watch NASA’s snake robot that could explore icy planets
NASA has developed a new robot, and this one is very different from any you've seen before! Instead of being like the robots we usually see in movies, which look…
How to capture carbon from the air using DAC technology
Capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere is a developing technology that can help reduce the concentration of greenhouse gases and mitigate climate change, already being tested in Norway. The…
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NASA extends Voyager 2’s life with new instrument settings
When we think about the milestones of the Voyager probes, it is practically impossible not to be amazed. Towards the end of the 1970s, a team from the California Institute of…
The enigmatic first image of a black hole leaves us speechless again
Black holes are part of the club of astronomical objects that arouse great curiosity in people. We have known for a long time that they are there, in space, devouring everything in…
Everest can be the mega-freezer for human germs
The exploration of Everest has left something more than an exciting chronicle, a good handful of feats and a trail of corpses of mountaineers that their predecessors have known how…
NASA detects an active volcano on Venus
Astronomers have discovered the first evidence of an active volcano on Venus, using computer images captured more than 30 years ago by a NASA spacecraft. Scientists have, for the first…
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Why the most attractive people are more narcissistic
New research has examined whether physical attractiveness can predict selfish and self-serving behaviors in people. Do we confuse beauty with goodness? The "beautiful is good" theory suggests that we tend…
Why Physics has a German accent
Great scientists of the 20th century from Germany, Austria and Switzerland brought incredible advances to physics, why there and not in other parts of the world? When you study physics…