KATHMANDU, March 20 — The American Physical Society’s (APS) Global Physics Summit wrapped up in Nepal on Thursday, bringing together scientists, researchers and policymakers to discuss advances in physics and their role in addressing global…
Stephen Hawking(1942-2018)
[caption id="attachment_14725" align="alignnone" width="625"] Stephen Hawking in weightlessness[/caption] ESA is saddened by the news of the passing of Professor Stephen Hawking, FRS, cosmologist and one of the pioneers of theoretical studies of black holes, on…
Improved capture of cancer cells in blood could…
[caption id="attachment_14720" align="alignright" width="200"] Seungpyo Hong[/caption] Tumor cells circulating throughout the body in blood vessels have long been feared as harbingers of metastasizing cancer — even though most free-floating cancer cells will not go on…
Full house for EDRS
[caption id="attachment_14714" align="alignnone" width="667"] The Ganges Delta, relayed by EDRS-A[/caption] The EDRS–SpaceDataHighway has now begun regularly relaying Earth images from Sentinel-2A, which marks the last of four Copernicus satellites in orbit being brought under the…
Printing the ‘soft’ robots of the future
3D printing shows potential for fabricating personalized ‘soft’ robotic hands and hearts. But challenges need to be addressed. [caption id="attachment_14710" align="alignnone" width="2559"] Soft robots are made with highly compliant materials such as fluids, gels and…