Artist's impression of a split beam with vitamin B12 in a liquid jet. Scientists have developed a new X-ray technique that can capture ultrafast molecular changes in extremely dilute liquid samples - a breakthrough that…
Vega-C fairing’s trial by sound
The 10-m high fairing of Europe’s inaugural Vega-C launcher atop a structural model of its upper stage, being prepared for acoustic testing within ESA’s Large European Acoustic Facility (LEAF) – which is able to simulate…
Marine community composition shifts in predictable ways in…
Asia Research Sea Global simulations suggest plankton and fish species are showing resilience to climate change by going deeper underwater or moving to higher latitudes. A new study shows how changes in marine communities tightly…
How to design and control robots with stretchy,…
By Rob Matheson Optimizing soft robots to perform specific tasks is a huge computational problem, but a new model can help. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- MIT researchers have invented a way to efficiently optimize the control…
Satellite captured smoke in Australia
Credit: ESA The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captured the plumes of smoke from the bushfires in Australia on 21 November 2019. According European Space Agency, ESA image shows smoke from the Gospers Mountain bushfires, northwest of Sydney, can…