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Israel to immediately cut off electricity to Gaza, minister says
Israel will immediately cut off the flow of electricity to Gaza, Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen ordered Sunday. Critics blasted the measure as ineffective politicking.
Teaching-Learning Algorithm Boosts Accuracy in EV Battery Monitoring
Accurate estimation of the State of Charge (SoC) in lithium-ion batteries is a pivotal factor for optimizing the performance, safety, and longevity of electric vehicles (EVs). Traditional methods often fail...
A New Way to Engineer Composite Materials
A new study led by researchers at Berkeley Lab outlines a way to engineer pseudo-bonds in materials. Instead of forming chemical bonds, which is what makes epoxies and other composites...
Recycling Products From the Inside Out
What if plastics could self-destruct when their time as a useful product ends? Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are exploring this concept in one of their latest projects.
Researchers Create Gel That Can Self-Heal Like Human Skin
Until now, artificial gels have either managed to replicate either the high stiffness or natural skin's self-healing properties, but not both. Now, researchers have developed a hydrogel with a unique...
AI Reveals New Way to Strengthen Titanium Alloys and Speed Up Manufacturing
Producing high-performance titanium alloy parts -- whether for spacecraft, submarines or medical devices -- has long been a slow, resource-intensive process. Even with advanced metal 3D-printing techniques, finding the right...
For this neurodivergent fiber artist, weaving is the one thing that calms her mind
In addition to creating stunning textiles, neurodivergent fiber artist Fiona Simpson uses weaving as a way to calm her mind. 'I felt scattered and restless in my thoughts,' she said....
Record-setting electron beam: Five times more powerful than predecessors
Scientists have created an ultrashort electron beam with five times more peak current than any other similar beam on Earth.
PG&E is offered $15-billion federal loan to improve grid, expand storage capacity
The Biden administration is offering Pacific Gas & Electric a record $15-billion loan guarantee to help it improve its electrical grid and meet fast-rising energy use.
Electric line ignites in Eaton Canyon 10 days after wildfire
An electric line that was repaired after the deadly Eaton wildfire caught fire last week. The line was less than a mile from the transmission tower that is a focus...
Electric Vehicles Aren't Ready for Extreme Heat and Cold. Here's How to Fix Them
New materials would help the cars of the future survive cold snaps and other climate disruptions
Three Times That Solar Eclipses Transformed Science
From the discovery of new elements to the testing of novel theories of gravity, total solar eclipses have helped spark scientific progress for centuries
The Sophisticated Threads behind a Hat That Senses Traffic Lights
A new technique to make electronic fibers could help solve wearable technology’s flexibility problem
The Industrial Designer behind the N95 Mask
Sara Little Turnbull used materials science to invent and design products for the modern world
Data, waves and wind to be counted in the economy
Wind and wave power is set to be included in calculations of the size of countries' economies for the first time, as part of changes approved at the United Nations.
Nasa needs saving from itself – but is this billionaire right for that job?
The success of SpaceX and other private-sector space firms is throwing up hard questions about America's "great national treasure".
Scientists discover simpler way to achieve Einstein's 'spooky action at a distance' thanks to AI breakthrough — bringing quantum internet closer to reality
AI has helped physicists discover a simpler way of achieving quantum entanglement. This finding could make it easier to develop quantum communication technologies.
Animal kingdom's most powerful puncher generates a 'phononic shield' to protect itself
The mantis shrimp's club uses a built-in vibration shield that filters out damaging shock waves to enable it to strike with bullet-like force without breaking.
World's 1st modular quantum computer that can operate at room temperature goes online
Scientists have built the first networked quantum computer using photons, demonstrating that room-temperature modules can be connected and scaled up.
'Primordial' helium from the birth of the solar system may be stuck in Earth's core
The discovery that helium and iron can mix at the temperatures and pressures found at the center of Earth could settle a long-standing debate over how our planet formed.
Scientists discover simpler way to achieve Einstein's 'spooky action at a distance' thanks to AI breakthrough — bringing quantum internet closer to reality
AI has helped physicists discover a simpler way of achieving quantum entanglement. This finding could make it easier to develop quantum communication technologies.
Hinting at answer to a chicken-or-egg question on evolution
Science & Tech Hinting at answer to a chicken-or-egg question on evolution Felix Elling, a former postdoctoral fellow at Harvard and lead author of the study.Courtesy of Felix Elling Clea Simon Harvard Correspondent...
Exploring superconducting electrons in twisted graphene
Science & Tech Exploring superconducting electrons in twisted graphene Could up the game of lossless power transmission, levitating trains, quantum computing, even energy-efficient detectors for space exploration Clea Simon Harvard Correspondent March 3, 2025...
Why new qubit may give ultrafast quantum computing a boost
Chetan Nayak, Microsoft technical fellow and professor, University of California at Santa Barbara. Photo by John Brecher for Microsoft Science & Tech Why new qubit may give ultrafast quantum computing a boost Microsoft...
New method enables study of nano-sized particles
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have created a new method of studying the smallest bioparticles in the body. The study, which is published in Nature Biotechnology, has considerable scientific potential, such...
A Baking Soda Solution for Clean Hydrogen Storage
PNNL scientists investigate the promising properties of a common, Earth-abundant salt.
Volvo’s new electric EX30 is cheaper than a Tesla Model 3
The EX30 will be delivered to customers next year. Volvo When folks think about Volvo, the first thing that comes to mind is probably the brand’s reputation for safety features. After all,...
Report: Net zero targets must become a reality to keep Paris temperature goals live
The globally-agreed mission to curtail climate change will be impossible unless governments, authorities and the largest companies urgently strengthen their targets, according to the 2023 Net Zero Stocktake report today...