Category: Nature
Full ‘Bloom’: NASA’s Record-Breaking Radar Antenna Just Unfurled in Orbit
NASA and ISRO’s NISAR satellite has unfurled its record-breaking radar antenna, paving the way for global monitoring of ice, forests, and natural disasters. Its cutting-edge dual radar system will capture Earth’s changes in incredible detail, even through clouds and vegetation. Giant Antenna Successfully Deployed in Orbit Measuring 39 feet (12 meters) across, the large drum-shaped […]
The Hidden Geometry That Could Explain the Universe
How can the tiniest particles and the vast structure of the universe be explained using the same kind of mathematics? This puzzle is the focus of recent research by mathematicians Claudia Fevola (Inria Saclay) and Anna-Laura Sattelberger (Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences), published in the Notices of the American Mathematical Society. Bringing […]
Stunning New NASA Perseverance Rover Images Show Mars Clearer Than Ever Before
NASA’s Perseverance rover has delivered one of its sharpest panoramas yet, revealing sweeping Martian vistas from the “Falbreen” site. Taken under unusually clear skies, the mosaic captures distant hills, geologic boundaries, and a mysterious rock perched on a sand ripple. Scientists are intrigued by the site’s ancient terrain, possibly older than Jezero Crater itself, and […]
Scientists Create New Magnetic State: The Magneto-Ionic Vortex (“Vortion”)
By controlling this state, researchers can enable the development of smarter, reconfigurable, and energy-efficient devices that function like the brain. Researchers at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) have successfully created a new form of magnetic state known as a magneto-ionic vortex, or “vortion.” Their findings, published in Nature Communications, demonstrate an unprecedented ability to […]
Lost Particle Resurfaces As the Key to Universal Quantum Computing
A discarded mathematical oddity has become the key to unlocking universal quantum computing. By combining Ising anyons with a newly recognized particle, the neglecton, researchers showed that complex computations could be done with braiding alone. This breakthrough could make once-impossible quantum operations a reality. Fragile Qubits and the Quantum Challenge Quantum computers could one day […]
What Is the Electric Constant and Why Should You Care?
The force between electrical charges is kind of a big deal—without it, the universe would be a primordial soup and you would not exist. That force is determined by the electric constant.
