There's smartphone batteries to be mined, but at what cost? NASA's rights to a Nevada desert playa that's used for calibrating Earth-observing satellites is facing a challenge, as lithium miners say they need the land to develop the US battery indus…
Lees meerFunds will focus on energy, transportation, astronomy, and healthcare The UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) agency is investing £72 million ($91.7 million) to build infrastructure to support next-generation technologies in energy, transportation, me…
Lees meerYou who think superconductivity can't happen without spin polarization? Hold my FeSe If research from a group of MIT and Argonne boffins is confirmed, then we're one step closer to improved – and possibly entirely novel – superconducting materials.…
Lees meerDebris points to 'catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber,' says Coast Guard An attempt to find and rescue the Titan submersible that vanished during a deep dive to the Titanic has ended with news that the craft likely imploded and its crew of fiv…
Lees meerDebris points to 'catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber,' says Coast Guard An attempt to find and rescue the Titan submersible that vanished during a deep dive to the Titanic has ended with news that the craft likely imploded and its crew of fiv…
Lees meerDebris points to 'catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber,' says Coast Guard An attempt to find and rescue the Titan submersible that vanished during a deep dive to the Titanic has ended with news that the craft likely imploded and its crew of fiv…
Lees meerHear that, Amazon Kuiper and Starlink? The coast is clear... Unlike the skies. Ahem Satellite teleco operators Intelsat and SES have ended talks over a proposed merger of the two businesses that could have resulted in a company with a market valuati…
Lees meerFlexing device works where surgeons find hard to reach Scientists have developed a robot that can perform safe and minimally invasive medical procedures inside the body using a magnetically controlled folding and flexing structure.…
Lees meerLP 890-9c gives us a glimpse into our world's far future, astronomer tells El Reg Astronomers are hoping to observe a super-Earth exoplanet with the James Webb Telescope to see if they can predict Earth's future as the Sun expands.…
Lees meerSends home snaps on third fly-by of six as it heads for orbit in 2025 The BepiColombo probe has completed its third fly-by of the planet Mercury and sent home some striking snaps of the tiny world's dark side.…
Lees meerThey'll be replaced with longer, thinner wings supported by a truss NASA has named the MD-90 jetliner it will rebuild with a radical new type of wing support in an effort to develop technology that reduces CO2 emissions.…
Lees meerMulti-exposure masking helps mitigate modern era interferance Researchers have developed software they estimate will be at least 10 times more effective than existing algorithms at detecting the pesky satellite trails increasingly popping up on Hubb…
Lees meerTech has potential to power war-torn spots and remote regions Researchers at a US university claim to have beamed energy from a satellite in orbit to a detector on Earth, demonstrating that harvesting energy from solar panels in space is technically…
Lees meerTech has potential to power remote regions, war-torn spots Researchers at a US university claim to have beamed energy from a satellite in orbit to a detector on Earth, showing that harvesting energy from solar panels in space is technically possible…
Lees meerEx-UAP analyst reckons he was harassed for telling Congress A former US intelligence official turned whistleblower says the government has been secretly recovering what appear to be alien craft and technology for decades.…
Lees meerOutdated ISS system will need an upgrade if we're to go further into space Researchers have figured out that direct photochemical reactions could provide the oxygen and hydrogen humans need for long-term habitation of Mars or the Moon.…
Lees meerMost distant smoke and smog discovery could help explain star formation in the early universe Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, an international group of astronomers have discovered smog and smoke molecules indicative of early star for…
Lees meerTeam problems found last year seem to have been resolved NASA is on track to launching its Psyche asteroid mission later this year in October after correcting numerous project management issues that led to its initial delay.…
Lees meerMost distant smoke and smog discovery could help explain star formation in the early universe Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, an international group of astronomers have discovered smog and smoke molecules indicative of early star for…
Lees meerMost distant smoke and smog discovery could help explain star formation in the early universe Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, an international group of astronomers have discovered smog and smoke molecules indicative of early star for…
Lees meerFlammable tape and unreliable parachutes ground craft this time around Days after saying it remained on track for the first crewed Starliner flight next month, NASA and Boeing have scrapped their July launch plan to give them "time to address recent…
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