People Don’t Trust Medical Robots, but a Happy Cartoon Face Can Help Change That
4 Jan 2022, 10:54 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / A research program is trying to determine what human characteristics can make medical robots be perceived as trustworthy and friendly
UK-Funded ISS Space Experiment Meant to Keep People Young, Launching Today
21 Dec 2021, 07:58 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The effects of the lack of gravity on human muscles could help prevent ageing on Earth, and an experiment supported by the UK Space Agency will study that
Flying Laboratories to Study the Impact of Hydrogen as Aviation Fuel on the Atmosphere
9 Dec 2021, 08:36 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Airbus and the German Aerospace Center will conduct extensive research on hydrogen as aviation fuel, using their test aircraft
AI-designed Xenobots Have Figured Out How To Replicate, Living Robots Are Coming
4 Dec 2021, 13:00 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / Xenobots are the world’s first living robots, designed by Artificial Intelligence using stem cells from the African clawed frog
The Air Force Research Laboratory Announces $1 Billion Contract for Space-Related Research
17 Nov 2021, 11:05 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / AFRL breaks the record with a huge contract awarded to the Space Dynamics Laboratory of the Utah State University, for space tech development
Average-Looking Toy Car Is in Fact a Science Lab on Wheels, Packs a Working Speedometer
27 Oct 2021, 15:49 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / PocketLab's G-Force car may look like your average diecast toy but it is in fact a smart gadget packed with sensors and cutting-edge technology
Nuclear-Powered Earth 300 Will Be World's Biggest Yacht and Scheduled for 2025
23 Oct 2021, 08:26 UTC · By: Cristian Curmei / This future research yacht is scheduled for launch in 2025 and will house the world's brightest scientists while being nuclear-powered. Costs $700 million
ESA Will Map Out Forest Biomass From Space for the First Time, With a Giant Reflector
22 Oct 2021, 09:18 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The Biomass satellite will deploy the longest-wavelength radar and a giant reflector, to monitor and map out dying forests, in order to help save them
World’s Most Powerful Telescope Gears up for Launch, Will Revolutionize Space Science
19 Oct 2021, 08:43 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The $10 billion Webb Space telescope has reached its final destination before the historic launch, when its "super eye" will explore the origins of the Universe
Brazil Just Tested Its Largest Rocket Motor Ever, for Experiments at Hypersonic Speeds
11 Oct 2021, 04:54 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Brazil successfully tested its largest rocket motor ever built, an innovative motor that will power a European rocket for scientific hypersonic experiments.
Science Could Make Self-Driving Cars Know When They’re Failing, Before It’s Too Late
17 Sep 2021, 10:22 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / A new algorithm developed by researchers at MIT helps autonomous cars be able to understand when they're failing, and hand it over to the driver
New MTI Magnet for Fusion Power Breaks Magnetic Field Records, Ramps Up to 20 Tesla
9 Sep 2021, 05:31 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / This revolutionary electromagnet achieved the most powerful magnetic field of this kind ever created in the world, taking us one step closer to fusion power.
Serious Science Question: How Far Can You Shoot Elephant Toothpaste Into Space?
8 Sep 2021, 12:47 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Former NASA engineer and popular YouTuber Mark Rober lands into the Guinness Book of World records again with the most colorful experiment: a goo volcano
These Polished Spheres the Size of Baseballs Are the First 3D-Printed Stellar Nurseries
7 Sep 2021, 09:39 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Researchers have created highly-advanced models of stellar nurseries, using innovative 3D printing processes for the first time.
This Robot Mimics a Primitive Eel-Like Fish, Swims Like a Pro
13 Aug 2021, 12:55 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Researchers at the Biorobotics Laboratory in Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) have created a swimming robot that can mimic eels.
The BeeVi Toilet Turns Poop Into Energy and Cryptocurrency
2 Aug 2021, 05:03 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Urban and environmental engineering professor has created a toilet that powers appliances at the university he’s teaching, offers crypto rewards if you use it
A Bottle of Wine That Spent 14 Months in Space Is Expected to Sell for $1M
5 May 2021, 06:34 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A new Christie’s auction lot includes two variants of Petrus 2000: a space and an Earth bottle, along with a custom trunk, decanter and glasses
Bill Nye The Science Guy Breaks Down the Tech of the Porsche Taycan
21 Apr 2021, 12:26 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Bill Nye was chosen to help explain what makes the Taycan so different from other EVs. Porsche published a five-part video series on its YouTube channel.
Nuclear-Powered Earth 300 Superyacht Is Where Luxury and Science Meet
13 Apr 2021, 12:28 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / This sustainable superyacht combines nuclear propulsion, luxury design and the latest technology for a noble goal and a better future.
Tough Beetle Can Be Run Over by Car, Could Help Build Better Planes
22 Oct 2020, 07:45 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Phloeodes diabolicus, the diabolical ironclad beetle is pretty much indestructible, is being analyzed for cues on how to make better planes and vehicles