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Quantum tunneling pushes the limits of self-powered sensors

[ad_1] Shantanu Chakrabartty’s laboratory has worked to create sensors that can operate with the least amount of energy. His lab has been so successful in building smaller, more efficient sensors, that they have encountered an obstacle in the form of a fundamental law of physics. Sometimes, however, when you encounter …

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A piece of the earth’s surface lies 400 miles below China

[ad_1] Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. The tectonic subduction process has extracted a piece of the Earth’s surface layer, or lithosphere, more than 400 miles below northeastern China, the researchers report. The study in Nature Geoscience offers new evidence …

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Rain of celestial meteorites to light up the skies tonight

[ad_1] See the sky tonight as a celestial meteor shower is heading towards us. The annual Leonid meteor shower peaks tonight (November 16) and tomorrow morning (November 17). Moonlit sky watchers can expect to see around 10-15 meteors per hour, reports the Daily Star. According to Space.com, more Leonid meteors …

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Musk enters a new era of space travel

[ad_1] The SpaceX launch was the first time a private company has transported NASA astronauts November 16, 2020 – 8:13 pm Of Reuters Elon Musk’s SA-born space company SpaceX launched four astronauts on Sunday on a flight to the International Space Station, the first true NASA mission that sent a …

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