[ad_1] Batteryless sensor encapsulated in a polymer before it is submerged in the Charles River (Image: Reza Ghaffarivardavagh) A battery-free underwater GPS may seem impossible, but three researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are working to make it happen. At this time, underwater navigation is dominated by acoustic …
Read More »ULA cancels the launch of Atlas 5 while SpaceX repairs the rocket for the GPS mission
[ad_1] A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lands on Pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Tuesday, November 3. Credit: United Launch Alliance The United Launch Alliance has called for a planned launch of the Atlas 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral on Wednesday to fix the valves …
Read More »520-million-year-old five-eyed fossil reveals the origin of arthropods
[ad_1] Ecological reconstruction of chilinxia. Credit: Huang Diying Arthropods have been among the most successful animals on Earth since the Cambrian period, around 520 million years ago. They are the most familiar and ubiquitous and make up nearly 80% of all animal species today, far more than any other animal. …
Read More »A new fossil discovery suggests that dinosaurs traveled across oceans
[ad_1] The new dinosaur, Ajnabia odysseus, a member of the plant-eating duck-billed dinosaur family, was discovered in the rocks of a mine in Morocco, dating back about 66 million years to the end of the Cretaceous period. Although some duck-billed dinosaurs could reach a length of up to 15 meters …
Read More »The debts accumulated by “Corona” … the loans add to the weight of the Arab world
[ad_1] In light of the Corona pandemic, Arab countries have resorted to obtaining more loans and issuing debt securities to alleviate their economic crises, but these debts will double the burden. The British Economist magazine states in a report that since last May, foreigners have invested more than $ 10 …
Read More »There was water on Mars 4.4 billion years ago
[ad_1] Even if we imagine Mars as a barren and desolate planet whose surface is covered with nothing but rocks, this has not always been the case. According to the latest findings, the red planet once looked completely different. Thanks to a couple of meteorites found in the Sahara a …
Read More »Scientists develop an energy-saving “liquid window”
[ad_1] A composite photo showing the window in the before (cold) and after (hot) state. Credit: Nanyang Technological University Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a liquid window panel that can simultaneously block the sun to regulate solar transmission, trapping thermal heat that can be released …
Read More »Smart collar to monitor your pet in real time
[ad_1] CSIRO’s Data61, the digital specialist arm of Australia’s national science agency, announced today that it is developing a prototype smart pet collar in collaboration with agtech company Ceres Tag, which will allow pet owners to accurately track the position of their pet from a short and long distance, filling …
Read More »NASA finally makes contact with Voyager 2 after the longest radio silence in the last 30 years
[ad_1] There has never been a radio silence like this. After long months with no way of making contact with Voyager 2, NASA has finally re-established communications with the record-breaking interstellar probe. The communications disruption – which lasted since March, nearly eight months and an entire pandemic ago – was …
Read More »how the fluffy pterosaurs reignited the debate
[ad_1] When the fossils of the oldest known bird, Archeopteryx, were first discovered nearly 160 years ago, the find created a puzzle that has troubled paleontologists ever since. These fossils were celebrated for their chimera-like combination of seemingly reptilian features (such as a bony tail and toothed jaws) and those …
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