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Jun 17, 2024

Nova explosion of nearby star will soon light up Earth’s skies

Posted by in category: cosmology

The vast expanse of the night sky, a canvas dotted with countless stars, is about to unveil a rare and spectacular phenomenon. Brace yourself for a stellar light show as T Coronae Borealis, a seemingly unremarkable star nestled within the constellation Corona Borealis, is on the brink of a dramatic nova explosion.

T Coronae Borealis, affectionately known as T CrB, is no ordinary star. It’s a binary system, a celestial pattern of two stars locked in a gravitational embrace.

At the heart of this cosmic process lies a white dwarf, the incredibly dense remnant of a once-mighty star. Its partner, a bloated red giant, is in the twilight years of its existence, slowly shedding its outer layers under the relentless pull of the white dwarf’s gravity.

Jun 16, 2024

Strange Discoveries About Dark Matter Including Immortal Stars

Posted by in category: cosmology

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Jun 16, 2024

Is Dark Energy Decaying?

Posted by in category: cosmology

Brian Greene and Michael Levi discuss revolutionary observations that may upend our cosmological understanding.

This program is part of the Big Ideas series, supported by the John Templeton Foundation.

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Jun 16, 2024

AI RoboCasa simulation developed to train robots for household chores

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

From mundane chores to complex interactions, RoboCasa trains robots to navigate the real world:


Researchers have developed a large-scale simulation framework for training general-purpose robots in diverse, everyday settings.

The framework, called RoboCasa, provides access to thousands of 3D assets over more than 150 object categories, as well as dozens of furniture and appliances that may be interacted with.

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Jun 16, 2024

US hits 180 GW of solar power. Here’s how we get to 1,000 by 2035

Posted by in categories: solar power, sustainability

Collectively, the US’s 5 million solar installations can generate more than 179 gigawatts (GW) of electricity. Based on current trends, the SEIA claims that the US’s total solar capacity will soar to 673 GW by 2034, providing enough electricity to power 100 million homes.

The US will likely need to do better than that to meet the Biden Administration’s goal of 100% clean electricity by 2035, though. To decarbonize the grid by then, the Department of Energy (DoE) expects we’ll need as much as 1 terawatt (1,000 GWs) of solar capacity, enough for solar to meet 30–50% of the US’s electricity demand by itself.

Jun 16, 2024

New 3D printing technique integrates electronics into microchannels to create flexible, stretchable microfluidic devices

Posted by in categories: 3D printing, materials

The transition from traditional 2D to 3D microfluidic structures is a significant advancement in microfluidics, offering benefits in scientific and industrial applications. These 3D systems improve throughput through parallel operation, and soft elastomeric networks, when filled with conductive materials like liquid metal, allowing for the integration of microfluidics and electronics.

Jun 16, 2024

New quantum random number generator achieves 2 Gbit/s speed

Posted by in categories: information science, quantum physics

The reliable generation of random numbers has become a central component of information and communications technology. In fact, random number generators, algorithms or devices that can produce random sequences of numbers, are now helping to secure communications between different devices, produce statistical samples, and for various other applications.

Jun 16, 2024

Water on Earth is older than the Sun, which reshapes our understanding of everything

Posted by in category: space

Scientists found that water in our solar system is likely billions of years older than the sun by studying the protostar V883 Orion, linking water from the interstellar medium to our solar system.


This research suggests that water in our solar system was formed long before the sun, planets, and comets, indicating that planetary systems.

Jun 16, 2024

Injectable ultrasonic sensor for wireless monitoring of intracranial signals

Posted by in categories: space, sustainability

A bioresorbable, wireless hydrogel (metagel) sensor, encompassing both biodegradable and stimulus-responsive hydrogels for ultrasonic monitoring of intracranial signals, was implanted into intracranial space with a puncture needle and deformed in response to physiological environmental changes.

Jun 16, 2024

David Papineau: How Does Consciousness Connect Us To Reality?

Posted by in category: neuroscience

Listen to this episode from Mind Chat on Spotify. Keith and Philip interview David Papineau (Professor of Philosophy at King’s College London) about his recent book ‘The Metaphysics of Sensory Experience’. David is also a materialist who believes in consciousness, so there’ll probably be a big old fight about that too. Link to David’s book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-metaphysics-of-s…b&lang=en&

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