Science & Technology

Scientists Make Breakthrough in Warping Time at Smallest Scale Ever0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- February 21, 2022
Scientists were able to measure time dilation at a distance of just a millimeter, about the width of a pencil tip.

By David Aragorn
An ‘everlasting’ bubble endured more than a year without popping 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- January 25, 2022
Source: Science News If you hate having your bubble burst, you’ll love these “everlasting” bubbles. While soap bubbles are known for their fragile constitutions, the new bubbles can stick around for more than a year before they pop, scientists report January 18 in Physical Review Fluids. Instead of soap and water, the bubbles are made with water, microparticles

By David Aragorn
We Are One Step Closer to Incredibly Compact, Powerful Quantum Batteries 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- January 18, 2022
The bigger a quantum battery, the faster it charges.

By David Aragorn
Scientists say they’re able to pull animal DNA out of thin air 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- January 12, 2022
Two new studies have shown that environmental DNA can be collected from the air and used to detect a variety of animals, offering what scientists say is a “novel, non-invasive approach” to monitoring biodiversity.

By David Aragorn
Physicists create new state of matter from quantum soup of magnetically weird particles 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- January 12, 2022
The new phase of matter could be used to design even better quantum computers.

By David Aragorn
China successfully modified the weather to create clear skies, researchers say 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- January 11, 2022
Researchers at a Beijing university say China’s weather authorities successfully used weather modification to ensure clear skies during a major celebration this year.

By David Aragorn
What’s a negative leap second and why might we need one?0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- January 7, 2022
Let’s start with some well-known facts about the Earth – it’s the fifth-largest planet in the solar system, 70 per cent of its surface is covered in water, and it’s the only planet known to have life on it.

By David Aragorn
A Mars Rover Explored a Wasteland and Found an Oasis 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 20, 2021
Billions of years ago, the view from the edge of Jezero crater would have been “spectacular.”

By David Aragorn
Flying Microchips The Size Of A Sand Grain Could Be Used For Population Surveillance 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- September 28, 2021
It’s neither a bird nor a plane, but a winged microchip as small as a grain of sand that can be carried by the wind as it monitors such things as pollution levels or the spread of airborne diseases.

By David Aragorn
Quantum news: IonQ and Accenture announce partnership and a startup uses diamonds as qubits 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- September 23, 2021
Quantum news: IonQ and Accenture announce partnership and a startup uses diamonds as qubits

By David Aragorn