Science

At the Paris Air Show this week, French defense contractor Turgis and Gaillard unveiled a new large drone: the AAROK....

Owls, puffins, and even city pigeons glam it up in winning bird photos

Birds chirp, cheep, and coo, but these Audubon pics might leave you speechless. By Maddi Langweil | Published Jun 21,...

Amazon tricked millions into renewing Prime subscriptions, FTC lawsuit claims

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its latest action against Amazon, this time for allegedly duping millions of consumers into...

What an electric vehicle’s MPGe rating really means

For decades, drivers in the United States have been able to think about the efficiency of their gas-powered vehicles with...

Spotting the Invisible Enemy: Scientists Discover Immune “Trip Wire” That Detects COVID-19

Scientists from the University of California San Diego discovered a new way the immune system detects certain viruses, including SARS-CoV-2,...

200,000 Lightning Flashes – Tonga’s Hunga Eruption Produced the Most Intense Lightning Ever Recorded

More than 200,000 lightning flashes, shown as blue dots, occurred throughout the duration of the eruption at Tonga’s Hunga Volcano...

Powering the Future: Innovative Device Harvests Vibrational Energy

The principle, structural design, and application of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer-enhanced piezoelectric nanocomposite materials. Credit: Tohoku University Researchers have developed a...

The Simple Geometry That Predicts Molecular Mosaics

By treating molecules as geometric tessellations, scientists devised a new way to forecast how 2D materials might self-assemble.Samuel Velasco/Quanta MagazineIntroductionOn...

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