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2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (591+ words) Researchers at Dalian University of Technology in China have tested a spacecraft protection structure made from water-filled aluminium eggshells, with the design reducing the velocity of an impact projectile by nearly 65 per cent. The research, published in the Journal of…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (448+ words) Hackers published the alleged driving record of deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as part of an extortion attempt against the Florida DMV. A Houthi spokesperson says the group will soon announce a broader military campaign deep inside Saudi Arabia. The federal…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (235+ words) Whitworth University / News / Release Hugh W. Johnston Professor of Chemistry Kraig Wheeler, Ph.D., has received a prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to conduct research in Norway during the 2026-27 academic year. As part of the award, Wheeler will collaborate with scientists at the…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (985+ words) Scientists have demonstrated a new method to produce methane fuel from Martian carbon dioxide using an advanced copper catalyst. Researchers at the University of Mississippi have developed a method that could help future Mars missions produce rocket fuel directly from…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (320+ words) Moh El-Naggar, Dean’s Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, has been named director of Carnegie Science’s Biosphere Sciences and Engineering division. El-Naggar, who holds appointments in physics and astronomy, chemistry, and…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (594+ words) Project West Ford tested a sparse ring of copper dipoles as a passive radio relay. Only part of its 480-million-needle payload dispersed individually, leaving a complicated legacy....

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (181+ words) “This five-year MIRA award is a major step forward for my group, giving us the long-term support and flexibility to decode and ultimately manipulate these signals,” Truman said. “We hope this work will reveal new ways to understand and treat…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (400+ words) Space debris is one of the most pressing challenges in modern spaceflight; nearly a million fragments larger than a centimeter whirl around Earth at orbital speeds, each capable of puncturing or crippling a spacecraft. Against this backdrop, researchers at Dalian…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (203+ words) Ohio University Distinguished Professor Alexander O. “Sasha” Govorov, a member of the Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute (NQPI), has been appointed an IPF Fellow at the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (IPF) in Germany. The two-year fellowship runs from Sept....

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (178+ words) 3D-printed aluminum eggshell arrays filled with water proved more effective at impact resistance. Another popular demonstration is the classic egg-drop challenge, in which students must figure out how best to protect a single egg from breaking when dropped from a…...