How electrical synapses fine-tune sensory information for better …
Jan 6, 2025 · Peering into the behavioral circuits of the worm C. elegans allowed scientists to visualize how single cells connect to each other, and how changing these connections alter …
New tool to analyze embodied carbon in more than 1 million …
5 days ago · However, due to a lack of data, the impact of embodied carbon in the built environment has been challenging to assess. To address that knowledge gap, Notre Dame …
Commonwealth Fusion Systems to build its first fusion energy plant
Dec 30, 2024 · Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) has announced its first fusion energy power plant, ARC, to be built in Chesterfield County, Virginia. CFS is committed to plugging in …
Scientists explain the physics of hula hooping
Jan 4, 2025 · A study from New York University examines the physics and mathematics behind how a hula hoop can appear to defy gravity, suggesting that certain body types may be better …
eVinci™ Microreactor: The Next Generation Nuclear Reactor
Oct 3, 2024 · “Westinghouse has developed and continues to advance heat pipe technology and manufacturing processes through design, analysis tools, and test capabilities, with our recent …
First coherent picture of atomic nucleus structure
Oct 17, 2024 · Physicists from IFJ PAN used data from high-energy collisions, like those at CERN’s LHC, to study the structure of atomic nuclei. They focused on Parton Distribution …
MIT astronomers pinpointed the origins of a fast radio burst
Jan 3, 2025 · A team of astronomers from MIT has traced the origin of fast radio burst (FRB) 20221022A using a novel technique. By analyzing its “scintillation”—the twinkling effect seen …
Dark energy ‘doesn’t exist’
Dec 22, 2024 · This graphic offers a glimpse of the history of the Universe, as we currently understand it. The cosmos began expanding with the Big Bang but then around 10 billion …
How micro and nanoscale filaments create spinning waves?
Dec 27, 2024 · Jun Lu examines the twisted filament glowing within the bulb. He, along with a team of U-M researchers, demonstrated for the first time that a twisted filament could produce …
PowerPod, the safest, most powerful wind turbine designed for …
Apr 12, 2021 · The portable PowerPod has a much lower cost than solar panels and can work much more efficiently in areas with less than 300 days of sun per year. It’s a 1 kW wind turbine …