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‘This sounds weak’: how the satellite hit chain can get out of control

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'This sounds weak': how the satellite hit chain can get out of control

For hundreds of thousands of years, Earth’s orbit has been a vast and empty space – free from the impact of busy humans below, scurrying around on the surface of the planet. But in 1957, Soviet Union scientists achieved a historic breakthrough, sending a metal ball with four radio antennae – called Sputnik – so … Read more

“You Can Create and Control This Unique World Using Light”: DARPA-Funded Scientists Use Lasers to Create a New Autonomous Environment at Room Temperature

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The man stood up

Researchers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), with support from the US Army Research Office, the National Science Foundation, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and the Army Research Office, have announced a successful breakthrough produced by laser light and manipulating a new state of matter called supersolid at room temperature. The research group … Read more