A nuclear power plant in the United Kingdom is not expected to be completed until 2040, but experts are already working to reduce maintenance costs and shorten shutdown times. It is part of the STEP – Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production – program implemented by UK Industrial Fusion Solutions. The goal is to unlock nearly … Read more
Dark spots in light waves may appear to disrupt the speed of light, according to new research from scientists at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, confirming the predictions of a half-century-old theory. What the team calls “dark points” are actually vortices – tiny holes in the wave structure of light – as revealed in a … Read more
24 new amphipods found at the Clarion-Clipperton Site, where the Trump administration is targeting deep-sea mining.National Institute of Oceanography, Southampton via Inside Climate News Get your information from a source other than the oligarchs. Register for free Mother Jones Everyday. This story was published by Climate Insider and is presented here as part of Department … Read more
For more than 20 years, astronomers have been puzzled by the amazing pattern of bright, evenly spaced lines in radio waves from the Crab Pulsar, a dense supernova remnant recorded by Chinese and Japanese astronomers in 1054. In 2024, an astronomer at the University of Kansas proposed a solution that explains the size of this … Read more
Your support helps us tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is breaking new ground as the story unfolds. Whether it’s investigating the finances of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest film, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on American women fighting for reproductive rights, … Read more
YesIn late summer, people descend on the wildflower capital of Colorado to see meadows dotted with cornflowers, aspen sunflowers and sub-alpine larkspur. In January 1991, a team of scientists led by Professor John Harte set up a unique experiment in these Rocky Mountain pastures. It was one of the first (and longest) to determine how … Read more
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