Lithium: Powering the Green Revolution
The race for better battery power has caused a “white gold” rush on lithium.
by Richard A Lovett As the climate warms, sea levels rise and droughts, heatwaves and bushfires multiply, the need...
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Newton in the pilot’s seat
How to land a Mars rover when you’re many, many millions of kilometres away.
It takes a lot of thought and a lot of work to land a rover on Mars. It’s not as if you’re on Earth, where you can ch...
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Rotating rocket science
Australian engineers complete successful test of new rocket engine.
As Australia’s space industry gears up, a team of Australian researchers has successfully tested a new type of engine...
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Mars news all good
Data indicate all systems fine and helicopter Ingenuity working as expected.
Less than a day after NASA’s Perseverance rover successfully landed, the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in...
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Body battery Engineers from the University of Colorado, Boulder, US, have created a wearable device that can draw ...
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Highlight
Cosmos Q&A: materials whirl
From sticking plasters to wearable tech, functional materials are all around us.
Engineer Madhu Bhaskaran co-leads the Functional Materials and Microsystems Research Group at RMIT University, Melbou...
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Sticky explanation Most of us have had the experience of the food we’re cooking sticking to a non-stick frying pan...
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Tracking elephants from space
Scientists count African elephants using satellites.
It’s often said that certain geographical landmarks – like the Sahara Desert, or human-made structures like the Great...
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Quantum brainiac
Researchers prompt self-adapting atoms to mimic the human brain.
Dutch physicists have just taken the first steps towards making a “quantum brain” by building a material that stores ...
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Green lantern shoots straight
Record-breaking laser cuts through atmosphere
Scientists have set a world record for the most stable transmission of a laser signal through the atmosphere, effecti...
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History
Meet the Hornigs: building the bomb
Manhattan Project’s prominent couple.
In the late 1930s and into the 1940s, with much of the world engulfed by war, a group of scientists began to coalesce...
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Lockdown loaves show growth potential
COVID-caught bioengineers rise baking interests to new levels.
Baking the perfect bread - for cell growth. Credit: Andrew Pelling As any baking enthusiast will tell you, it’s al...