This exoplanet weather forecast by the James Webb Space Telescope calls for sandy skies and a clear (alien) sunset

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An artist’s impression of WASP-94Ab, with magnesium silicate clouds appearing on the terminator between night and day, where it is “morning.” (Image credit: Hannah Robbins/Johns Hopkins University) The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has made a weather forecast for the exoplanet WASP-94Ab, a world with clouds of sand in the morning that gradually give wayContinue Reading

New quantum sensor could count individual photons and hunt dark matter

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Researchers in Finland have achieved a major advance in ultra-sensitive measurement technology by detecting an amount of energy smaller than one zeptojoule, less than a trillionth of a billionth of a joule. The breakthrough could improve quantum computing technology, support the search for dark matter, and eventually make it possible to count individual photons. QuantumContinue Reading

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MathWorks has released hardware support packages for Renesas’ RH850/U2A automotive microcontroller and RA6T2 industrial microcontroller, letting engineers deploy MATLAB and Simulink models directly to the target hardware without manually assembling toolchains, writing initialization code, or building custom flash scripts. The practical change: an engineer models a control algorithm in Simulink,Continue Reading

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Commercial EV builder Xos demonstrated a new mobile EV charging solution at the recent Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) Commercial Capabilities Showcase. Xos, one of 17 finalists selected from a national pool of commercial applicants, conducted a live outdoor demonstration of its Charger Hub, including real-time DC fast chargingContinue Reading

Why set a limit for Hong Kong’s ride-hailing services?

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Hong Kong should not limit the number of vehicles licensed to provide ride-hailing services. In particular, every owner of an electric vehicle that complies with the regulations should, in principle, be able to obtain one on demand by paying the required fee. Normal market forces, together with fees and other licensing requirements…Continue Reading

Mars shines in ethereal photo from Psyche space probe

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Psyche was barely 2,800 miles above Mars during its gravity assist flyby. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / ASU Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is currently en route to a small, metal-rich asteroid near Jupiter. However, the barely 3,600-pound probe recently requiredContinue Reading

Lasers in moon craters could create a lunar GPS system

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The moon’s cratered surface. Could these shadows help with making lunar GPS? (Image credit: NASA) Placing ultrastable lasers inside some of the coldest, darkest lunar craters could help scientists establish a GPS-like navigation system on the moon, allowing future Artemis astronauts and spacecraft to navigate the lunar surface more easily. Researchers at the National InstituteContinue Reading