This electroactive polymer hydrogel “learned” to play Pong. Credit: Cell Reports Physical Science/Strong et al. This electroactive polymer hydrogel “learned” to play Pong. Credit: Cell
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Astronomers think they’ve found a plausible explanation of the Wow! signal
Enlarge / The Wow! signal, represented as “6EQUJ5,” was discovered in 1977 by astronomer Jerry Ehman. (credit: Public domain) An unusually bright burst of radio
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These Levitating Nanodiamonds Are the World’s Smallest Disco Balls
The microscopic diamonds spin a billion times per minute and could help reveal the relationship between quantum mechanics and gravity.
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Why cricket’s latest bowling technique is so effective against batters
Enlarge / Some cricket bowlers favor keeping the arm horizontal during delivery, the better to trick the batsmen. (credit: Rae Allen/CC BY 2.0) Although the
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Studying the skin of the great white shark could help reduce drag in aircraft
Enlarge / Great white sharks can reduce drag at different swimming speeds thanks to high and low ridged dentricles in its skin. (credit: Terry Goss/CC
Read moreFusion power might be 30 years away but we will reap its benefits well before
Discoveries made in pursuit of nuclear fusion have potentially huge practical applications in everything from curing cancer to superior batteries for EVs When James Watt’s
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