Over 14,000 pieces of junk are clogging up low Earth orbit, but this number could be reduced by a new invention that involves ...

Space has a trash problem, with defunct satellites, rockets, and smaller broken bits orbiting Earth at high speeds. The ...

This technology offers a solution to the continuous accumulation of space debris, such as defunct satellites and spent rocket stages.

With advance warning, however, steps can be taken to reduce the risks. If an electrical grid is running near capacity, for ...

This revealed two distinct types of SEEs with different origins. One group is connected to solar flares exploding from small ...

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(Left) Measured and simulated electron temperature curves during an NBI pulse showing the outcome of the competing effects between neutral particle-derived fast ions and cold electrons. (Right) One of ...

With dual lasers, researchers have accelerated a high-quality beam of electrons to 10 billion electronvolts in just 30 centimeters. The experiment gives scientists a 'frame-by-frame' look at how a ...

Ammonia is used in fertilizer and many industrial processes. It is also seen as a promising way to store and transport energy ...

For the first time, scientists have observed electrons in graphene behaving like a nearly perfect quantum fluid, challenging ...