Robots Can Cut Objects Made of Multiple Materials
engineering

Robots Can Cut Objects Made of Multiple Materials

People are born with the ability to change their behavior according to the objects they hold in their hands and the tasks they are trying to perform. For example, when cutting certain fruits or vegetables, students should carefully remove the outer skin, such as avocados or peach seeds. [more…]

Hubble Sees a Star-forming Spiral
Astronomy

Hubble Spots a Star Forming Spiral

The irregular spiral galaxy NGC 5486 floats above a field of faint, distant galaxies in this photo taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The thin disk of the galaxy, with the diffuse glow of the bright center of the galaxy [more…]

A Map of the Brain of a Baby Fruit Fly
Biology

A Map of the Brain of a Baby Fruit Fly

Neuroscientists have been creating increasingly sophisticated neural maps since the 1970s. Researchers from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Cambridge this week reported on the successful 12-year project of mapping the brain of a young fruit fly. [more…]

Closed Cells Are Better Between The Four Walls
Medical

Closed Cells Are Better Between Four Walls

The inability of chromosomes to be properly distributed during cell division is one of the abnormal characteristics of cancer cells. Now scientists have a unique problem with the chromosome distribution mechanism of cancer cells trapped in narrow microscopic channels. [more…]

Things to Do Years After Fukushima Power Plant Accident
Environment and Climate

What to Do 12 Years After Fukushima Power Plant Accident

Twelve years after the triple reactor meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japan is preparing to dump massive amounts of cleaned radioactive waste into the ocean. According to Japanese officials, this evacuation is inevitable and should begin soon. Decommissioning of the power plant [more…]

Exciting Density Functional Models
Physics

Exciting Density Functional Models

The main idea of ​​density functional theory (DFT) is that the effect of a potential on a system of interacting electrons can be described in terms of the density of electrons. DFT is limited to ground states in current models, excited states are not included. [more…]

NASA Measures Countries' Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Environment and Climate

NASA Measures Countries' Carbon Dioxide Emissions

A pilot study calculated carbon dioxide emissions and removals in various countries using satellite observations. The researchers tracked the carbon dioxide emissions of more than 100 countries around the world with the help of an Earth-observing satellite from NASA. Pilot [more…]

Molecular Orbital Electron Sources
Physics

Molecular Orbital Electron Sources

A device that can control individual electrons with subnanometer and subfemtosecond precision could be the latest small electronic device developed. Vacuum, in which electrons travel from a nanoscale emitter to the target electrode via vacuum. [more…]

Gravitational Waves Analyzing
Astronomy

Gravitational Waves Analyzed

Analyzing the data will require a global strategy because a space-based observatory will simultaneously find gravitational waves from many different kinds of sources. Laser Interferometer Space Antenna to be launched in 2037 [more…]