An ultra-clean crystal surface allowed individual molecules to preserve quantum coherence at the fundamental Fourier limit. A molecule placed on a surface should be easier to probe and manipulate than one hidden inside a solid or suspended in vacuum. In practice, however, surface contamination creates an unstable, noisy environment that can quickly degrade the molecule’s […]
Scientists Push Molecules on a Surface to the Ultimate Quantum Limit
An ultra-clean crystal surface allowed individual molecules to preserve quantum coherence at the fundamental Fourier limit. A molecule placed on a surface should be easier to probe and manipulate than one hidden inside a solid or suspended in vacuum. In practice, however, surface contamination creates an unstable, noisy environment that can quickly degrade the molecule’s […]
World’s First Heat-Powered Cooling System Turns Waste Heat Into Cold
Researchers have developed the world’s first heat-driven elastocaloric cooling system, using waste heat and solar energy to support sustainable cooling. A cooling system powered directly by heat rather than an electric motor has worked in laboratory tests, offering a possible way to turn waste heat or solar energy into cooling. The prototype, developed by researchers […]
World’s First Heat-Powered Cooling System Turns Waste Heat Into Cold
Researchers have developed the world’s first heat-driven elastocaloric cooling system, using waste heat and solar energy to support sustainable cooling. A cooling system powered directly by heat rather than an electric motor has worked in laboratory tests, offering a possible way to turn waste heat or solar energy into cooling. The prototype, developed by researchers […]
Greenland Just Lost a Manhattan-Sized Slab of Ice
A Manhattan-sized ice island has broken free from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier, and scientists say even bigger breaks may be coming. Europe’s Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission has documented a major breakup at Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland, where a 76 sq km portion of the glacier’s floating ice tongue separated on August 4, 2026. The loss is […]
Greenland Just Lost a Manhattan-Sized Slab of Ice
A Manhattan-sized ice island has broken free from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier, and scientists say even bigger breaks may be coming. Europe’s Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission has documented a major breakup at Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland, where a 76 sq km portion of the glacier’s floating ice tongue separated on August 4, 2026. The loss is […]
Greenland Just Lost a Manhattan-Sized Slab of Ice
A Manhattan-sized ice island has broken free from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier, and scientists say even bigger breaks may be coming. Europe’s Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission has documented a major breakup at Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland, where a 76 sq km portion of the glacier’s floating ice tongue separated on August 4, 2026. The loss is […]
Antarctica Gained a Record 695 Billion Tons of Ice in Just Two Years
A tropical warming event helped drive record snowfall and a temporary 695-billion-ton ice gain in East Antarctica without reversing long-term Antarctic ice loss. Between 2021 and 2023, the Antarctic Ice Sheet gained about 695 billion tons of mass, the largest increase recorded by the GRACE satellites. New research traces much of that unusual gain to […]
SpaceX Dragon Leak Delays NASA’s Next Astronaut Launch
A leak in SpaceX’s Dragon propulsion system has delayed NASA’s Crew-13 launch while engineers work to clear the spacecraft for flight. NASA and SpaceX are delaying the Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station after an oxidizer leak was found in the propulsion system of the Dragon spacecraft during routine prelaunch processing. The leak was […]
SpaceX Dragon Leak Delays NASA’s Next Astronaut Launch
A leak in SpaceX’s Dragon propulsion system has delayed NASA’s Crew-13 launch while engineers work to clear the spacecraft for flight. NASA and SpaceX are delaying the Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station after an oxidizer leak was found in the propulsion system of the Dragon spacecraft during routine prelaunch processing. The leak was […]