If you're going to break a rule with style, make sure everybody sees it. That's the goal of engineers at Rice University who hope to improve screens for virtual reality, 3D displays, and optical technologies in general.
Gururaj Naik, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Rice's George R. Brown School of Engineering, and Applied Physics Graduate Program alumna Chloe Doiron found a way to manipulate light at the nanoscale that breaks the...
A global search for alternative sources to Russian energy during the war in Ukraine has refocused attention on smaller, easier-to-build nuclear power stations, which proponents say could provide a cheaper, more efficient alternative to older model mega-plants, Tech Xplore reports.
U.K.-based Rolls-Royce SMR says its small modular reactors, or SMRs, are much cheaper and quicker to get running than standard plants, delivering the kind of energy security that many nations are seeking. France already relies...
New U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss will limit energy bill increases for all households for two years in an effort to prevent widespread hardship, the BBC reports.
A typical household energy bill will be capped at £2,500 ($2,900 USD) annually until 2024.
The support scheme could cost up to around $175 billion, but Truss refused to put a figure on it, saying "extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures."
Businesses will get help, with prices capped for six...
Nature likes spirals – from the whirlpool of a hurricane, to pinwheel-shaped protoplanetary disks around newborn stars, to the vast realms of spiral galaxies across our universe.
Now astronomers are bemused to find young stars that are spiralling into the centre of a massive cluster of stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.
The outer arm of the spiral in this huge, oddly shaped stellar nursery called NGC 346 may be...
Queen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years.
Her family gathered at her Scottish estate after concerns grew about her health earlier on Thursday, the BBC reports.
The Queen came to the throne in 1952 and witnessed enormous social change.
With her death, her eldest son Charles, the former Prince of Wales, will lead the country in mourning as the new King and head of state for...
Top YouTuber Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson filled a shopping centre in the U.S. with thousands of fans on Sunday at the opening of his first burger restaurant.
Donaldson is one of the most popular people on video-sharing platform YouTube, with more than 100 million subscribers.
He used that fame to open MrBeast Burger in 2020, which delivers from more than 1,000 locations worldwide.
And now he has a physical restaurant, at which fans queued for hours for a burger...
Germany has announced a $65-billion package of measures to ease the threat of rising energy costs, as Europe struggles with scarce supplies after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The package, much bigger than two previous ones, will include one-off payments to the most vulnerable and tax breaks to energy-intensive businesses, the BBC reports.
Energy prices have soared since the February invasion, and Europe is trying to wean itself off Russian energy.
Ukraine has urged Europe to stand firm.
According...
The launch of NASA’s new Artemis I Moon rocket is facing a potentially lengthy delay after a second postponement.
Controllers tried and failed again on Saturday to get the Space Launch System (SLS) vehicle to lift off. They were thwarted by a fuel leak.
Engineers now want to inspect the rocket, and any repairs may need to happen in the workshop rather than on the launch pad.
The whole process is certain to lead to a setback...
(Monash University) – New research has found that repeated concussions can thicken the structure of skull bones. Previous studies have shown damage to the brain following concussion, but have not looked at the brain's protective covering.
A study published in the journal Scientific Reports by associate professor Bridgette Semple from Monash University's Central Clinical School Department of Neuroscience found that repeated concussions resulted in thicker, denser bones in the skull.
It is unclear whether this thickening of the...
The chairman of Russia's Lukoil oil giant, Ravil Maganov, has died after falling from a hospital window in Moscow, reports say.
The company confirmed his death but said only that Maganov, 67, had "passed away following a severe illness."
Russian media said he was being treated at Moscow's Central Clinical Hospital and died of his injuries.
Maganov is the latest of a number of high-profile business executives to die in mysterious circumstances, the BBC reports.
Investigating authorities said they...
