Hurricane Beryl: Hurricane forecasts are improving – but big misses are still possible
[ad_1] Hurricane Beryl over Mexico’s Yucatán peninsula on 5 July Associated Press / Alamy Before slamming into islands in Grenada this month, Hurricane Beryl strengthened
Diamond could be the super semiconductor the US power grid needs
[ad_1] Diamond has excellent semiconductor properties Richard Kail/Science Photo Library As the US power grid struggles with a historic rise in electricity demand, diamond semiconductors
A new formula for defining a planet still keeps Pluto out of the club
[ad_1] Pluto is a dwarf planet NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute A mathematical formula to determine whether objects in space should be
Renewable energy: How incredibly simple tech can supercharge the race to net zero
[ad_1] Puwadol Jaturawutthichai/Alamy Some 450 kilometres north of Helsinki, Finland, lies a decommissioned mine. Despite its remote location, it is being keenly watched because it
Saturn’s moon Titan has an equivalent of freshwater rivers and salty oceans
[ad_1] The north polar region of Titan, imaged using radar signals from the Cassini probe, with hydrocarbon seas coloured blue NASA / JPL-Caltech / Agenzia
People at risk of overdose could be fitted with an anti-opioid implant
[ad_1] Drug overdose deaths have soared in North America over the past two decades Victor Moussa / Alamy A pacemaker-like device that is implanted
Bird flu cases may be going undetected in US dairy workers
[ad_1] A strain of bird flu has been circulating in dairy cows for almost five months Lauren Justice/Bloomberg via Getty Images US health officials are
The physicist who wants to build a telescope bigger than Earth
[ad_1] We are living in the era of black hole photography. In 2019, the first picture taken of a black hole was released. Unsurprisingly, it
Raindrop-powered generator harvests electricity from the weather
[ad_1] Putting raindrops to work is an unusual idea Derek Croucher / Alamy A generator that harvests the pitter-patter of raindrops can produce enough electricity
Deep pit on moon may be entrance to cave that could act as lunar base
[ad_1] An illustration of the proposed below-ground shape of Mare Tranquillitatis pit on the lunar surface Wagner and Robinson There is probably a network of