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The end of everything: 5 ways the universe could be destroyed
Jul 22, 2022 · The Big Rip. A similar scenario leads to a far more dramatic death, much sooner. In this model, dark energy doesn’t just accelerate the expansion of the universe at a steady pace, it accelerates ...
Betavolt says its diamond nuclear battery can power devices for 50 …
Jan 17, 2024 · View 2 Images. China's Betavolt New Energy Technology has unveiled a new modular nuclear battery that uses a combination of a nickel-63 (⁶³Ni) radioactive isotope and a 4th-generation diamond ...
Extremely promising new herpes vaccine moves closer to human …
A novel herpes vaccine has achieved a nearly 100-percent success rate in animal testing, with researchers hoping to soon move into human safety and efficacy trials.
The numbers are in: Junk food’s toll on physical & mental health
Feb 29, 2024 · Consuming ultra-processed food, commonly known as junk food, has been associated with a higher risk of more than 30 different adverse mental and physical health outcomes, according to a new study ...
James Webb vs Hubble: Side-by-side comparisons highlight visual …
Jul 13, 2022 · The bright star in the center may look like the culprit, but it’s not – that honor belongs to the much fainter star right next to it. The left image is the Southern Ring as seen by Hubble in ...
Video reveals progress of 170-km-long skyscraper through Saudi …
Feb 27, 2024 · A video has been released that reveals the build progress of Saudi Arabia's 170-km-long city sized skyscraper rising in the desert. The scale is incredibly ambitious and The Line is expected to be ...
Colossal new species may be largest animal that ever existed
Aug 2, 2023 · View 2 Images. The blue whale has long been considered the largest animal to have ever existed, even dwarfing the biggest known dinosaurs. But now a new species threatens to steal the crown, and ...
New theoretical warp drive design clears "negative energy" barrier
Mar 10, 2021 · In 1994, Mexican theoretical physicist Miguel Alcubierre outlined a design for a warp drive that could theoretically allow something to travel faster than light without breaking any physical laws ...
Giant cosmic map charts from here to the edge of the observable …
Nov 18, 2022 · Starting from the bottom, the pale blue dots are spiral galaxies located within about 2 billion light-years of Earth. Beyond that the dots start to turn yellow, as elliptical galaxies dominate the ...