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Cooling Down Electronics: A Glimmer of Diamond Hope

January 30, 2025

Have you ever wondered why some electronic devices can heat up quickly? A big reason is tiny components called GaN HEMTs. These little transistors can get really hot, especially when there are many of them. Scientists came up with a clever solution: they swapped the silicon carbide base with a singl

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Elon Musk's Space Puzzle: Why He Said Trump Wants Astronauts Home

January 29, 2025

SpaceX founder Elon Musk made a strange announcement on his social media platform X on Tuesday. He claimed that President Trump asked SpaceX to bring home two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station. The statement was unusual and caused confusion for NASA. One possible explanation is

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Nano Films for On-Chip Energy Storage

January 27, 2025

Did you know that tiny molecular layers can be grown and used as teeny-tiny energy storage devices on a chip? Scientists have found a way to create these using benzimidazole compounds. They laid these layers on a special surface withelectrochemical methods, creating films as thin as 10 nanometers. I

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Why Better Boots Are Key for Moon Explorers' Health

January 26, 2025

Did you know that astronauts heading to the Moon for NASA's Artemis missions need special boots? Why? Because the Moon's poles are super cold, reaching temperatures as low as -369°F (-223°C)! That's way colder than the equatorial regions where the Apollo missions landed. The extreme temperatures mea

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Madagascar's River: A Strange Sight from Space

January 26, 2025

NASA astronaut Don Pettit recently snapped a photo from the International Space Station (ISS) that shows something quite fascinating. The Betsiboka River estuary in Madagascar, when seen from 250 miles above Earth, looks a lot like the tiny blood vessels in the back of our eyes, known as the retina.

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Fighting Worms: Can Nanotech Help Tackle Resistant Parasites?

January 25, 2025

Strongyle worms are a big problem for farms. They cause huge losses, and current medicines like Ivermectin aren't working as well as they used to. Scientists are trying something new by creating tiny dots of carbon called Carbon Quantum Dots (CQDs) and adding copper to some for extra power, making t

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Earth's Temporary Companion: A Piece of Our Moon?

January 24, 2025

Last year, a space rock named 2024 PT5 briefly became Earth's "mini-moon. " While it was close, scientists rushed to study it. A recent study suggests that 2024 PT5 might be a piece of our real moon. It could have been thrown into space by an impact on the lunar surface within the last tens of thous

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Jeremy Strong's Childhood Dream Comes True with Oscar Nomination

January 24, 2025

Jeremy Strong, known for his role in HBO’s “Succession, ” recently got his first Oscar nomination for his performance as Roy Cohn in “The Apprentice. ” The movie tells the story of Donald Trump’s life as a businessman in the ’70s and ’80s. In a statement, Strong called the nomination a “lifelong dre

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Revolutionizing Death Cause Reporting: India's New Mobile App

January 23, 2025

In India, figuring out why people die on a large scale is a big deal. One way to do this is called Verbal Autopsy, or VA for short. It's like a interview to find out what happened to someone who passed away. The World Health Organization just updated their tool for this, called the Verbal Autopsy In

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Astronaut Breaks Free After Seven Long Months in Space

January 23, 2025

Imagine being stuck in space for over seven months. That's the reality for some NASA astronauts, who finally got a chance to step outside for a spacewalk. Astronaut Suni Williams, the commander of the International Space Station, ventured out on a spacewalk on January 16, 2025. She and her fellow as