New in 2023: Here comes the first-ever surface drone fleet

New in 2023: Here comes the first-ever surface drone fleet By Geoff Ziezulewicz  Jan 3, 06:16 PM An unmanned Saildrone Explorer at work off the coast of Bahrain earlier this year. The Navy plans to stand up its first-ever unmanned surface vessel fleet in 2023. (Navy)   Send in the sea drones! Er, or the “unmanned surface vehicles,” in the […]

Physicists Discover a New Way to ‘See’ Objects Without Looking at Them

Physicists Discover a New Way to ‘See’ Objects Without Looking at Them PHYSICS 29 December 2022 By DAVID NIELD Part of the transmon device that produces the quantum effects used to detect microwaves without interfering with them. (Mikko Raskinen/Aalto University) Ordinarily, to measure an object we must interact with it in some way. Whether it’s by a prod or […]

CRISPR-Scientists develop method for trees to flower in months

Scientists develop method for trees to flower in months December 15, 2022   by Kristen Morales After just a few weeks of growth, flowers on poplar trees can be seen in the lab. These flowers typically don’t appear until after seven years of tree growth. (Photo by C.J. Tsai) Normal breeding experiments can take years to come […]