ESA releases 2026 Space Economy Report

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NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, on Sunday, termed the Moon the ideal site for testing humanity’s deep space goals as the agency gears itself up for the next phase of the Artemis program to the Moon. A Proving Ground In an interview with Face the Nation, Isaacman said that humanity was “lucky” to be “gifted a…

In most materials, the way heat is absorbed and the way it is emitted are inseparable. If a surface absorbs heat efficiently from a particular direction or wavelength, it also emits heat the same way. This long established principle, known as reciprocity, has made it difficult for scientists to independently control how thermal energy enters…

Newswise — Researchers have found an ingenious way to make soft robots and wearable technology more than three times more powerful by harnessing the surface tension of a tiny liquid metal droplet smaller than a rain droplet. Their breakthrough, demonstrated in a new study led by the University of Bristol, with collaboration of North Carolina…

Computer scientist Pan Hui with a digital teaching avatar used at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in Guangzhou.Credit: Yawei Zhao At the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in Guangzhou, students can listen to lectures given by AI avatars that look and speak just like Albert Einstein or mathematician John Nash….