NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is expected to dramatically expand the search for planets beyond our solar system, known as exoplanets. Scientists estimate the mission could uncover about 100,000 previously unknown worlds, a remarkable increase compared to the nearly 6,300 exoplanets discovered so far through NASA missions and other observatories.

Creating nearly invisible wearable technologies such as smart contact lenses and ultrathin augmented reality (AR) glasses will require a radical redesign of conventional optical components. Instead of relying on bulky lenses and hardware, researchers are exploring materials that can manipulate light at the atomic scale.

Detecting light and radiation is essential across the electromagnetic spectrum, but some regions remain especially challenging. One of those is the terahertz (THz) range, which sits between microwaves and infrared light. Existing detectors for these frequencies are often slow, lack sensitivity, or depend on large, costly equipment that frequently requires cryogenic cooling.

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When I first reviewed the GMC Sierra EV Denali in November of 2024, I was not kind to it. I said the truck's driving dynamics "verge on dangerous" in everyday conditions and lamented the fact that it felt like a truly half-baked product. Now, more than a year later, the Sierra EV and I are taking another crack at each other to see if anything has changed. Well, it seems that quite a few of the issues I brought up in my 2024 first drive have been addressed and almost completely fixed with the AT4 off-road package.

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We haven't done a "Will It Baby" post at Jalopnik in a while because, frankly, none of us have babies, the desire to have babies, or even the ability to have babies. But I do have three nephews, all born three years ago just a few months apart from each other, which means they are prime "BIG TWUCK!" age. Enter, the Ford Bronco. 

According to the United Nations, 2.2 billion people still do not have access to safely managed drinking water. To help meet growing demand, many regions, from California to parts of the Middle East, rely on desalination plants that convert seawater into fresh water.

Researchers from Brown University and the University of Michigan have achieved something that scientists had only imagined until now. By carefully arranging tiny particles of silver into custom-built structures, they created and stabilized a previously elusive state of matter that had existed only in theoretical models.

In Greek mythology, cutting one head off the Hydra of Lerna simply resulted in two more heads growing to replace it – and it turns out it’s even worse for photons. If you try to cut a piece off a particle of light, the result is infinitely many more of them being created.

Quantum computers today are notoriously difficult and expensive to operate. Most require temperatures near absolute zero, about -459 degrees Fahrenheit, to maintain the fragile quantum states needed for computation and communication.

Toone knew that hours after every match, she would always get a phone call from Nick.

He and her mum, Karen, would always come to watch Toone's matches, but Nick also recorded them on TV so he could have another look when he got home before calling his daughter for a "debrief on the whole game".