This week has been a little busy, so I haven’t been following the science news as closely as I might normally do. But here are some of the articles that caught my attention.
- CERN scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have detected mysterious X Particles thought to have formed immediately after the Big Bang. Read more…
- A deepening crisis in particle physics has researchers beginning to question the long-held belief that big things are made of smaller things. Read More…
- There may be something special about Saturn’s eerie moon, Mimas, which resembles an icy Death Star. Read more…
- What do you do when your capital is polluted, congested, susceptible to earthquakes and climate change? Oh, and it’s sinking too? Indonesia’s answer is–move it! Read more…
- While trying to map out a quantum theory of gravity, researchers used logical rules to calculate how Einstein’s theory must change. The result matches string theory perfectly. Read more…
- A robot surgeon performed soft-tissue surgery on a pig without human intervention for the first time and performed “significantly better” than humans. Is this the future of human surgical treatment? Read more…
- Future long-distance trips could take you into orbital space if Chinese aerospace company Space Transportation has its way. It’s developing a winged rocket that could be operational as early as 2025 and would be capable of flying from New York to Beijing in 1 hour. Read more…
- Nuclear power may be one of the key components in fighting climate change, but storage of the radioactive waste produced forms a major block to more widespread use. Now a Swedish company, SKB, has created a new system that can store the waste for 100,000 years. Read more…
That’s it for now. Enjoy your Sunday. I’ll be back next week!
