Physics

Novel material to be made into mosquito-bite-proof clothing

E&T Magazine: Researchers from North Carolina State University have created insecticide-free clothing which has been demonstrated to protect the wearer from mosquito bites in experiments using live mosquitoes. The researchers have formed a start-up and intend to make clothing from their…

Star Trek’s Warp Drive Leads to New Physics

Scientific American: For Erik Lentz, it all started with Star Trek. Every few episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Captain Jean-Luc Picard would raise his hand and order, “Warp one, engage!” Then stars became dashes, and light-years flashed by at…

The Mini-LED Is the Future of Big Displays

IEEE Spectrum: Asus’s ROG Swift PG32UQX is an unexpected revelation. This beefy 32-inch monitor, clad in gaudy plastic and odd, cyclonic swirls, packs a display technology rarely available for computers: Mini-LED. Virtually unknown a few years ago, it is set to…

The Hubble Space Telescope is facing its most serious glitch in a decade and NASA really wants to fix it

Space.com: The venerable Hubble Space Telescope is facing its most serious malfunction in more than a decade, and while NASA is eager to restore the iconic observatory, the agency…