Work with yttrium compounds, which are also being investigated as molecular qubits, was supported by the U.S. Department of ... Simplified molecular orbital diagram for 1-Gd illustrating the formation ...

Science News: Russia has patented innovative drone technology for automatic spacecraft launches from an orbital station, featuring robotic maintenance, aimed at future lunar missions and poised ...

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced April 4 it would start requiring companies to apply for a license before exporting seven types of rare earths: samarium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium ...

Solar storms have the potential to cause catastrophic damage. One that occurred around the end of October 2003 (now called the 2003 Halloween Storm) caused an estimated $27B in damages. That ...

Yttrium iron garnet Y3Fe2(FeO4)3 (YIG) has a uniquely low magnetic damping for spin waves, which makes it a perfect material for magnonic devices. Spin waves typically exist in the microwave frequency ...

Blue Origin has had the sub-orbital passenger market to itself since June 2024 when competitor Virgin Galactic, founded by entrepreneur Richard Branson, retired its original rocketplane to focus ...

Six adventurous travelers took a ride on Blue Origin’s suborbital rocket ship, embarking on a journey to the edge of space. The New Shepard rocket launched from the company’s Launch Site One ...

Space; Russia’s new Cosmos satellite orbiting near US sat, piques ASAT fears Based on its orbital pattern, independent astronomer Marco Langbroek said he suspected the new satellite is joining ...

The practical success of density functional theory (DFT) is largely credited to the Kohn–Sham approach, which enables the exact calculation of the noninteracting electron kinetic energy via an ...

With the 9th orbital test flight scheduled for May 27th, 2025, many eyes are trained on SpaceX’s Starbase launch facility in Boca Chica, Texas.. Orbital refueling. Another issue that could ...