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This X-ray view may shed some light on Anker's recalled power banks
A firm that specializes in X-ray scans has investigated the recently recalled Anker PowerCore 10000 power banks.
Is there a way to mitigate pitching injuries? The Rays (and Dodgers) may shed some light
Keith Meister has been outspoken about pitching injuries in baseball and what needs to change. He points to how the Tampa Bay ...
Is this the end of the line for light rail in Hampton Roads?
In a post-pandemic world, expansion of The Tide seems uncertain. Nationally, costs have skyrocketed, experts say, and the ...
What if you could see inside machines? ‘Art of X-rays’ opens at the Griffin MSI
Photographer Andrei Duman uses X-rays to create the images in “Beyond the Surface.” The objects displayed include an Enigma ...
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Exoplanet is shrinking before the X-ray eyes of NASA's Chandra spacecraft: 'The future for this baby planet doesn’t look great'
Astronomers have used the Chandra X-ray telescope to observe an exoplanet as it disintegrates because its parent star is ...
LUX-ZEPLIN experiment sets more stringent constraints on cosmic ray-boosted dark matter
Dark matter, a type of matter that does not emit, absorb, or reflect light, is predicted to account for most of the ...
Light of the fireflies : director Vimal Chandran on ‘Ray’, Sushin Shyam’s debut indie track
Imagine a world where differences are just another means to bring people closer together – a world where there is no ...
Optical illusions: How light, colour and context trick your vision
From shifting colours to phantom rays, these five challenges reveal how easily your mind can be fooled by light, contrast, ...
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory spots young exoplanet rapidly shrinking in rare cosmic meltdown 330 light-years away
Astronomers observe a dramatic event on exoplanet TOI 1227 b. This young gas planet is losing its atmosphere quickly. Intense ...
What if a Screen in Your Arm Showed the Time?
“Maybe in the future, watches will be embedded under the skin and you just tap a particular place and, you know, the screen ...
NASA is watching an exoplanet shrink under a tremendous force
The punishing radiation appears to be causing the planet to shed its atmosphere at a rate of at least 1 trillion grams per second, according to a new study involving NASA 's Chandra X-ray Observatory.