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Coupling quantum mechanical simulations and AI paves way for screening new superconductors

✇Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories
16 May 2024 at 14:09
Superconductors are materials that conduct electricity without resistance and are essential for several technological advancements, which include medical imaging and energy-efficient technology. However, most known superconductors operate under extreme conditions such as extremely low temperatures or high pressures, which limit their practical use.

Three new RR Lyrae variable stars discovered

✇Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories
16 May 2024 at 14:05
Using the Lulin One-meter Telescope (LOT), astronomers have observed a newly detected candidate ultra-faint dwarf galaxy known as Virgo III. As a result, they discovered three new RR Lyrae variable stars in the vicinity of this galaxy. The finding was reported in a research paper published May 9 on the pre-print server arXiv.

Researchers shed light on how key ingredient for life may form in space

✇Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories
16 May 2024 at 13:56
A team led by University of Maryland chemists discovered a new way to create carbenes, a class of highly reactive yet notoriously short-lived and unstable molecules. Involved in many high-energy chemical reactions such as the creation of carbohydrates, carbenes are crucial precursors to the building blocks of life on Earth—and possibly in space.

Researchers discover new family of bacteria with high pharmaceutical potential

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16 May 2024 at 12:57
Most antibiotics used in human medicine originate from natural products derived from bacteria and other microbes. Novel microorganisms are therefore a promising source of new active compounds, also for the treatment of diseases such as cancer or viral infections.

Daily Telescope: I spy, with my little eye, the ISS

✇Science – Ars Technica
By: Eric Berger
16 May 2024 at 12:00
The International Space Station as seen from 69 km away.

Enlarge / The International Space Station as seen from 69 km away. (credit: HEO on X)

Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light, a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We'll let other publications offer you a daily horoscope. At Ars Technica, we're going to take a different route, finding inspiration from very real images of a universe that is filled with stars and wonder.

Good morning. It's May 16, and today's image comes from an on-demand satellite imagery company named HEO. Only this image is not of the Earth, but rather the International Space Station.

According to the company, which is headquartered in Australia, one of its cameras imaged the space station at a distance of 69.06 km away, over the Indian Ocean. HEO flies its sensors as hosted payloads on satellites in Earth orbit. However, HEO's focus is not on Earth; it's on other spacecraft in low-Earth orbit to assess their status and identify anomalous behavior.

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