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NASA's Webb telescope launches to see first galaxies, distant worlds

Posted: 25 Dec 2021 04:48 AM PST

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launched Dec. 25 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, South America. The Webb observatory's mission is to seek the light from the first galaxies in the early universe and to explore our own solar system, as well as planets orbiting other stars, called exoplanets.

Templating approach stabilizes 'ideal' material for alternative solar cells

Posted: 23 Dec 2021 11:31 AM PST

Researchers have developed a method to stabilize a promising material known as perovskite for cheap solar cells, without compromising its near-perfect performance.

‘Pop-up’ electronic sensors could detect when individual heart cells misbehave

Posted: 23 Dec 2021 08:30 AM PST

UC San Diego engineers developed a powerful new tool that directly measures the movement and speed of electrical signals inside heart cells, using tiny 'pop-up' sensors that poke into cells without damaging them. It could be used to gain more detailed insights into heart disorders and diseases.