ORLANDO, Fla. — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded BAE Systems a $16 million contract to continue work on software that aims to keep “constant custody” of large numbers of ...

Facebook cofounder Dustin Moskovitz and his wife Cari Tuna cofounded Open Philanthropy to identify charities that would create the biggest impact per dollar. Now, they’re changing its name and ...

Astronomers are rethinking one of cosmology’s biggest mysteries: dark energy. New findings show that evolving dark energy models, tied to ultra-light axion particles, may better fit the universe’s ...

A line of Nippon Pulse’s linear shaft motors that features analog Hall effect sensors to enable closed-loop positioning without a linear encoder. Linear motors can be described as uncurled 3-phase ...

In physics, we have a bunch of constants that are used in models to explain how the world works. These are fixed numbers that we plug into equations along with our variables. For example, the ...

Tomato plants possess a sophisticated system to protect themselves against herbivores: the signaling peptide Systemin triggers a cascade of plant defense responses. A research team from the University ...

In the past, cams and pneumatic cylinders were the mainstays of motion control. While effective, these technologies were not very flexible. Today, engineers have myriad options that are fast, flexible ...

Planck's constant reveals the quantum world's fundamental energy levels. It shows how light and matter exist in discrete units (quanta). This constant defines limits to our knowledge of particle ...

Ten days after an equipment malfunction left about a dozen planes flying blind for 90 seconds in the crowded skies over New Jersey, worried pilots and air traffic controllers are imploring the Federal ...

Autonomous systems like Anduril drones aim to make aerial combat faster and cheaper. The US military uses uncrewed systems to support operations like ISR missions and precision strikes. Anduril is ...

Social service providers recommended Thursday that the city and state maintain their current supply of shelter beds as officials move to combine Chicago’s legacy homeless shelter system with the ...