SpaceX notes the launch of Starlink direct-to-mobile service in the fall of 202415

  SpaceX appears to be aiming for a fall 2024 launch for its long-awaited Starlink direct-to-mobile phone service. The company’s plans were mentioned in a filing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). “SpaceX appreciates the Commission’s leadership in adopting a flexible regulatory framework for supplemental coverage from space (‘SCS’) that will enable ubiquitous mobile coverage …

The new imager captures amplitude and phase information without digital processing

The new imager captures amplitude and phase information without digital processing

Complex all-optical field imaging using diffractive processors. UCLA’s new imager captures amplitude and phase information without digital processing. Credit: UCLA Engineering Institute for the Advancement of Technology Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have achieved a significant breakthrough in optical imaging technology. A new all-optical complex field imager has been developed, capable …

Multigene testing offers cost-effective, broader approach to breast cancer prevention

Multigene testing offers cost-effective, broader approach to breast cancer prevention

Blood sample for BRCA test | Image credit: jarun011 – stock.adobe.com Regardless of family history, population-based testing was a more cost-effective way to prevent breast and ovarian cancer compared to current family history-based testing strategies.1 Until 1994 when BRCA1 and 1995 when BRCA2 mutations were discovered, allowing for more targeted and individualized cancer prevention care …

News from ‘El Gordo’: Study suggests dark matter may eventually have collisional properties

News from 'El Gordo': Study suggests dark matter may eventually have collisional properties

Credit: Astronomy and Astrophysics (2024). DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202348000 Contrary to what is determined by the standard model, dark matter can indeed interact on its own. This was the conclusion of a study published in Astronomy and Astrophysics and directed by Riccardo Valdarnini of SISSA’s Astrophysics and Cosmology group. Using numerical simulations, the study analyzed what happens …

Boeing’s Starliner capsule is ready for the second test on the first flight of astronauts

Boeing's Starliner capsule is ready for the second test on the first flight of astronauts

Larger / Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft lands atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. NASA and Boeing officials are ready for a second attempt to launch the first crewed test flight of the Starliner spacecraft on Saturday from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Liftoff of …

ClearPower solar windows can transform the built environment – CleanTechnica

ClearPower solar windows can transform the built environment - CleanTechnica

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica by email. Or follow us on Google News! Jim Paul is what many would call a serial entrepreneur. He says his areas of expertise and accomplishments include structuring and closing deals, formulating competitive strategies and successfully executing start-ups with limited resources. He has combined his engineering background …

An MP’s daughter almost died from a common genetic disease. When he went to be tested, the doctor’s answer shocked him

An MP's daughter almost died from a common genetic disease.  When he went to be tested, the doctor's answer shocked him

Briefly: Life insurers can legally discriminate against and deny coverage to people who have undergone genetic testing by denying or limiting coverage. Despite a moratorium on the practice, researchers say it is still stopping Australians from having potentially life-saving tests. What is expected next? Julian Hill is one of a number of MPs calling for …