We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
Gravitational waves emitted after two black holes coalesced agree with theories from physicists Stephen Hawking and Roy Kerr.
The subatomic particles called neutrinos are famously elusive. But an unconventional trick could make a laser beam of the aloof particles.
Ripple bugs’ nimble movements on the surface of water inspired a robot with automatically unfurling fans on its feet.
Adding a magnet could simplify the process of producing oxygen in space, making a crewed mission to Mars more feasible.
Sun-powered fliers could use photophoretic forces to hover in the mesosphere, gathering data from a region off limits to planes and balloons.
Sea silk, once spun from endangered clams, may make a comeback — thanks to discarded fibers from a farmed species. The find could sustainably revive a fading art.
Quantum computers in space could be useful for communications networks or for testing fundamental physics.
GLP-1 drugs for diabetes and weight loss are difficult for some people to inject weekly. A new slow-release gel, tested in rats, could help.
Gravitational waves spotted by LIGO reveal two black holes, 140 and 100 times the mass of the sun, merged to become a 225 solar mass behemoth.
