Nikon announces development of Z9 full-frame mirrorless camera

Nikon burst into the full-frame mirrorless camera space with two consumer models in 2018, and added a more wallet-friendly entry level flavor last year. But a dedicated version for professionals has been notably absent, until now.

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Lunar “Noah’s Ark” concept saves backup of millions of plants and animals

In the event of a global catastrophe, how would we protect the wide variety of plants and animals on Earth? A team of researchers has now proposed a “Noah’s Ark” on the Moon that stores millions of samples of seeds, spores, sperm and eggs.

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AeroDelft’s Phoenix rising as the world’s first liquid-hydrogen aircraft

Liquid hydrogen could be a revolutionary technology in clean aviation, and AeroDelft from the Netherlands is working hard to get the first liquid hydrogen fuel cell aircraft in the air. The Phoenix will fly 2,000 km on a 10-kg tank of liquid H2.

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Lego-like 3D-printed beams offer lightweight alternative to concrete

Researchers at Spain's Polytechnic University of Valencia have developed "Lego-like" segments of 3D-printed plastic that can be pieced together as a lightweight alternative to reinforced concrete beams.

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New theoretical warp drive design clears “negative energy” barrier

Faster-than-light “warp drives” may be theoretically possible, but they usually involve exotic physics well out of our reach. Now an astrophysicist has outlined a hypothetical design that could allow FTL travel using conventional physics.

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Study reveals why smell memories are stronger than other sense memories

New research has demonstrated how odors evoke memories in the brain, in ways stronger than other senses. Using neuroimaging and intracranial electrophysiology the research shows how olfactory pathways communicate directly with the hippocampus.

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Orbital Assembly plans to build Voyager rotating space station in 2026

California's Orbital Assembly Corporation reckons it will soon have the solar system's first luxury space hotel open in orbit, offering spacewalks, Beyonce concerts and fine dining to space tourists at prices near US$5 million per three and a half days.

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Trek powers over trail with lightest full-squish e-mountain bike yet

The Fazua Evation e-drive helps create the lightest full-suspension e-MTB ever to come from one of the world's largest names in mountain biking. The Trek E-Caliber leverages the removable drive toward delivering a light, nimble cross country ride.

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Female tree frogs found to use their lungs for noise cancellation

A number of hearing aids are now able to amplify one person's voice while filtering out distracting background voices. Well, it turns out that female tree frogs are able to perform a similar task, in order to hear the mating calls of males.

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