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August 31, 2026

First Practical Silicon Solar Cell | American Physical Society
The American Physical Society is a nonprofit membership organization working to advance physics by fostering a vibrant, inclusive, and global community dedicated to science and society.
When Heinrich Hertz noticed in 1887 that ultraviolet light made sparks jump more easily between charged metal plates, he called the effect puzzling, and it took 18 years and Einstein's photon hypothesis to reveal he had accidentally observed the mechanism that would one day power satellites
In 1887 Heinrich Hertz noticed ultraviolet light made sparks jump more readily between charged plates and considered it a curiosity. Eighteen years later, Einstein's photon hypothesis revealed he had discovered the mechanism that now powers virtually every satellite in orbit.
L’IA fabrique des composants de puces jusqu’à 500 fois plus compacts : ce que ça pourrait changer
En laissant un algorithme explorer des géométries qu’aucun ingénieur n’aurait spontanément conçues, des chercheurs de Harvard et de l’Institut Max-Planck ont miniaturisé à l'extrême plusieurs ...
El nitruro de tántalo (TaN) tiene una conductividad térmica récord
En ciencia de materiales, batir un récord no es raro. Lo raro es que ese récord toque un nervio industrial real. Y el TaN lo toca.
Manfred Von Richthofen, The Flying Ace Known As The Red Baron
During World War 1, German fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen shot down 80 enemy planes to become the ace of aces and earned the nickname the "Red Baron."
AI unemployment or new jobs? How is artificial intelligence replacing humans progressing? - BBC News Russian Service
У экономистов есть вопросы к тому, куда приведет нынешний путь, если ничего не корректировать.
Rain scald - Wikipedia
Livestock bacterial disease spreading among humans in Europe
The skin infection has been circulating among gay men, in what appears to be the first evidence of human-to-human transmission
NASA launches first telescope named after female scientist
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, named after NASA's first Chief of Astronomy, will observe black holes, exoplanets and exploding stars.
Primeira cirurgia assistida por IA ajuda a remover um tumor cerebral: "É como se houvesse outro par de olhos" - Ciência & Saúde - SÁBADO
O procedimento foi feito em Londres e evitou que o paciente perdesse a visão. Os algoritmos já são usados no planeamento de operações e este será o próximo passo, acredita o neurocirurgião Bruno Lourenço Costa.
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope launches to space | Scientific American
The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope will probe dark matter and dark energy, discover exoplanets and study stars
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Launches on Mission to Probe Hidden Universe | Sci.News
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched August 30, 2026 at 7:26 a.m. EDT (11:26 UTC) aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, beginning a three-month, 1.5 million km (930,000 miles) journey to its operating post at the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L2).
A un paso del primer implante mundial de médula espinal de cultivo | Noticias de la Ciencia y la Tecnología (Amazings® / NCYT®)
 Un nuevo dispositivo neural biológico implantable, diseñado para personas con lesiones de médula espinal, está ya muy cerca de ser probado en pacientes humanos.

 

Este avance científico se basa en una revolucionaria tecnología de ingeniería de �
Who is Nancy Grace Roman? - NASA Science
Known as the "mother of the Hubble Space Telescope," Nancy Grace Roman was born May 16, 1925 in Nashville, Tennessee, and died December 25, 2018.
German auto industry moves into arms production—just as under the Nazis - World Socialist Web Site
To ramp up booming arms production, the arms industry needs new capacity. Under the slogan “Auto2Defence,” it is seeking available labour, factories and technical expertise from the crisis-hit auto industry.
NASA launches Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to survey dark energy, dark matter - World Socialist Web Site
Roman is the most capable deep space survey telescope ever built and will be used to study dark energy, exoplanets, supernovae and much more.
Rapid risk assessment – Clusters of dermatophilosis in five EU/EEA countries in 2025–2026
Several clusters of genetically and epidemiologically linked cases predominantly affecting gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men have been detected in four EU countries during the past six months. Cases have also been reported in Norway among individuals practicing martial arts, in 2025 and 2026.
Researchers Have Discovered a New Way To Reduce Chronic Nerve Pain
A cancer-linked protein called BRAF may help drive chronic nerve pain, and existing cancer drugs targeting it reduced pain sensitivity in preclinical models.
Google Maps Now Shows ‘Lake America’ Instead of Lake Ontario | WIRED
After Donald Trump’s executive order demanding the name change, Google is the first major online map provider to flip the switch.
Free-falling atoms in space put a new twist on Galileo’s gravity test
Rubidium atoms on China’s Tiangong space station fell with the same acceleration, upholding a cornerstone of Einstein’s general theory of relativity.
APOD: 2026 August 31 – Launch of the Roman Space Telescope - NASA Science
Swarm reveals why satellites lose track
Paris (ESA) Nov 02, 2016 - Satellite engineers have been puzzling over why GPS navigation systems on low-orbiting satellites like ESA's Swarm sometimes black out when they fly over the equator between Africa and South America
On 1 June 1966, Surveyor 1 landed on the Moon and sent home 10,338 pictures in under two weeks
On 2 June 1966, Surveyor 1 became the first American spacecraft to survive a lunar landing, sending back 10,338 photographs from the Ocean of Storms in under two weeks and proving the Moon's surface would hold Apollo's weight.
Humanoid robot does cartwheels and flip kicks | News | ConnectSci
¿Quién es Nancy Grace Roman? - NASA Ciencia
Tenemos el placer de dedicar este observatorio espacial, encargado de aumentar nuestra comprensión de la energía oscura, el universo y nuestro lugar en él, a la doctora Nancy Grace Roman, pionera de la astronomía espacial moderna.
What we know about Trump’s deal giving the US access to Venezuela’s oil | Euronews
Besides a social media post from US President Donald Trump, the White House has said little about what he is calling “the biggest oil deal in world history” in Venezuela.
Construiu um anfiteatro "antigo". Cobrou bilhetes. Acabou preso - ZAP Notícias
O edifício tinha forma de leque, característica de um teatro, e não a forma oval de um anfiteatro. E dificilmente poderia ser grego: as colónias fundadas pelos antigos gregos em Itália encontravam-se muito mais a sul. E “não se pode desenterrar antiguidades no quintal”, diz um arqueólogo. Durante dois anos, turistas pagaram para visitar aquele que lhes era apresentado como um antigo anfiteatro grego descoberto em Arcugnano, no nordeste de Itália. Havia concertos, visitas guiadas e até histórias sobre Júlio César e Cleópatra. Só havia um problema: o monumento não era antigo. Tinha sido mandado construir pelo próprio homem que