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WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF What if you could glue light together? Using quantum mechanics that’s what DARPA’s doing to improve the capability of lasers….

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Deep space comms are notoriously incredibly slow, but now they’re faster than your fastest home internet.   Love the Exponential…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Using natural language to talk to the machines around us will revolutionise human-machine communications.   Love the Exponential Future? Join…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Lunar dust clogs up everything so researchers are trying to find ways to get rid of it or minimise it…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Bone loss in space is a major problem, but a new synthetic molecule might just solve it, as well as…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF If we can create a digital twin of the human brain we can learn more about how our brains work,…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF There are certain products that when in made in space are much higher quality than on Earth where gravity affects…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As satellite systems are increasingly used to blanket the Earth in connectivity fast connections will be crucial.   Love the…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Explosions are normally bad in engines, but done in the right way they are the future of jet engine design…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In education circles we increasingly talk about neuro diversity and neuro training, and now NASA is tapping into the potential…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Stirling engines have many advantages over other forms of electricity generation, especially in space, and China have beaten NASA again…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN SPACE An inflatable heat shield is lighter and easier to transport than a conventional one, but it also opens the door…