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Materials engineering applications hold promise for Natural State   Arkansas is known for its natural materials, ranging from an abundance of timber, gas and gypsum to earthly minerals and chemicals such as lithium, bauxite and quartz. Lesser known, at least …

For those who have ever wondered what a robotic vacuum might think, Tesla has an answer. The relatively recent commercial featuring the Tesla Robotaxi Robotic Vacuum Cleaner shows a robotic arm cleaning a gold-colored, driverless cab while monologuing about its …

What do lotus leaves, lizards and seashells have to do with the moon? According to researchers at the University of Arkansas, they may hold the secrets to protecting spacecraft from a pesky material known as lunar dust. NASA recently awarded …

Canoo, a Texas-based electric vehicle manufacturer that had an office in Bentonville and created vehicles for NASA and the Department of Defense, announced a Chapter 7 bankruptcy earlier this week. The filing, made with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Delaware, …

Whether he is staying on the “Sonny” side or keeping things “low key,” Sonny Kay, executive director at Low Key Arts, has had a busy year building up the arts scene in Hot Springs. The Valley of the Vapors Independent …

Ask city slickers what they find most striking about the Arkansas countryside, and they will likely mention the expanse of brilliant stars that seem to stretch forever across the inky night sky. That view launched Amber Straughn from a tiny …

NWA Space, a nonprofit organization, is currently raising money to be able to build a science center for Northwest Arkansas. The proposed center will include a 150-seat planetarium, observatory, hands-on labs and permanent science exhibits.  As NWA Space outlines on …

There is the space race in which companies and governments are trying to be first to put people and cutting-edge technologies into space, and then there is the space race going on in Matt Francis’ home. Francis, founder of Fayetteville-based …

Yevgeniy Zhivotovskiy, a fourth-year medical student at the Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine (ARCOM), has been chosen to intern with NASA at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas. The internship, scheduled to commence in April 2024 …

The much-anticipated 2024 total eclipse is fast approaching, and NASA’s planned live broadcast of the celestial event will be hosted from none other than the city of Russellville. A team of NASA experts from the Marshall Space Flight Center in …