Washington, D.C. — Meridian International Center today announced the return of its Space Diplomacy Forum: Shared Horizons (https://diplomacyforum.meridian.org/space), a half-day forum dedicated to advancing cooperation in outer space at a…
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19th-century ‘British Bulldog’ pocket revolver found in Polish forest
A heavily corroded 19th-century pocket revolver believed to be a British Bulldog has been discovered during a metal-detecting survey in a forest near Kalisz in western Poland.
The firearm was found by a member of the Kalisz Exploration Group, a…
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SSTL to build spacecraft for private space telescope
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL), a British company best known for developing small satellites, will help build a large, privately funded space telescope.
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Hidden Bacteria in Marine Snow May Be Dissolving Ocean Shells — and Disrupting Carbon Storage
Learn how bacteria inside marine snow may dissolve shell minerals and influence how the ocean stores carbon.
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Global physical activity remains low despite two decades of guideline updates
The prevalence of physical activity among the global population has remained low for the last two decades despite a majority of countries making notable progress in developing policies that include physical activity, UTHealth Houston researchers…
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AI tool streamlines drug synthesis, dramatically reducing lab work and costs
Drug discovery is like molecular Tetris. Chemists snap atoms together, adjusting the pieces until everything fits, and suddenly, a molecule makes a promising new medicine. Normally, creating better molecules consumes huge amounts of time and…
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Indigenous knowledge helps guide conservation of Australia’s endangered northern quoll
Despite its widespread biodiversity, Australia holds an unenviable record when it comes to wildlife: the highest mammalian extinction rate in the world. Since the arrival of Europeans and colonial expansion, at least 40 terrestrial mammal species…
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Baby Boomers Are a Transition Generation in Our Longevity Crisis
In the years since 2010, life expectancy in the United States has stagnated. From 2010 to 2019, longevity in our country has improved by only a few months compared to average gains of 1.78 years per decade in the half century preceding. It’s…
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Nanosecond light-by-light switching achieved in liquid crystal droplet
Controlling light with light is a long-sought goal for computing and communication technologies. Achieving this capability would allow optical signals to be processed without converting them into electrical signals, potentially enabling faster…
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Hip Fractures Can Signal More Than a Broken Bone in the Elderly — Sometimes with Fatal Consequences
Learn more about why hip fractures can be so deadly for elderly patients.
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