By Savannah Bullard
One year after winning second place in NASA’s Break the Ice Lunar Challenge, members of the small business Starpath visited NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, as part of their prize opportunity to…
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US replacing Pearl Harbor’s WWII dock to host new nuclear submarines
The US Navy’s newest dry dock at Pearl Harbor is taking shape as the centerpiece of a $3.4 billion project to expand the shipyard’s ability to maintain nuclear-powered submarines in the Pacific, a region where Washington faces an…
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2025 DWU High School Engineering Challenge
Challenge Materials
The 2025 Challenge Materials are coming soon. Register now to get copies as soon as they are released.
- Detailed Background Document
An uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) can be defined as an aircraft without an operator or…
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DWU: Middle School Aviation Challenge
The agricultural industry is an important part of life in the US and around the world by providing food, fuel, economic development, and more. It has been increasingly important to strategically improve the agricultural industry to continue…
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NASA’s contract overhaul puts Dream Chaser’s ISS future in jeopardy
NASA’s contract overhaul puts Dream Chaser’s ISS future in jeopardy – NASASpaceFlight.com
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Molecular engineering makes zinc batteries more efficient and stable
Molecular engineering of a phosphate-based co-solvent in aqueous zinc-ion batteries, specifically replacing an ethoxy group with a difluoromethyl group, leads to major gains in efficiency and stability. This precise substitution alters zinc-ion…
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The fate of flying rivers could decide Amazon ‘tipping point,’ report says
- The Amazon’s “tipping point” refers to the transition of the rainforest into a drier, savanna ecosystem. The rainforest’s ecological balance depends on the transport and recycling of moisture, but…
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Soft robot with kirigami skin crawls, steers and adapts to tough terrain
A kirigami-skinned soft robot powered by pneumatic muscles achieves crawling, steering and obstacle avoidance, advancing mobility for confined and rough terrain.
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Newly-discovered comet is glowing green, only visible once every 22,000 years
The newest comet to create a buzz among sky watchers was spotted recently, and it will be coming closer to Earth in October – possibly giving us a better look at this once-in-a-lifetime visitor from the outer reaches of our solar system.
The…
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Scientists are unraveling the link between pollution and psoriasis
MAHARASHTRA, INDIA — When Babytai Suryavanshi first noticed a few scaly patches on her right forearm, she ignored them for three months, thinking it was an infection that would heal on its own.
While working in the sorghum fields last year, she…
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