The U.S. Air Force is planning to buy two Tesla Cybertrucks, not for transportation or patrol, but to use them as target vehicles for precision munitions testing. The military says these trucks are needed to simulate potential real-world…
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Smart graphene nanomaterial targets tumors with pH-triggered precision
Researchers developed a pH-responsive graphene nanomaterial that evades the immune system in blood and targets cancer cells in acidic tumors for safer, more precise therapy.
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Edward McNabb, pioneer of conservation bioacoustics died on May 7, aged 81
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries.
For most people, the bush falls silent after…
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Breakthrough in nanoparticle technology could expand access to biologic medicines
In a discovery that could broaden access to next-generation biologic medicines and vaccines, researchers at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) have engineered polymer-based…
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Scientists spent 25 years studying ‘super-agers’. Here’s what they learned
After 25 years of research, scientists at Northwestern University, USA, have discovered why some adults can live well into their 80s and beyond with near-perfect cognition.
These ‘super-agers’, as the researchers call them, are aged 80 or…
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Stunning ‘sun dogs’ could sparkle in alien skies, James Webb Space Telescope suggests
Beautiful light displays in the sky, such as glowing halos around the moon or bright spots beside the sun, aren’t just Earthly wonders. According to new research, similar dazzling effects might also occur on planets light-years away.
In a study…
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MIT Spinout Strand Therapeutics Raises $153 Million To Make Cancerous Tumors Light Up
Strand Therapeutics founders Jake Becraft (left) and Tasuku Kitada
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As a grad student in biological engineering at MIT, Jake Becraft had an idea that could change the way we treat cancer: What if genes could be turned on and off like…
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Mathematicians Question AI Performance at International Math Olympiad
A defining memory from my senior year of high school was a nine-hour math exam with just six questions. Six of the top scorers won slots on the U.S. team for the International Math Olympiad (IMO), the world’s longest running math competition…
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Muon Space to support global Bluetooth constellation with its largest satellite yet
TAMPA, Fla. — Space-based Bluetooth connectivity startup Hubble Network has become the anchor customer for Muon Space’s MuSat XL satellite platform, the smallsat maker’s largest yet at 500 kilograms.
Seattle-based Hubble ordered…
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How pros see the current climate for space investment
For investors looking for a return in the space industry, picking winners among startups, always a challenge, has become more complicated as the White House and Congress re-evaluate the federal government’s role in space.
To…
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