Light and lifting
The researchers then built a few sheets of nanocardboard to test the output of their model. The actual products, primarily made of chromium, aluminum, and aluminum oxide, were incredibly light, weighing…
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NASA awards contracts to study reboost of Swift astrophysics spacecraft
SALT LAKE CITY — NASA has selected several companies to study the feasibility of reboosting the orbit of an astrophysics satellite in danger of reentering late next year.
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Orbital Biofilm Studies: GULBI – Astrobiology
Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Station Payload manager/space biologist, Away Teams,…
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Seed-dispersing animals are in decline, impacting forests and the climate: Study
A lot of attention has been paid to the decrease in bee populations and other pollinators, but a recent review article makes the case that we should be equally alarmed by the…
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Clear skies on Mars as NASA rover captures one of the sharpest panoramas of the Red Planet ever taken
This is one of the sharpest, clearest panoramas ever captured by NASA’s Perseverance rover, showing what it’s really like on the surface of Mars
The mosaic was stitched together using 96 images taken by Perseverance at a location known as…
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131 feral cats removed from remote Japanese islands – then something exceptional happens
The red-headed wood pigeon, found only on Japan’s remote Ogasawara Islands, has staged an incredible recovery from the early 2000s, when the bird’s numbers fell to fewer than 80 individuals.
The turning point came when conservationists removed…
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NASA’s Apollo Samples, LRO Help Scientists Predict Moonquakes
As NASA prepares to send astronauts to the surface of the Moon’s south polar region for the first time ever during the Artemis III mission, scientists are working on methods to determine the frequency of moonquakes along active faults…
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Brazil’s Forestry Code seeks to strengthen forest conservation, but controversies remain
- Suffering repeated changes, Brazil’s Forest Code regulates protected areas and forest management on private property, as well as commercialization of forest products.
- If a landholder exceeds the legally permitted…
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Quitting Weight Loss Drugs Leads to Weight Regain
A new study published in BMC Medicine has shown that stopping weight loss drugs often leads to significant weight regain within weeks of quitting.
The study was a meta-analysis that included randomized…
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Trump Cuts Could End U.S. Exploration of the Outer Solar System
In the spring of 2022 the U.S. space community selected its top priority for the nation’s next decade of science and exploration: a mission to Uranus, the gassy, bluish planet only seen up close during a brief spacecraft flyby in 1986. More…
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