There was no commercial application for the P-51. The P-51 was there to be a fighter escort and sweep asset for air superiority missions. As operational concepts mature for space superiority, those operational concepts will…
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Light-activated medicines may cut side effects: How a switchable beta blocker works
Rendering a drug effective or ineffective in a flash at the appropriate location—this is the focus of research in photopharmacology. The goal is to develop drugs that can be switched on and off with light of a specific wavelength. Orally…
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Ultra-processed foods linked to infertility in US women
Women who consume lower amounts of ultra-processed foods have higher odds of conceiving, according to new research from McMaster University. The link persists even after accounting for age, weight, lifestyle, and other health factors.
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Ultra-cool step toward transformative technologies — Harvard Gazette
For more than a century, condensed matter physics has grappled with one of its greatest unsolved challenges: how to build superconductors that operate at room temperature and transmit electricity with no loss.
Now, in a paper recently…
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NASA Outreach Sugar Highs
Keith’s note: In case you have not already noticed NASA and space exploration have a deep branding and meme penetration. These two ads just ran (again) back to back midday on CNN. NASA will get exposure for ~12 days for Artemis II – then nothing…
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An AI-guided gene-editing tool for more precise and safer DNA correction
Researchers at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) have developed a revolutionary new method to improve compact gene-editing tools known as base editors, which enable smaller, more precise DNA…
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Space-grade perovskite solar cells can survive extreme temperature fluctuations
The Aydin Group at LMU Munich has unveiled a novel strategy for making perovskite solar cells more robust against extreme temperature fluctuations. To this end, the researchers led by Dr. Erkan Aydin, group leader at LMU’s Department of Chemistry…
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Why 4 in 10 children in Papua New Guinea miss vaccinations
Four in ten children in Papua New Guinea’s East New Britain Province (ENBP) received no vaccinations in 2023, and new research has revealed why. The study led by Burnet Institute found most caregivers strongly support vaccinating their children,…
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Optical Metamaterials Could Boost AI Data Centers
Light-warping physics made “invisibility cloaks” a possibility. Now two startups hope to harness the science underlying this advance to boost the bandwidth of data centers and speed artificial intelligence.
Roughly 20 years ago, scientists…
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Juliette Chapalain on building networks and nurturing talent to tell Africa’s environmental stories
In 2023, Mongabay expanded its coverage of environmental news in Africa by launching a new bureau, Mongabay Africa, to address news for the continent multilingually, beginning with French and English. This expansion identified a need for…
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