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NASA to launch Artemis 2, its first Moon-bound mission with astronauts since 1972 – Spaceflight Now
NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft stand at Launch Complex 39B on Tuesday, March 31, ahead of the planned launch of Artemis 2. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now -
The Sun could scupper Nasa’s fifth attempt to send a rocket to the Moon
Nasa’s Artemis II mission to the Moon could end up being scuppered by the Sun, after a powerful solar flare triggered radio blackouts this week.
The eruption, which flung dangerous protons into space, came from a group of sunspots that are…
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The 1000 Chinese Pangenome empowers medical and population genetics
Sample collection
The first phase of the 1KCP project enrolled 1,379 participants aged 18–76 years (737 men and 642 women) from the Health Examination Center of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University. Peripheral blood…
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Electric dipole moment drives the dynamics of the TNFR1 complex I signalosome
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Super-potent opioids could be safer-than-expected alternatives to conventional painkillers
Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00806-3
Modified nitazenes, opioids 1,000 times stronger than morphine, show remarkably few adverse effects in rodents, renewing the potential of these drugs for pain relief.
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Hydroxy-induced cobalt oxides for syngas to light olefins
Rommens, K. T. & Saeys, M. Molecular views on Fischer–Tropsch synthesis. Chem. Rev. 123, 5798–5858 (2023).
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Evidence of the pair-instability gap from black-hole masses
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100 years of synthetic fuels
Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00808-1
The Fischer–Tropsch synthesis shaped history by providing a way of making liquid fuels from coal. It is now causing a stir again as a route to sustainable fuels.
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An enteric neuron ionotropic receptor regulates salt stress resistance
Growth of C. elegans strains
C. elegans strains were grown on nematode growth medium (NGM) plates seeded with Escherichia coli OP50 at 20 °C. unc-122p::dsRed or gfp were used as co-injection markers (at 40 ng µl−1) to generate transgenic…
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Nanoscale transfer-printed full-colour ultrahigh-resolution quantum dot LEDs
Meng, T. et al. Ultrahigh-resolution quantum-dot light-emitting diodes. Nat. Photon. 16, 297–303 (2022).
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