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The Plan to Turn Scrapped Rockets Into Space Stations |
In early October, a dead Soviet satellite and the abandoned upper stage of a Chinese rocket narrowly avoided a collision in low Earth orbit. If the objects had crashed, the impact would have blown them to bits and created thousands of new pieces of dangerous space debris. |
Nov 17, 2020
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Daniel Oberhaus
Science & Medicine Blogs |
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Researchers develop unique process for producing light-matter mixture |
In groundbreaking new research, an international team of researchers led by the University of Minnesota Twin Cities has developed a unique process for producing a quantum state that is part light and part matter. The discovery provides fundamental new insights for more efficiently developing the next generation of quantum-based optical and electronic devices. |
Dec 13, 2020
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UMinn - Phys Org
Science & Medicine Blogs |
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Milky Way's shredded companion provides clues about dark matter |
The Milky Way hasn't been kind to the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy. Located some 70,000 light-years away, the bundle of stars has been shredded and stretched into a filamentous stream by the gravity of the Milky Way. |
Oct 12, 2020
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Science | AAAS
Science & Medicine Blogs |
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Gene switch underlying tomato fruit size and domestication |
225 views Author: newseditor Tomato breeding has resulted in cultivars with increased fruit size relative to the wild ancestor Solanum pimpinellifolium. Mutations in the fasciated ( fas) and locule number ( lc) genes have been shown to underpin extreme fruit size in cultivated tomatoes-a feature largely determined by the number of seed compartments in mature fruits. |
Mar 26, 2020
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newseditor
Botany & Horticulture Blogs |
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New DNA origami motor breaks speed record for nano machines |
March 3, 2020 by Alison M. Weeks, Emory University Through a technique known as DNA origami, scientists have created the fastest, most persistent DNA nano motor yet. Angewandte Chemie published the findings, which provide a blueprint for how to optimize the design of motors at the nanoscale-hundreds of times smaller than the typical human cell. |
Mar 04, 2020
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Phys
Science & Medicine Blogs |
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New green technology generates electricity 'out of thin air' |
Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a device that uses a natural protein to create electricity from moisture in the air, a new technology they say could have significant implications for the future of renewable energy, climate change and in the future of medicine. |
Feb 19, 2020
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Phys
Science & Medicine News |
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Immune cell which kills most cancers discovered by accident by British scientists in major breakthrough |
Prof Sewell said the 'right people' are now interested in developing the potential new therapy and said progress could now move 'quite fast'. The team says human trials on terminally ill patients could begin as early as November if the new treatment passes further laboratory safety testing. |
Jan 20, 2020
by Sarah Knapton via Telegraph.co.uk
Science & Medicine News |
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Targeting herpes using CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing |
266 views Author: newseditor In a first, scientists use gene editing to disrupt both latent and active herpes virus in human cells The herpes simplex virus, commonly known as the cold sore virus, is a devious microbe. It enters the body through regions lined with mucous membranes-mouth, nose and genitals-but quickly establishes lifelong viral hideouts inside nerve cells. |
Jan 14, 2020
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newseditor
Science & Medicine News |
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