Lunar Trailblazer, NASA's mission led by Caltech in Pasadena, California to understand lunar water and the moon's water cycle, is one step closer to launching next year. Earlier this month, the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...
Planetary Sciences
Dec 22, 2022
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Researchers from Indiana University School of Medicine have discovered a molecular "clamping" mechanism within a male-specific protein-DNA complex whose mutation causes sex reversal: children with XY chromosomes but female ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 22, 2022
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Russia is examining the flight worthiness of a Soyuz crew capsule docked with the ISS that sprang a leak last week, and might need to send up a rescue vessel for stranded crew, officials said Thursday.
Space Exploration
Dec 22, 2022
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Manatees caught in a starvation crisis in the Indian River east of Orlando may not be as stricken as a year ago, wildlife officials said Wednesday.
Plants & Animals
Dec 22, 2022
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When the mega container ship Ever Given ran aground and blocked the Suez Canal for six days in 2021, it caused disruptions in international trade for weeks and in global supply chains for months afterward.
Economics & Business
Dec 22, 2022
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A new study from researchers at Michigan State University underscores that we still have much to learn regarding how plants will function—and how nutritious they will be—as more carbon enters our atmosphere.
Plants & Animals
Dec 22, 2022
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Universities are literally awash in data. From administrative data offering information about students, faculty and staff, to research data on professors' scholarly activities and even telemetric signals—the functional ...
Education
Dec 22, 2022
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An experiment to bounce a radio signal off an asteroid on Dec. 27 will serve as a test for probing a larger asteroid that in 2029 will pass closer to Earth than the many geostationary satellites that orbit our planet.
Planetary Sciences
Dec 22, 2022
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Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Institute for Cooperative Upcycling of Plastics (iCOUP) have developed a new method for recycling high-density polyethylene (HDPE).
Polymers
Dec 22, 2022
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The recent capture and euthanizing of Los Angeles's well-known mountain lion P-22, whose numerous injuries were likely the result of being hit by a car, has highlighted the need for safe wildlife crossings in cities and other ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 22, 2022
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