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Astronomy Oct 10, 2023

NASA's Roman mission gears up for a torrent of future data

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team is exploring ways to support community efforts that will prepare for the deluge of data the mission will return. Recently selected infrastructure teams will serve a vital role ...

Planetary Sciences Oct 5, 2023

Big Earth imager to be tested on small Vega CubeSat

A briefcase-sized CubeSat being flown on Europe's next Vega launcher this week will gather 340 km wide views of Earth's vegetation growth, employing a spectral imager originally designed for ESA's decade-in-flight Proba-V.

Evolution Oct 4, 2023

History of black corals rewritten

Scientists from Queensland Museum Network and the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution have rewritten the history of black corals, revealing their origin on the continental slopes (250–3,000 meters ...

Bio & Medicine Sep 28, 2023

Wearable aptamer nanobiosensor wirelessly monitors estrogen in sweat

The sex hormone commonly known as estrogen plays an important role in multiple aspects of women's health and fertility. High levels of estrogen in the body are associated with breast and ovarian cancers, while low levels ...

Analytical Chemistry Sep 26, 2023

Certified Reference Material unlocks precise acrylamide measurement in infant formula

The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) has developed a Certified Reference Material (CRM) for the accurate analysis of low levels of acrylamide in infant formula.

Economics & Business Sep 5, 2023

Unlocking the secrets of tech valuation through mergers and acquisitions

A recent collaborative study conducted by accounting and finance scholars highlights the pivotal role played by the M&A (Mergers and Acquisitions) market in assessing the worth of technological assets.

Earth Sciences Sep 1, 2023

North America's summer of wildfire smoke highlights an emerging air quality trend

Canada's seemingly endless wildfires in 2023 introduced millions of people across North America to the health hazards of wildfire smoke. While Western states have contended with smoky fire seasons for years, the air quality ...

Earth Sciences Aug 24, 2023

NASA shares first images from US pollution-monitoring instrument

On Thursday, NASA released the first data maps from its new instrument launched to space earlier this year, which now is successfully transmitting information about major air pollutants over North America. President Biden ...

Cell & Microbiology Aug 24, 2023

Study identifies secret of stealthy invader essential to ruinous rice disease

The virulence of a rice-wrecking fungus—and deployment of ninja-like proteins that help it escape detection by muffling an immune system's alarm bells—relies on genetic decoding quirks that could prove central to stopping ...

Optics & Photonics Aug 11, 2023

A high-precision flatness measurement for cryogenic mosaic focal plane arrays

A research team led by Professor Wang Jian, the deputy chief designer of the Wide Field Survey Telescope (WFST) and a faculty member of the State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Detection and Nuclear Electronics of the School of ...

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