A pretty special gift unwrapping will soon take place—a piercing tool built by ESA will open a moon soil container from Apollo 17 that has gone untouched for nearly 50 years. The opening will allow the extraction of precious ...
Space Exploration
Dec 17, 2021
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If you are a typical Canadian milk consumer, you probably drink more than 60 liters of milk a year. It adds up to about two billion milk containers purchased in Canada annually.
Environment
Nov 29, 2021
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Researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), have modeled that pollutant emissions from the shipping sector increased significantly in major international seaports during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Environment
Nov 16, 2021
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Several months ago, I warned that the crisis in container ships could jeopardize Christmas by leaving retailers without enough goods on their shelves. Since then, there have been similar fears all over the media, not only ...
Economics & Business
Oct 22, 2021
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The U.S. Coast Guard investigated a vessel in Oakland on Wednesday as part of its probe into whether a ship's anchor punctured an oil pipeline off the coast of Orange County and spilled 144,000 gallons of crude.
Environment
Oct 7, 2021
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In a year that has set records for the number of ships coming and going through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Friday was not unusual. Winds were light, and the steady movement of traffic at sea was routine.
Environment
Oct 6, 2021
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A next generation "vertical farming" system is being developed which will address global food challenges by using hi-tech growing methods to produce high quantities of nutritious fresh crops all year round.
Biotechnology
Sep 24, 2021
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NASA's first spacecraft to explore the Trojan asteroids arrived Friday, July 30, at the agency's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. It is now in a cleanroom at nearby Astrotech, ready to begin final preparations for its ...
Space Exploration
Aug 3, 2021
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Hundreds of dead turtles continue to wash ashore in Sri Lanka, almost two months after a newly built container ship caught fire while anchored off Colombo's port.
Environment
Jul 9, 2021
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Prolonged exposure to antibiotics increases bacteria's ability to defeat these drugs. When antibiotic-resistant bacteria cause infection, one option is to use a specialized virus phage capable of infecting specific bacteria ...
Materials Science
Jun 29, 2021
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