Imagine this: You take out a mortgage to purchase your dream home. But the rate you were quoted has expired, and when you go to renew it you find there's been a major hike in interest rates. With this new rate, you are no ...
Environment
Jan 24, 2022
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New York City officials announced plans this month for its school system, the country's largest, to phase out its program for gifted and talented students.
Education
Oct 28, 2021
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The NASA Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) and collaborating organizations SETI Institute, Mars Institute, Collins Aerospace, and Ntention are announcing the successful field testing of new spacesuit technologies for future astronaut ...
Space Exploration
Sep 9, 2021
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In a new study, researchers demonstrate an automated, easy-to-operate quantum key distribution (QKD) system using the fiber network in the city of Padua, Italy. The field test represents an important step toward implementing ...
Quantum Physics
Jun 10, 2021
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Europe's Galileo satellite navigation constellation is set to grow. Later this year the first two out of 12 "Batch 3" Galileo satellites will be launched by Soyuz from French Guiana. Their last step on the way to launch is ...
Space Exploration
Jun 3, 2021
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When you think of micro- or nanotechnology, you likely think of small electronics like your phone, a tiny robot or a microchip. But COVID-19 tests—which have proven to be central to controlling the pandemic—are also a ...
Bio & Medicine
May 14, 2021
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered a mechanism through which meningitis-causing bacteria can evade the immune system. In laboratory tests, they found that Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 29, 2021
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NASA completed an engine test firing of its moon rocket Thursday, after the first attempt in January ended prematurely.
Space Exploration
Mar 19, 2021
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EPFL engineers, working in association with startup Xsensio, have developed a wearable system that can continually measure the concentration of cortisol—the stress hormone—in human sweat. Their device can eventually help ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 5, 2021
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A Maine company that's developing a rocket to propel small satellites into space passed its first major test on Sunday.
Space Exploration
Feb 1, 2021
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