Tupperware shoots for the stars with a device meant to grow vegetables in space
Tupperware Brands is looking beyond the kitchen by going to space.
Space Exploration
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Researchers develop artificial cell on a chip
Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a precisely controllable system for mimicking biochemical reaction cascades in cells. Using microfluidic technology, they produce miniature polymeric reaction containers ...
Nanophysics
Oct 28, 2020
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SpaceX starts rolling out Starlink internet, hoping it'll fund Mars flights
SpaceX, having established a formidable reputation in rocket launches, is starting to roll out what it hopes will be an even more muscular arm of its business: broadband internet service.
Space Exploration
Oct 28, 2020
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A new RNA catalyst from the lab
Enzymes enable biochemical reactions that would otherwise not take place on their own. In nature, it is mostly proteins that function as enzymes. However, other molecules can also perform enzymatic reactions—for example ...
Biotechnology
Oct 28, 2020
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A mathematical model facilitates inventory management in the food supply chain
It is a long journey from harvesting in the field to the cooked dish that reaches the dinner table. The food supply chain covers all those processes and the actors involved in satisfying the consumer's needs. To ensure that ...
Mathematics
Oct 28, 2020
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Fish that eat microplastics are found to take more risks and die younger
A team of researchers from Australia, Canada, the U.K. and New Zealand has found that some fish that eat microplastics are more likely to take risks, and because of that, wind up dying younger. In their paper published in ...
Giant lizards learnt to fly over millions of years
Pterodactyls and other related winged reptiles that lived alongside the dinosaurs steadily improved their ability to fly to become the deadly masters of the sky over the course of millions of years.
Archaeology
Oct 28, 2020
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The genomic basis of adaptations, the differences between species, and the mechanisms of speciation
How do new species arise, and how quickly does this happen? Evolutionary biologist Professor Axel Meyer from the University of Konstanz and his team have come one decisive step closer to answering fundamental questions in ...
Ecology
Oct 28, 2020
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Topology gets magnetic: The new wave of topological magnetic materials
The electronic structure of nonmagnetic crystals can be classified by complete theories of band topology, reminiscent of a "topological periodic table." However, such a classification for magnetic materials has so far been ...
General Physics
Oct 28, 2020
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International collaboration reveals China's carbon balance
An international team of researchers has compiled and verified newly available data on the country's CO2 sink, and, for the first time, they have quantitatively estimated the effect of China's carbon mitigation efforts.
Environment
Oct 28, 2020
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