Hi Tech & Innovation
Jun 21, 2017
University of Michigan getting driverless shuttles this fall
Two driverless shuttles will begin operating at the University of Michigan this fall.
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Space Exploration
Jun 20, 2017
Space gardening
Roman Statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero said, "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."
Space Exploration
Jun 7, 2017
NASA picks 12 new astronauts from crush of applicants (Update)
NASA chose 12 new astronauts Wednesday from its biggest pool of applicants ever, hand-picking seven men and five women who could one day fly aboard the nation's next generation of spacecraft.
Space Exploration
Apr 24, 2017
'Better you than me,' Trump tells record-breaking astronaut
US President Donald Trump congratulated NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson for setting a new space record on Monday, but expressed disdain for a particular rigor of space life—drinking recycled urine.
Space Exploration
Apr 18, 2017
John Glenn honored with launch of space station supply ship
John Glenn's trailblazing legacy took flight Tuesday as a cargo ship bearing his name rocketed toward the International Space Station.
Space Exploration
Apr 10, 2017
Two Russians, one American land back on Earth from ISS
Two Russian cosmonauts and a US astronaut touched down safely in central Kazakhstan Monday following a 173-day mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
Space Exploration
Apr 4, 2017
NASA robotic refueling mission departs station
The International Space Station serves as an orbiting test and demonstration laboratory for scientific experiments to be performed inside and outside the space station. The experiments are inherently transient with typical ...
Biochemistry
Apr 2, 2017
Making a 'beeline' past the blood-brain barrier for drug delivery
Most medicines can't get through the blood-brain barrier (BBB), a highly selective membrane that separates the circulatory system from the fluid bathing the brain. Certain peptides in animal venoms, however, can navigate ...
Space Exploration
Mar 27, 2017
NASA test fires new engine controlling 'brain' for first SLS megarocket mission
Engineers carried out a critical hot fire engine test firing with the first new engine controlling 'brain' that will command the shuttle-era liquid fueled engines powering the inaugural mission of NASA's new Space Launch ...
Materials Science
Mar 22, 2017
3-D printing turns nanomachines into life-size workers
Using advanced 3-D printing, Dartmouth College researchers have unlocked the key to transforming microscopic nanorings into smart materials that perform work at human-scale.
