Methods for building lunar landing pads may involve microwaving moon soil
Establishing a moon base will be critical for the U.S. in the new space race and building safe and cost-effective landing pads for spacecraft to touch down there will be key.
Establishing a moon base will be critical for the U.S. in the new space race and building safe and cost-effective landing pads for spacecraft to touch down there will be key.
Space Exploration
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A team of researchers from the Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM) at the University of Liège (Belgium) has developed an innovative process that rethinks the manufacturing of polyurethane (PU) foams ...
Polymers
Nov 29, 2022
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Social media engagement with climate policy events is vital to reducing building emissions and ensuring environmental justice, research led by the University of Cambridge suggests.
Environment
Nov 17, 2022
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The hand skeletons of women workers from the early days of industrialization reflect the diverse and unstable manual activities of their everyday lives.
Archaeology
Nov 2, 2022
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In 2004, construction workers in Norwich, U.K., unearthed human skeletal remains that led to a historical mystery—at least 17 bodies at the bottom of a medieval well. Using archaeological records, historical documents, ...
Archaeology
Aug 30, 2022
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Sustained space exploration will require infrastructure that doesn't currently exist: buildings, housing, rocket landing pads.
Space Exploration
Aug 10, 2022
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Archaeologists in Pompeii have discovered the remains of a pregnant tortoise that had sought refuge in the ruins of a home destroyed by an earthquake in 62 AD, only to be covered by volcanic ash and rock when Mount Vesuvius ...
Archaeology
Jun 24, 2022
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The much-loved red panda is renowned for its tree-climbing ability and adorable nature, but new research shows the endangered mammal is being driven closer to extinction.
Plants & Animals
Jun 6, 2022
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China, the world's top emitter of carbon dioxide that causes global warming, has seen a notable dip in its emissions over the past three quarters—but it's not clear how long the drop will continue.
Environment
Jun 2, 2022
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They are everywhere, around us and within us. Phenomena lasting trillionths of a second form the core of chemistry and biology. It is only recently that we have begun to try to accurately record their actual course, with ...
Optics & Photonics
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