Human muscle cells to be launched into space for aging research
Tiny human muscle cells will be blasted into space in an experiment that could help people live longer, healthier lives.
Tiny human muscle cells will be blasted into space in an experiment that could help people live longer, healthier lives.
Space Exploration
Dec 20, 2021
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A smoke alarm sounded Thursday in Russia's segment of the International Space Station (ISS) and astronauts smelled "burning" on board, Russia's space agency and NASA said.
Space Exploration
Sep 9, 2021
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Consumption of electronic and electrical equipment at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic fell in low- and middle-income countries by almost a third, according to a UN report, despite a growing need to be connected with the ...
Environment
Jun 16, 2021
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Since energy storage devices are often used in a magnetic field environment, scientists regularly explore how an external magnetic field affects the charge storage of nonmagnetic aqueous carbon-based supercapacitor systems.
General Physics
Jun 9, 2021
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A record 53.6 million metric tons (Mt) of electronic waste was generated worldwide in 2019, up 21% in just five years, according to the UN's Global E-waste Monitor 2020.
Environment
Jul 2, 2020
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Scientists at the University of New Hampshire have unlocked one of the mysteries of how particles from flares on the sun accumulate at early stages in the energization of hazardous radiation that is harmful to astronauts, ...
Space Exploration
Feb 3, 2020
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No-one who is economically active can afford to go without at least a mobile phone, and at the pace that electronic equipment is re-invented, it's only a matter of time before your 'latest' iPhone 11 ends up on a dump site.
Environment
Jan 17, 2020
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oday's extensive use of high-tech metals has led to increased supply pressure toward metal sources. This has fueled interest in developing new metal scavenging and separation techniques. In his dissertation at the University ...
Materials Science
Dec 23, 2019
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Researchers have designed a flexible pressure sensor that is expected to have a much wider applicability. A KAIST research team fabricated a piezoresistive pressure sensor of high uniformity with low hysteresis by chemically ...
Polymers
Aug 19, 2019
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One way that heat damages electronic equipment is it makes components expand at different rates, resulting in forces that cause micro-cracking and distortion. Plastic components and circuit boards are particularly prone to ...
Materials Science
Jun 25, 2019
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