Space is getting crowded with satellites and space junk. How do we avoid collisions?
Reports this week suggest a near-collision between an Australian satellite and a suspected Chinese military satellite.
Reports this week suggest a near-collision between an Australian satellite and a suspected Chinese military satellite.
Space Exploration
Oct 26, 2023
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Opening a clamshell of berries and seeing them coated in fuzzy mold is a downer. And it's no small problem. Gray mold and other fungi, which cause fruit to rot, lead to significant economic losses and food waste.
Biotechnology
Oct 25, 2023
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A big goal in chemistry is to find a simple way to produce amines from ammonia and unsaturated hydrocarbons. Catalytic addition to activate and transfer ammonia would not give rise to any waste. Hence, the process would be ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 24, 2023
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Two commercial turkey farms in Iowa have been hit by the reemerging highly pathogenic bird flu, causing about 100,000 birds to be killed to prevent the disease from spreading.
Veterinary medicine
Oct 24, 2023
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The UK film and screen industry is failing to tackle sexual harassment, with some victims punished or victimized if they do speak out, according to a new report looking at the experiences of staff in a range of roles across ...
Social Sciences
Oct 23, 2023
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A new report has found that the creative workforce is still dominated by graduates, with access to creative higher education remaining highly unequal.
Social Sciences
Oct 23, 2023
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The Nobel Prize in chemistry for 2023 goes to three scientists "for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots." The Conversation Weekly podcast caught up with one of this trio, physical chemist Louis Brus, who did foundational ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 23, 2023
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"A hustle in the oil patch", a "dirty legacy": These are just a couple of the ways that the escalating costs of abandoning and reclaiming non-producing oil wells in Canada have been described.
Economics & Business
Oct 23, 2023
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A team of researchers has developed a software tool called DANGER (Deleterious and ANticipatable Guides Evaluated by RNA-sequencing) analysis that provides a way for the safer design of genome editing in all organisms with ...
Biotechnology
Oct 23, 2023
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NASA recently built and tested an additively-manufactured—or 3D printed—rocket engine nozzle made of aluminum, making it lighter than conventional nozzles and setting the course for deep space flights that can carry more ...
Space Exploration
Oct 20, 2023
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