The prospects for life on a given planet depend not only on where it forms but also how, according to Rice University scientists.
Earth Sciences
May 10, 2021
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People might once have considered oxygen a human right. But the pandemic has revealed that access to oxygen—in a pure form, for medical use—is a luxury in most low and middle-income countries.
Other
May 03, 2021
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ESA's newest radio-frequency test facility allows direct measurement of antenna systems in the very vacuum conditions and thermal extremes they will work in, including the chill of deep space. It will soon be put to work ...
Space Exploration
Apr 28, 2021
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Key technology for ESA's exoplanet-hunting Plato spacecraft has passed a trial by vacuum to prove the mission will work as planned. This test replica of an 80-cm high, 12-cm aperture camera spent 17 days inside a thermal ...
Astronomy
Mar 05, 2021
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Using state-of-the-art plasma technology to make cheap fertilizer for small farmers may sound like magic, but it has now become reality. Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) have built a small plasma-powered ...
Plasma Physics
Feb 18, 2021
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The supply of smashed 'avo' is secure for generations after world-first research cryopreserved the tips of avocado shoots and then revived them to create healthy plants.
Ecology
Sep 10, 2020
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It sounds like a riddle: What do you get if you take two small diamonds, put a small magnetic crystal between them and squeeze them together very slowly?
Condensed Matter
May 19, 2020
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Past cosmological and astrophysical observations suggest that over one quarter of the universe's energy density is made up of a non-conventional type of matter known as dark matter. This type of matter is believed to be composed ...
As air travel comes under pressure to reduce its environmental impact and prompts us to reconsider our transport choices, scientists are searching for greener ways to power flight.
Superconductivity
Feb 13, 2020
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Researchers say they have successfully created another embryo of the nearly extinct northern white rhino in a global effort to keep the species alive. Just two animals remain, and both are female.
Plants & Animals
Jan 15, 2020
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