The University of Adelaide is sending pills to the International Space Station (ISS) to determine if it will be possible to produce medicine in space to enable longer-term space missions.
Space Exploration
Feb 19, 2021
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Filter 'paper' made from titanium oxide nanowires is capable of trapping pathogens and destroying them with light. This discovery by an EPFL laboratory could be put to use in personal protective equipment, as well as in ventilation ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 7, 2020
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An inflatable decelerator technology that could one day help humans land on Mars will fly on the same Atlas V rocket as the JPSS-2 satellite.
Space Exploration
Jul 1, 2019
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German officials say that a spike in radioactivity has been detected in the air in Western and Central Europe but there's no threat to human health.
Environment
Oct 5, 2017
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In democratic societies, it is considered an obligation of researchers and politicians to inform the public about modern technologies and their potential risks. Researchers of KIT and the University of Wollongong, Australia, ...
Environment
Dec 14, 2016
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Already tested on the International Space Station (ISS), six radiation detectors developed by a team from the University of Houston physics department and their NASA colleagues have paved the way for two new devices to fly ...
Space Exploration
Nov 19, 2014
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Why are there more men than women in space? The answer might not be as straightforward as you first think. According to physiological models used by NASA, female astronauts have a lower threshold for space radiation than ...
Space Exploration
Feb 20, 2014
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Scientists who monitor the nation's only underground nuclear waste repository say they have detected radiation in the air a half-mile from the site.
Environment
Feb 19, 2014
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Every day, all day, our DNA gets beaten up by chemicals and radiation—but remarkably, most of us stay healthy. Now, an investigation by a team of French and Canadian researchers has produced insights into a little-studied ...
Biochemistry
Oct 25, 2013
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Taking part in the largest U.S. air quality field project in decades, the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is working with partners to study pollution in the Southeast. The study looks at the impact of chemical ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 19, 2013
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