Warning system to protect astronauts from solar storms
Massive explosions on the sun unleash radiation that could kill astronauts in space.
Massive explosions on the sun unleash radiation that could kill astronauts in space.
Space Exploration
Jul 12, 2012
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Not all comets break up as they vent and age, but for Rosetta's comet 67P, the Rubber Duckie comet, a crack in the neck raises concerns. Some comets may just fizzle and uniformly expel their volatiles throughout their surfaces. ...
Space Exploration
Jan 26, 2015
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An artificial intelligence/machine learning model to predict which scientific advances are likely to eventually translate to the clinic has been developed by Ian Hutchins and colleagues in the Office of Portfolio Analysis ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 10, 2019
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During the past few weeks, empty supermarket shelves, without pasta, rice and flour due to panic buying, has caused public concerns about the possibility of running out of food. Australian farmers have reassured consumers ...
Other
Apr 24, 2020
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A pioneering imaging technique to track the effects of next-generation nanomedicines on patients has been harnessed by a University of Strathclyde academic.
Bio & Medicine
May 29, 2013
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – the UN body responsible for communicating the science of climate breakdown—has released its long-awaited Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 26, 2019
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Bangladesh, one of the densest countries in terms of population with about 1000 people living per square kilometre, has always been under huge pressure to feed its growing population. Intensive agricultural practice, which ...
Environment
Dec 28, 2016
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When do we define a piece of nature in the city as a park? And when is something a tree or shrub? It may seem obvious, but in scientific literature the definitions vary quite a bit. That makes comparisons difficult. Environmental ...
Environment
Mar 17, 2023
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From life-saving drugs and synthetic polymers to diverse advanced materials, the products containing organic compounds seem endless, thanks in part to regioselectivity, a feature in chemical reactions where a substituent ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 20, 2023
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Researchers from University of Arizona and University of Utah published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that examines why most scholarly research is misinterpreted by the public or never escapes the ivory tower and ...
Economics & Business
May 1, 2021
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