Mining rocks in orbit could aid deep space exploration
The first mining experiments conducted in space could pave the way for new technologies to help humans explore and establish settlements on distant worlds, a study suggests.
The first mining experiments conducted in space could pave the way for new technologies to help humans explore and establish settlements on distant worlds, a study suggests.
Space Exploration
Nov 10, 2020
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Imported giant sequoia trees are well adapted to the UK, growing at rates close to their native ranges and capturing large amounts of carbon during their long lives, finds a new study led by UCL researchers with colleagues ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 12, 2024
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On a remote tropical island in the Atlantic Ocean, a pair of marooned pirates have been discovered. While they lack eyepatches and cutlasses, the two new species of pirate spider certainly live up to their nautical name, ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 16, 2024
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Damage caused by sea level rises could cost the EU and UK economies up to 872 billion euros in total by the end of the century, according to a modeling study published in Scientific Reports.
Economics & Business
Jan 18, 2024
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New developments on a nearly century-old concept for a "self-eating" rocket engine capable of flight beyond the Earth's atmosphere could help the U.K. take a bigger bite of the space industry.
Space Exploration
Jan 10, 2024
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Butterfly populations in Catalonia in northern Spain are better than their UK counterparts at regulating their body temperature by basking in the sunshine, but rising global temperatures due to climate change may put Spanish ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 9, 2024
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A new synthetic antibiotic developed by University of Liverpool researchers is shown to be more effective than established drugs against "superbugs" such as MRSA, a new study shows.
Biochemistry
Jan 3, 2024
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The absence of sexually related injuries cannot be used in court to infer that rape victims are "making it up," a new study reveals.
Social Sciences
Oct 6, 2023
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A star like our own sun in a nearby galaxy is gradually being eaten away by a small but ravenous black hole, losing the equivalent mass of three Earths every time it passes close.
Astronomy
Sep 7, 2023
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Despite some conventional wisdom to the contrary, opposites don't actually attract.
Social Sciences
Aug 31, 2023
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