NASA's Perseverance rover to begin long climb up Martian crater rim
After 2½ years exploring Jezero Crater's floor and river delta, the rover will ascend to an area where it will search for more discoveries that could rewrite Mars' history.
After 2½ years exploring Jezero Crater's floor and river delta, the rover will ascend to an area where it will search for more discoveries that could rewrite Mars' history.
Planetary Sciences
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Over the course of nearly five months in 2022, NASA's Perseverance rover collected rock samples from Mars that could rewrite the history of water on the red planet and even contain evidence for past life on Mars.
Astrobiology
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University of Missouri scientists are battling against an emerging enemy of human health: nanoplastics. Much smaller in size than the diameter of an average human hair, nanoplastics are invisible to the naked eye.
Analytical Chemistry
Aug 13, 2024
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Sea scorpions, ancient predators that patrolled Earth's marine and freshwater habitats hundreds of millions of years ago, are the focus of a sizable scientific mystery.
Evolution
Aug 13, 2024
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Ammonia plays a critical role in sustaining food production for the world's growing population, but making it accounts for about 2% of global energy consumption and 1.4% of carbon dioxide emissions. Rice University engineers ...
Analytical Chemistry
Aug 13, 2024
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A team of NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) researchers has developed a novel approach that utilizes microwave technology to more easily synthesize and fine-tune a new type of membrane which effectively purifies water from a wide range ...
Polymers
Aug 8, 2024
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Researchers have shown that a fluorescence detection system that doesn't contain any lenses can provide highly sensitive detection of deadly microorganisms in drinking water. With further development, the new approach could ...
Biotechnology
Aug 8, 2024
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Sea surface temperatures are on the rise around the world, but the problem is pronounced in South Florida, according to a series of studies published by researchers at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science.
Earth Sciences
Aug 7, 2024
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The Great Barrier Reef is under critical pressure, with warming sea temperatures and mass coral bleaching events threatening to destroy the remarkable ecology, biodiversity, and beauty of the world's largest coral reef, according ...
Ecology
Aug 7, 2024
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California's unique geomorphology and Mediterranean-type climate have largely shaped the state's freshwater lakes, streams, rivers, and wetlands. Now, however, freshwater ecosystems are stressed by water diversion, land use ...
Ecology
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