[ad_1] Astronauts will be able to use a supercomputer to help run experiments on the International Space Station. The Spaceborne Computer, a joint project between NASA and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, was launched …
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[ad_1] Personal belongings owned by Stephen Hawking, including his medals and one of his wheelchairs, must be sold at an online auction. The British physicist, known for his research on black holes, …
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[ad_1] The Extreme Light Lab of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is one of the founding members of a new research network aimed at bringing together the country's most powerful laser facilities. The …
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[ad_1] The clinical trial now on break has explored the use of stem cells to repair heart damage. SPL / Science Source By Jocelyn KaiserOctober 29, 2018, 1:25 pm Following a call …
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[ad_1] Ecuador may be the new home of the world’s oldest chocolate. Pablo Cozzaglio/AFP/Getty Images By Colin BarrasOct. 29, 2018 , 12:00 PM Our love affair with chocolate is much older than …
Read More »Move over, Hubble: discovery of an expanding cosmos entrusted to a little-known Belgian astronomer priest | Science
[ad_1] The Belgian astronomer Georges Lemaître proposed the idea of an expanding universe two years before Edwin Hubble. Bettmann / Getty Images By Daniel CleryOctober 29, 2018, 3:45 pm Hubble's law, the …
Read More »Martian devils can create a rare ingredient in rocket fuel | Science
[ad_1] University of Arizona / JPL-Caltech / NASA By Sid PerkinsOctober 29, 2018, 12:35 The red planet is a rich source of perchlorates, chemical compounds used in fertilizers and rocket fuel, which …
Read More »Good dogs could help identify carriers of malaria | Science
[ad_1] Malaria kills hundreds of thousands of people every year, but the parasite itself, Plasmodium falciparum, infects many more people than it makes sick. The majority of people with malaria at any …
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[ad_1] In November 2016, a team of scientists from the Medical Research Council in The Gambia visited primary schools equipped with hundreds of beige nylon socks. The researchers distributed them to children …
Read More »Art and science meet in Maine to illuminate Antarctic marine viruses
[ad_1] EAST BOOTHBAY – A Maine marine science lab is collaborating with an artist to improve understanding of Antarctic marine viruses through the medium of art. The Bigelow Marine Science Lab says …
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