More than a third of the world’s population lives in drylands, areas that experience significant water shortages. Now scientists have developed a solution that could help people in these areas access… [+3036 chars]
According to Sandia researcher Jack Flicker, the mining and processing facilities could produce rocket fuel, water, oxygen and other materials needed for extended exploration of the lunar surface whi… [+3882 chars]
To the human eye, layered crystals after osmotic swelling are only visible as unclear, clumped structures. Credit: Chr. Wißler Nanosheets are finely structured two-dimensional materials and have gre… [+3991 chars]
ByAnthony KingMay 31, 2022 An accreting SMBH in a fairly local galaxy with very large and extended radio jets. Credit: R. Timmerman; LOFAR & Hubble Space Telescope A deeper understanding of bla… [+8241 chars]
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter is still pushing boundaries long after its first Mars liftoff. As CNETnotes, the space agency has shared video of Ingenuity's milestone 25th flight on April 8th, when it b… [+1018 chars]
This visualization shows the orbits for scores of newly identified asteroids as green arcs. (B612 Asteroid Institute / UW Dirac Institute / OpenSpace Project) Astronomers have used a cloud-based tec… [+5341 chars]
Spacecraft Orion on orbit of Earth planet. Spaceship in space. Expedition to Moon. Artemis program. ... [+] Elements of this image furnished by NASA (url: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/sty… [+7712 chars]
A new artificial enzyme has shown it can chew through lignin, the tough polymer that helps woody plants hold their shape. Lignin also stores tremendous potential for renewable energy and materials. … [+5507 chars]
Toronto residents still awake early Tuesday morning might have been able to see a meteor shower. Earth was set to pass through a cluster of debris from the SW3 comet just after 1 a.m., according to … [+1037 chars]
A strange meteorite found in western Egypt in 1996 may contain small pieces of debris from the supernova in it and not just any supernova but created by the eruption of a white dwarf, a fossil of a s… [+3138 chars]
In about 5 billion years, the Sun will leave the main sequence and become a red giant. It'll expand and transform into a glowering, malevolent ball and consume and destroy Mercury, Venus, Earth, and … [+12052 chars]
'Its COVID plus': B.C.s pandemic death toll under renewed scrutiny A study led by Dr. Kimberlyn McGrail (school of population and public health) looked at excess deaths province-by-province in Canad… [+444 chars]
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