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NASA’s First Mission To Study Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids Launches Tomorrow. Here is How to Watch

NASA’s First Mission To Study Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids Launches Tomorrow. Here is How to Watch

Lucy, NASA’s 12-year mission to examine Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids for the first time, is about to launch. The record-breaking expedition, which will launch on Saturday,…
Many Potential Sources of Forever Chemicals Could Be Contaminating US Drinking Water

Many Potential Sources of Forever Chemicals Could Be Contaminating US Drinking Water

Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) are ubiquitous, dubbed “forever chemicals” due to their near-indestructibility. They are in everyday items like nonstick frying pans, stain-resistant carpets,…
Drone Delivers Transplant Lungs to Toronto Hospital in World First

Drone Delivers Transplant Lungs to Toronto Hospital in World First

In a medical first, an airborne drone transported donor lungs for transplant between two hospitals promptly and safely. The six-minute journey was the first time…
Europa Has a Persistant Single-Hemisphere Water Vapor Atmosphere

Europa Has a Persistant Single-Hemisphere Water Vapor Atmosphere

One of the Solar System’s most fascinating worlds has recently become even more so. The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a small but continuous layer…
Carbon Emissions from G20 Nations Projected To Rise Sharply This Year

Carbon Emissions from G20 Nations Projected To Rise Sharply This Year

According to a new analysis on global climate action, carbon emissions across the G20 are expected to rise by 4% in 2021, putting the world…
Arctic Summer Sea Ice Could Disappear By 2100, Taking Polar Bears and Seals with It

Arctic Summer Sea Ice Could Disappear By 2100, Taking Polar Bears and Seals with It

In the big scope of things, forty years is not a long period, but it is astounding how much the world has evolved since the…
Aluminium Oxynitride – a Transparent Ceramic

Aluminium Oxynitride – a Transparent Ceramic

Aluminium oxynitride (ALON) is a clear ceramic made of aluminum, oxygen, and nitrogen. It’s a clear polycrystalline ceramic with a cubic spinel crystal structure composed…
Tobacco Hawkmoths Benefit from Learning to Select a Nectar Source and Oviposition Site More Efficiently

Tobacco Hawkmoths Benefit from Learning to Select a Nectar Source and Oviposition Site More Efficiently

Scientists from the Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, directed by Bill Hansson and Markus Knaden, had previously demonstrated that tobacco hawkmoths can learn scents as signals…
HD 2039 b – an Extrasolar Planet

HD 2039 b – an Extrasolar Planet

HD 2039 b is a planet that orbits the star HD 2039. It is a gas giant exoplanet that revolves around a G-type star. It…
Liver Cell Mutations are linked to Liver Disease with Obesity and Diabetes

Liver Cell Mutations are linked to Liver Disease with Obesity and Diabetes

Mutations that link the liver disease to obesity and diabetes have been discovered, providing new insight into how systemic diseases interact. DNA mutations in liver…
Your Hair May be Saved if You Eat less Fat

Your Hair May be Saved if You Eat less Fat

Though overeating and obesity are not directly responsible for hair loss, they can cause deficiencies and diseases that have been linked to hair loss. Obesity,…
Aluminium Nitride – a Solid Nitride of Aluminium

Aluminium Nitride – a Solid Nitride of Aluminium

Aluminium nitride (AlN) is a solid aluminium nitride. It is produced through the carbothermal reduction of alumina or direct nitridation of aluminum. It is an…
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