The Chinese company Landscape continues to develop the Zhuque-3 (ZQ-3), a two-stage reasuable launch vehicle inspired by SpaceX’s Starship and Super Heavy. They achieved their first milestone in January 2024 with a vertical takeoff and…
Category: 7. Science
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Ancient Microbes ‘Brought Back To Life’ After 40,000 Years
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In a new study, a team of geologists and biologists led by the University of Colorado at Boulder resurrected ancient microbes that had been trapped in ice — in some cases for around 40,000…
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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS blasts a jet towards the sun in new telescope image
An interstellar comet is dramatically jetting off ice and dust into space, a new image shows.
The comet, called 3I/ATLAS, is sending out a jet of material towards the sun as our nearest star warms up some of its surface. The composite image shows…
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Researchers develop incredible ‘soft robot’ that could revolutionize agriculture: ‘Fascinating’
Changes to the climate that result in more extreme weather events, such as drought and hail, along with increased temperatures across the globe, all contribute to the challenges farmers now face in growing crops.
According to a report from Cornell…
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HPLC for Practicing Scientists: Pharmaceutical Development Using UHPLC
LCGC International’s “Perspectives in HPLC” column editor Michael Dong, recently completed a 26-episode video series, “HPLC for Practicing Scientists – Fundamentals,” explaining the technique.
This week, we’re proud to present a…
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A doomed planet is being torn up by its ‘zombie’ white dwarf star — but astronomers don’t understand why
A white dwarf star has been caught in the middle of consuming a planetary relic, offering fresh clues as to what happens to planetary systems after their star dies.
Three billion years ago, a sun-like star reached the end of its life, throwing…
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Engineered Sweet-Smelling Fungus Lures Mosquitoes to Their Death
Mosquitoes placed in a container. [Mark Sherwood and Raymond St. Leger] In the battle against mosquito-borne diseases that kill hundreds of thousands of people each year, scientists turned to an unlikely ally, an engineered…
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Landmark ‘ageing atlas’ reveals how your organs change over a lifetime
The visible signs of ageing – wrinkles, greying hair, aching joints – are only the surface expression of something far more intricate happening inside our cells. Beneath the surface, every organ in the body undergoes its own subtle molecular…
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