Category: 7. Science

GAM methods and data processing

Preparation of cryosections

H1 cells were fixed and processed for cryosectioning as described previously¹⁴⁰. In brief, H1 cells were grown to 70% confluency, the medium was removed and cells were fixed in 4% and 8%…

SpaceX launched two more batches of Starlink satellites today (Dec. 17), in a pair of launches from both U.S. coasts.

First up was a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 of the broadband internet relay units (Group 6-99) into low Earth orbit from Launch…

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• Paleontologists working in a cave on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola have discovered the first known instance of ancient bees nesting inside preexisting fossil cavities.
• Burrowing bees generally prefer to make their nests…

Why do parasites harm their hosts?  

That’s a question evolutionary biologists ask as they try to predict how a parasite might evolve and perhaps become more lethal in response to control methods, such as vaccines or drug treatments.

A new study…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Saturn’s giant moon Titan may not have a vast underground ocean after all.

Titan instead may hold deep layers of ice and slush more akin to Earth’s polar seas, with pockets of melted water where life could possibly…

A Berkeley Lab report, which outlines the energy use of data centers from 2014 to 2028, estimates that data center load growth has tripled over the past decade and is projected to double or triple by 2028. The 2024 Report on U.S. Data…

Simulations suggest that satellite streaks could spoil about one in three Hubble images, even when the telescope stays above Earth’s weather.

A team of researchers modeled plans that could put about 560,000 satellites aloft by the 2030s.

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Sarah Al-Ahmed:
We’re celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Galileo Mission’s orbital insertion around Jupiter this week on Planetary Radio. I’m Sarah Al-Ahmed of The Planetary Society with more of the human adventure across our solar system…