When scientists first sent microscopic worms into orbit in 2018, they hoped to answer a question that has shaped every discussion about long missions. What really happens to your body when gravity no longer pulls at your muscles and bones?
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Category: 7. Science
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CO2-attracting membrane unexpectedly becomes top hydrogen filter
A membrane built to attract carbon dioxide has just shattered expectations by refusing to let the greenhouse gas pass.
That surprise twist has led scientists to a groundbreaking gas-separation technology that could dramatically cut industrial…
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Ancient Wheat Compound Offers Natural Protection Against Aphids
Scientists at Rothamsted Research have identified a natural defence mechanism in ancestral einkorn wheat that could lead to more sustainable pest management in modern agriculture.
Published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food…
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Epigenetic changes regulate gene expression, but what regulates epigenetics?
Epigenetic changes regulate gene expression, but what regulates epigenetics?
Salk Institute researchers…
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Scientists get 1st good look at a ‘vampire star’ feeding on its victim
Using NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) spacecraft, astronomers have obtained their first view of the inner region around a dead white dwarf star that is vampirically feeding on a stellar companion.
The team from the Massachusetts…
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Columbia Engineers Integrate Metasurfaces with 2D Materials
In January, a team led by Jim Schuck , professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia Engineering, developed a method for creating entangled photon pairs, a critical component of emerging quantum technologies, using a crystalline…
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Scientists detect a magnetic switchback near Earth for the first time
A NASA fleet has spotted the first magnetic switchback near Earth, a zigzag in the magnetic field at the edge of our planet’s shield. The result shows that twists once seen near the Sun also appear in our space neighborhood.
The work was led by…
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The Forgotten Water on Venus (with Dr. Rakesh Mogul)
Venus is close-by and similar in size to Earth, but until recently, we couldn’t tell much about it. Dr. Rakesh Mogul, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, at Cal Poly Pomona took another look at old…
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Moon-Forming Protoplanet Theia Originated from Inner Solar System, New Research Suggests
The Moon formed from a giant impact of the proto-Earth with the ancient protoplanet Theia. In a new study, a team of scientists from the United States, Germany, France and China measured iron isotopes in lunar samples, terrestrial rocks, and…
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‘Like a mermaid swimming through a sea of auroras’: ISS astronauts photograph 2 comets dancing above the northern lights
Astronauts orbiting Earth recently photographed not one but two comets while an aurora show danced below them.
The International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 73 crew took several pictures of comets Lemmon (C/2025 A6) and SWAN (C/2025 R2) in…
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