Gravitational Lensing is a vital tool for astronomers to observe objects that are too distant or faint (or both) to be resolved by current instruments. This method leverages a prediction from Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity,…
Category: 7. Science
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SpaceX stacks Super Heavy booster ahead of Starship megarocket’s 12th test flight
Just before the holidays, SpaceX took a big step toward the next test flight of its Starship megarocket.
On Christmas Eve (Dec. 24), the company posted a photo on X of the shiny Super Heavy booster that will conduct Starship Flight 12 standing…
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NASA Selects Proposals for Habitable Worlds Observatory
NASA has selected industry proposals to develop technologies that will aid in building the Habitable Worlds Observatory, an advanced space telescope designed to search for signs of life on planets similar to Earth.
What Is the Purpose of NASA’s…
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Predicting probiotic success: lessons from Oxalobacter and oxalate metabolism
Fan, Y. & Pedersen, O. Gut microbiota in human metabolic health and disease. Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 19, 55–71 (2021).
Okolie, M. C. et al. Gut microbiota and immunity in health and diseases: A…
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Is NASA’s Artemis program safe? What’s next for Huntsville’s Marshall Space Flight Center
Advocates for space science research are concerned about job losses and cuts to funding at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville.
Marshall has lost about 350 people through the deferred resignation program established by the Trump…
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A Legacy of Airflow Innovation Grows: Labconco® Adds Prism™ to Biosafety Cabinet Family
Labconco Corporation is excited to mark its 50th anniversary of biosafety cabinet innovation by adding another BSC to its already comprehensive portfolio. The new Prism Class II, Type A2 Biosafety Cabinet builds on a trusted legacy of…
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Manganese gets its moment as a potential fuel cell catalyst
Many of the effective potential catalysts in development are based on precious metals, which are expensive, less abundant, and have high toxicity. On the other hand, metal catalysts that are more abundant, more sustainable, and less expensive…
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When Is It Time to Jump? The Boiling Frog Problem of AI Use in Physics Education
From the Journal: The Physics Teacher
A visual representation of the boiling frog problem generated by Sora, which demonstrates the point of this paper in more than one way: the author’s ability to provide a photo doesn’t prove… Continue Reading
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Want to speed brain research? It’s all in how you look at it. — Harvard Gazette
To get a better look at brains, Harvard researchers are making microscopes work more like human eyes.
Until recently, the quest to build high-resolution maps of brains — otherwise known as “connectomes” — was stymied by the slow pace…
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your guide to the southern sky in 2026
What will we see in the southern sky in 2026? A total eclipse of the Moon (at a convenient time), a blue Moon and a supermoon, the two brightest planets close together, and Jupiter disappearing behind the Moon in the daytime.
All except…
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