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Apr 21, 2024
Rare black-footed ferrets successfully cloned from frozen tissue samples
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: biotech/medical
Noreen and Antonia were born back in February, but the organisation announced the news on Thursday, local time.
Both are healthy and continue to reach expected development and behavioural milestones.
Noreen was born at the National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center in Colorado, while Antonia resides at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Virginia.
Apr 21, 2024
SpaceX’s Revolutionary Raptor 4.0 Engine and Starship V3: A Game-Changer for Space Travel
Posted by Chris Smedley in categories: energy, satellites
SpaceX’s new Raptor 4.0 engine and Starship V3 are set to revolutionize space travel, making it more affordable and accessible for orbital testing, satellite launches, and human missions to the Moon and Mars, while also benefiting the US Aerospace industry.
Questions to inspire discussion.
Apr 21, 2024
SpaceX Starship: Raptor Engine Advancements and Falcon 9 Reliability
Posted by Chris Smedley in category: space travel
SpaceX is making significant advancements in rocket technology, with the development of the new Raptor engine and the impressive reliability of Falcon 9 launches Questions to inspire discussion What updates have been made at the Boca Chica launch site? —The linkage arms, booster hold down clamps, and other components of the SpaceX Starship launch mount have been removed and reinstalled with some modifications, possibly in preparation for future launches.
Apr 21, 2024
Packs of dog-shaped robots could one day if they can find their footing on Earth first
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in categories: robotics/AI, space
A dog-like, bio-inspired robot called Spirit is still learning to walk, but could one day be deployed on the moon to explore steep, potentially hazardous areas with a team of robot companions.
Apr 21, 2024
Aubrey De Grey on the Buying Time Podcast with Liz and Saravanan. #shorts
Posted by Montie Adkins in category: life extension
#longevity #science
Apr 21, 2024
From Culture to Clinic: Scale Up NK Cell Expansion
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: biotech/medical
Developing the clinical potential of NK cells as cancer therapeutics requires researchers to expand beyond conventional cell culture approaches.
Apr 21, 2024
Study uncovers neural mechanisms underlying foraging behavior in freely moving animals
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: food, neuroscience
While foraging, animals including humans and monkeys are continuously making decisions about where to search for food and when to move among possible sources of sustenance.
Apr 21, 2024
Unlocking the Secrets of Space Chemistry With Cold Coulomb Crystals
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: chemistry, particle physics, space travel
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed experiments to replicate the chemical reactions of the Interstellar Medium, using techniques like laser cooling and mass spectrometry to observe interactions between ions and molecules.
While it may not look like it, the interstellar space between stars is far from empty. Atoms, ions, molecules, and more reside in this ethereal environment known as the Interstellar Medium (ISM). The ISM has fascinated scientists for decades, as at least 200 unique molecules form in its cold, low-pressure environment. It’s a subject that ties together the fields of chemistry, physics, and astronomy, as scientists from each field work to determine what types of chemical reactions happen there.
Now, in the recently published cover article of the Journal of Physical Chemistry A, JILA Fellow and University of Colorado Boulder Physics Professor Heather Lewandowski and former JILA graduate student Olivia Krohn highlight their work to mimic ISM conditions by using Coulomb crystals, a cold pseudo-crystalline structure, to watch ions and neutral molecules interact with each other.
Apr 21, 2024
How Tetris Inspired an MIT Breakthrough in Nuclear Safety Technology
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: innovation, nuclear energy
The device, based on simple tetromino shapes, could determine the direction and distance of a radiation source, with fewer detector pixels.
The spread of radioactive isotopes from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan in 2011 and the ongoing threat of a possible release of radiation from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear complex in the Ukrainian war zone have underscored the need for effective and reliable ways of detecting and monitoring radioactive isotopes. Less dramatically, everyday operations of nuclear reactors, mining and processing of uranium into fuel rods, and the disposal of spent nuclear fuel also require monitoring of radioisotope release.
Innovative Sensor Design Inspired by “Tetris”