Australia plans lunar rover to help NASA find oxygen on moon
Australia has agreed to build a 20-kilogram (44-pound) semi-autonomous lunar rover for NASA to take to the moon as early as 2026.
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Joseph Shavit
Oct 15, 2021
Can intermittent fasting help you live longer?
Mice who ate the fasting-mimicking diet for five days out of each month lived as long as a third group of mice that consistently ate healthy
Joseph Shavit
Oct 15, 2021
New antibiotic-free gel kills drug-resistant bacteria and naturally fights infections
Scientists have developed a new kind of antibiotic-free protection for wounds that kills drug-resistant bacteria and fights infections.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 14, 2021
Physicists propose a new method for defending the Earth against cosmic impacts
Skywatchers around the world turned their attention toward asteroid 2012 DA14, a cosmic rock about 150 feet (50 meters) in diameter.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 14, 2021
Ultrasound can enable faster, more sustainable battery recycling
Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology report the first ultrasound extraction of valuable metals from electric car NMC batteries.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 14, 2021
Researchers breathe new life into paper books with the Magic Bookmark
Researchers have developed a new, cost-effective, ecological solution for augmenting the printed page with rich, up-to-date digital content.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 14, 2021
What to do if you find fossils or artifacts
So what should you do if you stumble on a fossil or an artifact in your backyard, at the beach, in a local park or on a rural property.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 14, 2021
Did Venus ever have oceans?
The planet Venus can be seen as the Earth's evil twin. At first sight, it is of comparable mass and size as our home planet.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 14, 2021
Liquid metal proven to be cheap and efficient CO2 converter
Researchers from UNSW, have shown how liquid gallium can be used to help achieve the important goal of net zero carbon emissions.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 14, 2021
A crystal ball into our solar system's future
Astronomers have discovered the very first confirmed planetary system that resembles the expected fate of our solar system.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 14, 2021
Researchers discover why warm milk makes you sleepy
According to time-honored advice, drinking a glass of warm milk at bedtime will encourage a good night's rest.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 14, 2021
Did Native Americans originate from Japan?
A widely accepted theory of Native American origins coming from Japan has been attacked in a new scientific study.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 13, 2021
New solar cells produces a thousand times more power
Photovoltaic effect of ferroelectric crystals can be increased by a factor of 1,000 if three different materials are arranged in a lattice.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 13, 2021
Startup wants to convert manure into sustainable fertilizer while trapping greenhouse gases
N2 Applied have announced that they have developed technology that can reduce the amount of ammonia and methane in livestock slurry.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 13, 2021
Oldest footprints of pre-humans identified in Crete
Over 50 footprints of predecessors of early humans identified in 2017 near Trachilos, Crete shown to be over six million years old.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 13, 2021
Powered exoskeleton helps amputees walk with less effort
Stan Schaar was one of a half-dozen lower-limb amputees who tested the new exoskeleton designed by a team of University of Utah researchers.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 13, 2021
New, chemotherapy-free, treatment for head and neck cancer shows amazing results
An immunotherapy combination could be better than standard ‘Extreme’ chemotherapy as first-line treatment for some patients with cancer.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 13, 2021
Harvard researchers unravel the mystery of touch and why some body parts are so sensitive
Harvard researchers have uncovered a mechanism that may explain why certain body parts are so sensitive.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 13, 2021
Meditation shown to reduce hair loss, according to new study
A new study finds that mental training reduces the concentration of the stress hormone cortisol in hair.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 13, 2021
Climate change may already impact majority of humanity: study
The effects of climate change could already be impacting 85 percent of the world's population, according to tens of thousands of studies.
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