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NASA’s First Asteroid Sample Has Landed, Now Secure in Clean Room
After years of anticipation and hard work by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security – Regolith Explorer) team, a capsule of rocks and dust collected from asteroid Bennu finally is on Earth.…
NASA Astronaut, Crewmates Reach Space Station for Science Expedition
NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara and two cosmonauts safely arrived at the International Space Station Friday, Sept. 15, bringing its number of residents to 10 for the coming week.
The Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft carrying O’Hara, as well as Oleg…
NASA Welcomes Germany as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory
During a ceremony at the German Ambassador's Residence in Washington on Thursday, Germany became the 29th country to sign the Artemis Accords. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson participated in the signing ceremony for the agency, and Director…
Trial to prevent complications for children with cancer
A trial aiming to reduce infection and blood clot rates for children with cancer is being led by The University of Queensland across Brisbane, Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast hospitals.
Professor Amanda Ullman from UQ’s School of Nursing,…
High water mark for innovative UQ flood monitoring system
A tool developed by researchers at The University of Queensland that measures floodwater depth and velocity will be sold globally after it was licensed to a US-based company.
Associate Professor Simon Albert and Dr Nick Hutley from UQ’s …
Salt water-degradable plastics to help oceans
University of Queensland researchers are developing a plastic that breaks down in seawater to help turn the tide on marine waste.
Dr Ruirui Qiao from UQ’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology is refining new…
Researchers “bioprint” living brain cell networks in the lab
Monash University Engineering researchers have successfully used “bioinks” containing living nerve cells (neurons) to print 3D nerve networks that can grow in the laboratory and transmit and respond to nerve signals.
Using a tissue…
PML B-Box 2 trimerization yields a cysteine triad for arsenic binding in APL therapy
ProMyelocytic Leukemia (PML) protein controls various biological functions, such as apoptosis, senescence or stem cell self-renewal. PML may elicit these functions by scaffolding the spherical shells of PML Nuclear Bodies (NBs), which…
Events on Grassroot Innovations, Science Communication Workshop and Student Science Connect Program…
CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (CSIR-NIScPR) organized the day 3 of its One Week One Lab (OWOL) programme yesterday at CSIR-NPL Auditorium, Pusa, New Delhi. ‘Grassroot Innovations & Skill…
India creates history: Chandrayan-3 makes soft landing on Moon
India created history by reaching the Moon. The Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO accomplished the task of soft landing of its Lander module, Vikram on Lunar surface, just a few moments ago. With this achievement, India has taken a…