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NASA C-130 Makes First-Ever Flight to Antarctica for GUSTO Balloon Mission
On Oct. 28, 2023, NASA’s C-130 Hercules and crew safely touched down at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, after an around-the-globe journey to deliver the agency’s Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory (GUSTO). The…
NASA Advances CubeSat Mission to Study Earth’s Magnetosphere and Aurora
NASA announced Sept. 29 the selection of four mission concepts for further consideration as part of its Heliophysics Small Explorers (SMEX) program. Among those advanced is a CubeSat constellation called CINEMA, short for…
Johns Hopkins APL Science Instrument Flying on Psyche to Uncover Asteroid’s Mysteries
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, the first mission sent to study a potentially metal-rich asteroid, launched on Oct. 13 carrying a Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer (GRNS) developed at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel,…
Johns Hopkins APL Engineer Helps Teens Launch Their Futures With CubeSat Project
Dave Copeland is launching the next generation of engineers by teaching middle and high school students how to design and build a small satellite scheduled to go into orbit as early as late 2024.
Copeland, an engineer at the…
NASA building nuclear-powered lander for Saturn’s moon Titan
NASA is building a nuclear-powered lander for exploring Titan — Saturn’s largest moon having a dense atmosphere and low gravity .
But well before NASA’s Dragonfly rotorcraft lander soars through Titan’s skies,…
Australian scientists detect most distant fast radio burst ever discovered
An international team of scientists, including at the University of Sydney, has spotted a remote blast of cosmic radio waves lasting less than a millisecond. This ‘fast radio burst’ (FRB) is the most distant ever detected.…
In Moscow, Artificial Intelligence Analyzes 200,000 Breast Cancer Screening Under Compulsory Medical…
In a groundbreaking development, Moscow has taken the lead in 2023 by becoming the first region to incorporate artificial intelligence breast cancer screening under compulsory medical insurance. Over the course of nine months, artificial…
New Research Decodes Pearl Millet’s Climate Resilience and Nutritional Secrets
Collaboration between the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and Corteva Agriscience has yielded three 'platinum-standard' genome sequences* for pearl millet varieties, providing valuable insights…
Smaller, lighter lithium-sulphur battery lowers costs and improves recycling options
Researchers at Monash University have developed a new lithium-sulphur battery design with a nanoporous polymer-coated lithium foil anode that reduces the amount of lithium required in a single battery.
With the transition to renewable…
Moscow Scientists Confirm AI’s Effectiveness in Breast Cancer Screening
Scientists from the Center for Diagnostics and Telemedicine, under the Moscow Health Department, have conducted a study affirming the efficacy of artificial intelligence services in conducting large-scale breast cancer screenings. The study…