On October 4, 80-year-old John F. Clauser woke up in his California home to find he had received the Nobel Prize in Physics. He will receive the award at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, on December 10 with Anton Zeilinger and Alain Aspect for their work on quantum entanglement. It was a moment of celebration …
In a blog post on Thursday, NASA said flight engineer Nicole Mann had begun installing what is called the Veg-05 study on the International Space Station. What is Veg-05, you ask? Well, the long and convoluted name of the Veg-05 study is: The Nutritional Value of Picked and Eaten Salad Crop Productivity and Acceptability to …
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Astronauts may be exposed to high-energy charged particles from galactic cosmic rays and solar particle events, as well as secondary protons and neutrons after leaving Earth’s protective atmosphere. Since biomolecules, cells and tissues have different ionization patterns than terrestrial radiation, the associated biological consequences are poorly understood and the degree of hazard involved is subject …
Astronauts may be exposed to high-energy charged particles from galactic cosmic rays and solar particle events, as well as secondary protons and neutrons after leaving Earth’s protective atmosphere. Since biomolecules, cells and tissues have different ionization patterns than terrestrial radiation, the associated biological consequences are poorly understood and the degree of hazard involved is subject …
European aerospace giant Airbus has demonstrated how solar power can be transmitted from space in a new experiment. So far, the wireless transmission system has only covered just over 30 meters (100 feet), but engineers are confident they can increase its range to reach outer space in the next decade. The demonstration, which took place …
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Martine Dimoska. Courtesy photo republished by Meta.mk with permission. This story is based on the original Meta.mk cover. An edited version is republished here under a content-sharing agreement between Global Voices and the Metamorphosis Foundation. Martina Dimoska is the first female analogue astronaut from the Balkans. As a graduate student at the International Space University, …
