NASA’s Artemis I mission ushered in a new era of space exploration last month, launching the first in a series of complex missions enabling human exploration of the Moon and Mars. Despite challenges with supercooled liquid hydrogen ahead of the Nov. 16 launch, the mission successfully used the lightest and most abundant element in the …
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Antiviral drugs can suppress tumor adaptation to treatment and significantly prolong progression-free survival BUFFALO, NY – Researchers at the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, working in collaboration with Genome Protection, Inc. and the Children’s Cancer Institute in Sydney, Australia, have discovered a new way in which highly repetitive genetic components belonging to the LINE-family 1 …
In many ways, the high energy prices of 2022 unintentionally favor renewables, as they are the cheapest form of energy and not dependent on the usual players (fracking, OPEC, Russia, etc.). So, coupled with concerns about climate change (and the extreme weather of 2022), voters in many countries are eager to address this issue, and …
Australia must stop subsidizing new fossil fuel developments if it is to win the backing of a key Pacific nation for its plan to co-host a major UN climate summit in 2026. The Albanian government launched a campaign at the COP27 climate talks in Egypt to co-host the annual climate conference with Pacific neighbors in …
At UN climate change talks in Egypt on Wednesday, the United States signaled support for adopting language calling for phasing out the use of fossil fuels. — a major symbolic shift for the world’s leading oil and gas producer. The possible modification of an agreement between 190 nations that is being discussed is symbolic and …
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Getting gas these days is an expensive chore, but one startup, now operating out of west Boston, promises to bring gas to your doorstep, while helping the environment. And, they say the cost is comparable. Carmyn hopes to change the way we fill up, taking drivers away from the brick-and-mortar gas station. It’s an interesting …
Schematic information engine. (a) The noisy detector measures the position there of the bead, located in fact at X. Ratchet based on (b) noisy position measurement there or (c) Bayesian position estimation X (dotted blue circle). Credit: Physical examination letters (2022). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.130601 Too much background noise is usually guaranteed to disrupt work. But physicists …
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