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The International Space Station likely won't have to be evacuated despite the recent failure of a Russian rocket launched toward the orbiting lab, a panel told U.S. lawmakers today (Oct. 12) on Capitol Hill
Read More »Chemistry for a New Era
The International Year of Chemistry commemorates the achievements that have made life better. Breakthroughs promise a greener and more productive future. [More]
Read More »Atom Power: Tackling the Problems of Modern Life (preview)
The popular idea that chemistry is now conceptually understood and that all we have to do is use it is false. Sure, most of the products we use in our daily lives were made possible by modern chemistry. But producing useful compounds is far from all chemists do.
Read More »Hellbender Salamander Gets Endangered Species Designation, but No Habitat Protection–and That May Be a Good Thing
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Read More »The Doctor Is Very In: Dr. James Truchard’s Quest For Endless Innovation
Dr. T cofounded the technology giant that is National Instruments out of his garage more than 35 years with a $10,000 loan. NI's software and hardware is behind robotics and smart cameras to medical diagnostic equipment.
Read More »Europe Launches $41-Million Project to Map Human Epigenome
By Alison Abbott of Nature magazine The health-research division of the European Commission launches its largest-ever project next week with a €30-million (US$41-million) investment in understanding the human epigenome, the constellation of DNA modifications that shape how genes are expressed. With the project, called BLUEPRINT, Europe intends to become a major player in the International Human Epigenome Consortium (IHEC), set up last year to help biologists understand how the epigenome influences health and disease
Read More »Krypton-81 isotope can help map underground waterways
Cataloguing underground waterways, some of which extend for thousands of miles, has always been difficultbut scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, with colleagues from the University of Illinois at Chicago and the International Atomic Energy Agency, are mapping them with some unusual equipment: lasers and a rare isotope.
Read More »Liquid Robotics: Wave-Powered Boats That Can Sail Forever
The little boats are used for ocean monitoring, but could be used for much more soon, thanks to the company's new hire, former astronaut and Googler Ed Lu.
Read More »Making Agriculture Preserve Land, Not Destroy It
Combining principles of conservation with the needs of agriculture might be the only way to keep growing enough food to feed an exploding global population.
Read More »SpaceX, Blue Origin, And The Race To Control The Commercial Space Industry
A Soyuz rocket recently failed --surprising news, as it's generally considered a rather reliable rocket. In the process it pitched tons of vital food, engineering, fuel and air supplies for the International Space Station into the wastelands of Siberia. And at high speed--the ISS may have to be unmanned for a short interval as a result, despite billions of dollars and decades of effort
Read More »Labor Day
Monday, September 05 With all the hot dogs and beer, it's easy to forget the labor part of Labor Day. President Grover Cleveland instituted this work-free Monday in 1894, choosing the date to both recognize the Central Labor Union's labor day and avoid associating the holiday with May 1, the labor day celebrated by the International Workers of the World and marked by the 1886 Haymarket riots
Read More »Spa therapies blending high-tech with tradition
Hyperlocal ingredients, a blend of technology and tradition, and treatments focusing not just on beauty but also on remedying stress and pain are some of the trends turning up at spas.
Read More »Astronauts May Evacuate Space Station in November, NASA Says
The International Space Station may have to start operating without a crew in November if Russian engineers don't figure out soon what caused a recent rocket failure , NASA officials announced today (Aug. 29). The unmanned Russian cargo ship Progress 44 crashed just after its Aug.
Read More »The Magic of Mojo
What happens when a software company owner, a roller coaster designer, and a condom maker walk into a monastery?
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