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Unlocking Secrets from the Dawn of the Solar System: A Look at Bennu Asteroid's 4.6bn-year-old Dark Dust
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A sample of dust and granules from the Bennu asteroid, a 4.6 billion-year-old relic from the dawn of the solar system, has arrived at the Natural History Museum in London. This sample promises to unlock secrets about our cosmic origins, the formation of the solar system, and potentially, the role of asteroids in delivering water to Earth.
by Arya ChandranRead News...NASA Successfully Transmits Messages via Laser Across 10 Million Miles
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“Achieving first light is one of many critical DSOC milestones in the coming months, paving the way toward higher-data-rate communications capable of sending scientific information, high-definition imagery, and streaming video in support of humanity's next giant leap, - Trudy Kortes, Director of Technology Demonstrations at NASA Headquarters.
by Arya ChandranRead News...Unraveling the Mysteries of Black Holes and Entropy
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The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible. - Albert Einstein
by Arya ChandranRead News...Revolutionizing Prosthetics and Robotics: A Fingerprint-like Artificial Sensor for Fine Texture Recognition
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The touch of the future: Artificial sensor mimicking human fingerprint revolutionizes texture recognition.
by Arya ChandranRead News...The Seventh X-37B Mission: A New Chapter in Space Exploration
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Exploring the final frontier isn't just about what we hope to discover, but what we need to learn about survival, innovation, and the boundless potential of humanity.
by Arya ChandranRead News...Rethinking Carbon Removal: A Necessary Intervention for Net-Zero Emissions
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“You have to invest and encourage the technologies to get to scale, and then amazing things can happen.” - Michelle You
by Arya ChandranRead News...The Euclid Space Telescope: Unveiling the Hidden Universe
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The cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be. Our feeblest contemplations of the Cosmos stir us—there is a tingling in the spine, a catch in the voice, a faint sensation, as if a distant memory, of falling from a height. We know we are approaching the greatest of mysteries. - Carl Sagan
by Arya ChandranRead News...DeepMind's AlphaFold: A Game Changer in Drug Discovery
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The potential of AI to greatly enhance scientific understanding of the molecular machines that make up the human body.
by Arya ChandranRead News...The Mystery of the Feline Purr: A New Perspective
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The smallest feline is a masterpiece. - Leonardo da Vinci
by Arya ChandranRead News...Plants That Change Color in the Presence of Pesticides: A Scientific Breakthrough
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Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
by Arya ChandranRead News...Understanding Faraday Cages: A Look at the Physics Behind Electromagnetic Shielding
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“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” - Albert Einstein
by Arya ChandranRead News...Debunking the Biggest Smartphone Battery Myths
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Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. - Marie Curie
by Arya ChandranRead News...Understanding Antidepressants: The Role of Neuroplasticity and the Long Wait for Effects
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To expect that the same kind of medication would be helpful for all patients with depression is perhaps a bit naive. It makes a whole lot of sense to rethink what depression really is and how it should be treated.” - Gitte Knudsen
by Arya ChandranRead News...Transforming Healthcare: The Power of AI
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The future of healthcare lies in the hands of artificial intelligence.
by Arya ChandranRead News...1918 Influenza Pandemic: Unraveling the Mystery of Young and Healthy Victims
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“Epidemics don’t strike neutrally, a bolt out of the blue. They strike differentially, and people who are worse off to begin with are going to be even worse off at the far end.” – Andrew Noymer, epidemiologist
by Arya ChandranRead News...Climate Catastrophes and Civilizations: The Role of Resilience and Inequality
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“Inequality is one of history’s greatest villains. It really leads to and is at the heart of a lot of other issues.” - Daniel Hoyer, historian
by Arya ChandranRead News...Asteroid Mining: The Future of Space Economy
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In my view, we will gradually shift from a ‘space-for-Earth’ to a ‘space-for-space’ economy, providing more opportunities for the production of goods and services in space. - Luisa Corrado, Economist at Tor Vergata University of Rome
by Arya ChandranRead News...Revolutionizing Healthcare: Amazon Pharmacy Initiates First Drone Deliveries
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We're working hard at Amazon to dramatically narrow the golden window from diagnosis to treatment, and drone delivery marks a significant step forward. - Dr. Vin Gupta, Chief Medical Officer of Amazon Pharmacy
by Arya ChandranRead News...Understanding the Phenomenon of Solar Eclipses and How to Safely View Them
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In the vast realms of the universe, the eclipse is a spectacle of the dance between the Sun, Moon, and Earth.
by Arya ChandranRead News...Unveiling the Secrets of Asteroid Bennu: A Milestone in NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission
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The carbon and water molecules are exactly the kinds of material that we wanted to find. They are crucial elements in the formation of our own planet and they are going to help us determine the origins that helped lead to life.” - NASA Administrator Bill Nelson
by Arya ChandranRead News...Harnessing AI to Mitigate Urban Greenhouse Emissions: An Insight into Google's Project Green Light
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In an era where climate change is a pressing concern, Google's Project Green Light paves the way for a greener future by using AI to reduce urban greenhouse emissions.
by Arya ChandranRead News...The European Union's Revolutionary Climate Experiment: A Carbon Border Tax
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The European Union's bold climate experiment could transform the world's approach to carbon reduction.
by Arya ChandranRead News...Soil Heat Waves: An Emerging Threat to Our Ecosystem
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The world under our feet is heating up, and the consequences could be dire.
by Arya ChandranRead News...The Astronomical Debate About Satellite-Filled Sky: A Closer Look at Amazon's Project Kuiper
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We're on the cusp of a new era with a crowded, large zoo of satellites. Having a bunch of bright satellites in the sky will be very disruptive to astronomy. - Aparna Venkatesan, Astrophysicist
by Arya ChandranRead News...3D-Printing Neural Networks: A Step Forward in Biomedical Research
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“We’re inching our way closer to being able to do experiments that don’t require animals in the most complex organ that we know of. Perhaps the most complex structure in the entire universe.” - Michael Moore, Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Tulane University.
by Arya ChandranRead News...The Intriguing Possibility of Extraterrestrial Flora
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“It's natural to ask, if photosynthesis happens in a range of visible light— 400 to 700 nanometers—and you take a star that’s fainter, cooler, and redder, is there enough light to support photosynthesis?” - Thomas Haworth, Physicist at the Queen Mary University of London
by Arya ChandranRead News...The Role of Volcanoes and Asteroids in the Extinction of Dinosaurs
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“Sometimes it is the smallest things that hold the power to turn our world upside down”
by Arya ChandranRead News...Advancements in Xenotransplantation: A Pig's Heart Gives Hope to Mankind
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“At least now I have hope, and I have a chance,” - Lawrence Faucette, recipient of a genetically modified pig heart.
by Arya ChandranRead News...The Underground Biosphere: A New Understanding of Life in the Dark
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In the darkness beneath our feet, life thrives in ways we never thought possible.
by Arya ChandranRead News...NASA's OSIRIS-REx: A Journey to Bring Back Asteroid Samples
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Exploring the final frontier, one asteroid at a time.
by Arya ChandranRead News...The Future of Genomics: Sequencing, Data, and Personalized Medicine
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“The future of healthcare lies in our understanding of the human genome. It's about personalized medicine, tailored treatments, and a new era of data-driven care.”
by Arya ChandranRead News...The American Climate Corps: The United States' Counterattack Against Climate Change
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“Our goal is both to recruit from a diverse set of backgrounds—nobody left out, everybody welcome—but also to field a full team against the broad set of climate solutions that we know are available.” - Ali Zaidi, the White House national climate adviser.
by Arya ChandranRead News...The UK's Climate Pledge Conundrum: A Culture War Fuelled by Policy Rollbacks
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“We’ve stumbled into a consensus about the future of our country that nobody seems to be happy with.” - Rishi Sunak
by Arya ChandranRead News...The Allegations Against Neuralink: A Detailed Examination
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In the pursuit of scientific advancement, where do we draw the line between innovation and ethics?
by Arya ChandranRead News...Unveiling Solar Mysteries: Breakthrough Findings from Sun Probes
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The sun’s corona, the halo that surrounds the surface, burns at a temperature 150 times hotter than the surface itself, a puzzle that has confounded scientists. A recent collaborative study provides new insights into this mystery and the acceleration of the solar wind.
by Arya ChandranRead News...Neuralink: A Leap Forward in Brain-Computer Interface Technology
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Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination. - John Dewey
by Arya ChandranRead News...The Global Challenge of High Blood Pressure: A Plan for Action
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Hypertension is neither a mystery nor a shock; the condition is well understood, and there are affordable drugs that treat it. But as the new plan proposes, it has not been taken seriously enough. – Gene Bukhman, Harvard Medical School
by Arya ChandranRead News...The Potential Impact of a Global Plastic Pollution Treaty
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This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us to right the ship and chart a course toward a future where we're not drowning in plastics. - Nick Mallos, Ocean Conservancy
by Arya ChandranRead News...Demystifying Radiation: The Science, Detection, and Applications
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Understanding the intricacies of radiation - a natural phenomenon ubiquitously present in our day-to-day lives.
by Arya ChandranRead News...Pioneering Research: Growing Human Kidneys in Pigs
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A revolutionary move towards addressing the dire demand for organ transplant worldwide.
by Arya ChandranRead News...Unfolding the Mysteries of Cosmic Neutrinos: A New Map of the Universe
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“The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.” - Eden Phillpotts
by Arya ChandranRead News...NASA's Stance on UFO Sightings and the Pursuit of Unexplained Anomalies
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“The nature of science is to explore the unknown, and data is the language scientists use to discover our universe’s secrets. - NASA
by Arya ChandranRead News...New Perspectives on the Search for Alien Civilizations
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Every search for alien civilizations should be planned to give interesting results even when no aliens are discovered. - Freeman Dyson
by Arya ChandranRead News...Revolutionizing Life Sciences Tech: The Need for New Commercial Operating Models
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In an ever-evolving world, life sciences technology needs to adapt and revolutionize to better meet patient needs and business demands.
by Arya ChandranRead News...Amazon's Virtual Health Clinic Now Accessible Nationwide
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Amazon Clinic, a virtual healthcare marketplace, has expanded its services to customers across America. Offering video consultations for common health concerns paves the way for increased access to healthcare.
by Arya ChandranRead News...Pioneering Space Bioprinting: Redwire Space Prints Human Knee Cartilage Aboard ISS
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“Demonstrating the ability to successfully print complex tissue such as this meniscus is a major leap forward toward the development of a repeatable microgravity manufacturing process for reliable bioprinting at scale.” - John Vellinger, Redwire executive vice president
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