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Space & Cosmos
From Earth to Space: Test technology with lava tubes for future space exploration
The DLR scout roller is designed to explore the complex terrain of the lava tube. Credit: Roy LichTenheldt, DLR Are the ancient lava pipes in the Canary Islands common to space exploration? For the robot team, I knew quite a lot. Our researchers have traveled to Lanzalot, 18,000 km away from the home of Brisbane, and tested navigation and mapping…
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Space & Cosmos
NASA to test radiation-tolerant computing solution in space
The Radiation Tolerant Computer (RadPC) payload undergoes final inspection at Montana State University in Bozeman, which is leading the payload project. RadPC is one of the next 10 NASA payloads scheduled for delivery for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative in 2025. The RadPC prototype has previously been tested on the International Space Station and Earth-orbiting satellites, and the…
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Nanotechnology
Discarded silk can clean up polluted waterways – researchers develop hollow spherical silk particles to test adsorption
Conventional silk fabric: (A) Plain weave dyed fabric, PW-D. (B) Noil woven dyed fabric, NW-D. (C) Dyed single jersey knit fabric, JK-D. (D) Dyed satin (charmeuse) fabric, CW-D. (E) Dyed shantung (Duponi) fabric, SW-D. (F) SEM image of the electrospun fiber mat. (G) FTIR spectrum showing amide bands I, II, and III of silk dope or silk fibroin solution, SFS.…
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Other Sciences
New test lets you determine if you have the right attitude to achieve your goals
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Achieving ambitious goals requires many things. Above all, we need passion and belief in succeeding, and we usually need support from others. But we also need to have the right attitude – the right mindset, the willingness to do what it takes to change and improve. Experts call this a growth mindset. So how do you…
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Science
NASA prepares to test lunar terrain probe
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins takes Apollo 17 Lunar Module Pilot Harrison “Jack” Schmidt aboard NASA’s rover prototype at Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credit: NASA/James Blair When astronauts return to the Moon as part of NASA’s Artemis campaign, they will benefit from having a human-rated, unpressurized LTV (Lunar Terrain Vehicle), allowing them to explore more of the Moon’s surface. This…
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