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Some of the core beliefs about what causes Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases may be wrong, and flying an experiment on the International Space Station (ISS) could provide the best way to show it. Scientists at Kennedy Space Center, working with the Florida Institute of Technology (FIT), want to ...
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Georgia Institute of Technology and Purdue University researchers have developed efficient solar cells using natural substrates derived from plants such as trees. By fabricating them on cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) substrates, the solar cells can be quickly recycled in water at the end of their lifecycle.
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NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has seen evidence of water-bearing minerals in rocks near where it had already found clay minerals inside a drilled rock. The rover’s science team announced that analysis of powder from a drilled mudstone rock on Mars indicates past environmental conditions that were favorable for ...
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Buckle up as the Lunar Electric Rover Simulator gives you a glimpse of what it might be like to support the activities of a functioning Lunar Outpost. Get busy — you never know if your skills will become a major part of the NASA astronaut application process in the future. Download ...
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