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Hyper Suprime-Cam survey maps dark matter in the universe
(Carnegie Mellon University) Today, an international group of researchers, including Carnegie Mellon University's Rachel Mandelbaum, released the deepest wide field map of the three-dimensional distribution of matter in the universe ever made an...
100th launch of Europe’s Ariane 5 rocket sends a pair of telecom satellites into orbit
News Brief: The milestone put two telecommunications satellites into geostationary transfer orbit today. The rocket rose from Arianespace’s launch site in Kourou, French Guiana, at 7:38 p.m. local time (3:38 p.m. PT), after a 45-minute delay. The dua...
More People But Less Hardship?
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Sue Desmond-Hellmann talks about the just-issued Goalkeepers Report, tracking progress against poverty and disease even as the population keeps rising. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
As Mars’ huge dust storm clears, NASA’s Opportunity rover is seen but not heard
An image from a high-resolution camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the Opportunity rover as a bright blip inside the white box. The box marks a 154-foot-wide area in Mars’ Perseverance Valley. Click on the image for a larger version....
Adoption of green stormwater infrastructure rises after floods
(University of Vermont) Residents and property owners are more likely to adopt some green stormwater infrastructure practices if they have experienced flooding or erosion on their property or in their neighborhoods, according to new research from the...
Climate change not main driver of amphibian decline
(Penn State) While a warming climate in recent decades may be a factor in the waning of some local populations of frogs, toads, newts and salamanders, it cannot explain the overall steep decline of amphibians, according to researchers.
Are we alone? NASA turns to the search for technosignatures beyond Earth
An artist’s representation shows a megastructure known as a Dyson sphere capturing the energy from a distant star. Such a structure could create observable technosignatures pointing to the civilization behind its construction. (Credit: Danielle Futse...
Boeing seals the deal on its acquisition of Millennium Space’s satellite operation
An artist’s conception shows Millennium Space Systems’ Altair satellite. (Millennium Illustration)
News Brief: As promised, Boeing has of California-based , a provider of small-satellite solutions. Millennium, which has about 260 employees, will oper...
OHSU discovers molecular channel that regulates blood pressure
(Oregon Health & Science University) New research for the first time reveals the three-dimensional structure of a membrane channel that's critical in controlling blood pressure. The findings, published today in the open-access journal eLife, rep...
Growing Brains in Lab
Scientists create 3-dimensional brain spheroids—small, spherical, laboratory-grown human brain tissue-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com