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Researchers have invented a quieter airplane toilet
(Brigham Young University) Airplane toilets are loud. For some, they are downright terrifying. But chin up, frequent flyers, because a group of Brigham Young University physicists have figured out how to make them quieter.After two years of trial and...
SpaceX’s Starhopper takes its first rocket hop, marking another step toward Mars
After weeks of preparation, the prototype test vehicle for SpaceX’s monster spaceship, known as Starhopper, fired up its methane-powered Raptor rocket engine for the first time today and lifted ever so slightly off its Texas launch pad.
“Starhopper c...
Researchers receive multi-year grants to identify corneal ulcer genetic biomarkers
(Case Western Reserve University) More than 125 million people worldwide wear contact lenses, and while many are exposed to relatively common bacteria through their contact lenses, not all contract an eye infection. Researchers at the Case Western Re...
Scientists pioneer new low-temperature chemical conversion process
(DOE/Argonne National Laboratory) In a recent study from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, chemists have identified a way to convert cyclohexane to cyclohexene or cyclohexadiene, important chemicals in a wide ran...
More CO2 than ever before in 3 million years, shows unprecedented computer simulation
(Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)) CO2 levels in the atmosphere are likely higher today than ever before in the past 3 million years. During this time, global mean temperatures never exceeded the preindustrial levels by more than 2...
Montana State postdoctoral researcher wins LSRF fellowship for CRISPR research
(Montana State University) Andrew Santiago-Frangos, a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Blake Wiedenheft at Montana State University, has won the $186,000 Life Sciences Research Foundation fellowship sponsored by the Simons Foundation.
Hepatitis C-infected hearts and lungs safely transplanted
(Brigham and Women's Hospital) In a paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the team describes a four-week antiviral treatment regimen started within hours of organ transplantation surgery, preventing establishment of hepatitis C...
Researchers test new imaging method for first time on human patients
(University of Arkansas) A new study by researchers at the University of Arkansas could significantly improve methods for detecting and diagnosing congenital heart disease in infants and small children. Researchers used vector flow imaging to create...
'Cool Coalition' comes together to save lives, energy and trillions for the global economy
(Terry Collins Assoc) As global temperatures rise, growing energy demands for air conditioning threaten to cause a major increase in greenhouse gas emissions.The new global 'Cool Coalition' of 23 leading figures and institutions says action...
Uncrewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner space taxi delayed; crewed flight to be extended
Technicians at the Boeing Space Environment Test Facility in El Segundo, Calif., position a Starliner spaceship inside an acoustic test chamber. (Boeing Photo)
NASA today confirmed that the first uncrewed test flight of Boeing’s Starliner space taxi...