Science

NASA Orders Second SpaceX Crew Mission to International Space Station

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This artist's concept shows a SpaceX Crew Dragon docking with the International Space Station, as it will during a mission for NASA's...

Scientists change properties of zeolites to improve hemodialysis

The scientists examined synthetic zeolite powder manufactured by SAPO-34 and natural zeolite of Tokay deposits (Hungary)

Mars Gullies Likely Not Formed by Liquid Water

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Martian gullies as seen in the top image from HiRISE on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter resemble gullies on Earth that...

Study Finds Molecular Switch That Triggers Bacterial Pathogenicity

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The top two rows show illustrations of crystals and solution structures of bacterial HU proteins with DNA represented by X-ray...

GJ 3253: Astronomers Gain New Insight into Magnetic Field of Sun and its Kin

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NASA’s Next Planet Hunter Will Look Closer to Home

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TESS will look at the nearest, brightest stars to find planetary candidates that scientists will observe for years to...

The Case of the Missing Ceres Craters

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Scientists with NASA's Dawn mission were surprised to find that Ceres has no clear signs of truly giant impact...

New nontoxic process promises larger ultrathin sheets of 2-D nanomaterials

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A new ORNL study, a new gas exfoliation process that yields a 20 percent increase in surface area per nanosheet of boron nitride.