New study provides the best estimate to date that bacteria could survive a trip to Mars.
Results for "space missions"
Greenhouse gas emissions show sharp decline due to pandemic
Around the world, cities and regions are showing significant drops in pollution and greenhouse gas levels.
Advanced Light-Weight Structural Materials for Aerospace and Automotive Applications
Bridging the gap from the development of the so-called TNM alloy, through computational materials design, structural characterization with sophisticated in and ex situ methods, engineering properties, manufacturing and processing technologies to all aspects of application.
Travelling through Space with Solar Sails
A solar sail device is developed that can be steered by electronically altering its transparency near the edges while requiring only a low amount of power.
Space modules for industrial and scientific purposes
Bigelow Aerospace and United Launch Alliance join forces to foster habitable volumes in Low Earth orbit
An organ-on-chip simulates the effects of cosmic radiation on astronauts
Future astronauts may be protected from galactic cosmic rays thanks to a novel organ-on-chip system containing interconnected human tissue.
Steven Hawley: “I’ve always enjoyed the progress we made”
Astrophysicist and retired NASA astronaut Steven Hawley takes us through his fascinating career.
Micro electric motors fly with the Rosetta mission
The European space probe Rosetta has reached the comet Chury. Micro motors from the swiss manufacturer maxon have traveled with it.
A week in the materials industry: February 11th 2014
A roundup of news from the past week in the materials science industry.
Nanowires greatly increase solar cell efficiency
Nanowire solar cells created at EPFL could absorb 12 times as much light as the current standard.
Popular
-
Quantum entanglement visualized for the first time ever
-
Springer Nature staff to take unprecedented strike action
-
Tiny robots with a big impact: Scientists develop microrobots for single-cell handling
-
An anti-inflammatory peptide may hold the key to low-back pain relief
-
Could a nuclear explosion set Earth’s atmosphere on fire?
-
Explaining the “universe breaker” galaxies discovered by the James Webb Telescope
-
How the brain protects itself from the negative effects of CBD
-
New study reveals surprising impact of screen time on the developing brain
-
Gliese 12 b: An exo-Venus with Earth-like temperatures
-
The dramatic story behind general relativity’s Nobel Prize snub