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NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins, Crewmates Arrive Safely at Space Station

October 19, 2020
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NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and two Russian cosmonauts arrived aboard the International Space Station on 14 October, returning a medical researcher to the orbiting laboratory ahead of the 20th anniversary...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environmental, Genetics, Geophysics, Health, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Proteomics & Genomics
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Environmentally friendly silicon recycling

September 10, 2020
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Skoltech scientists and their colleagues from Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) have developed a new method of silicon recycling. Their research was published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biotech, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Environmental, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology
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Fungus leather: new front-runner for sustainable clothing material

September 9, 2020
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In a new review paper by the University of Vienna, Imperial College London, and RMIT University in Australia, researchers argue that leather made from fungi has "considerable potential" to be...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials
Biology, Botany, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Materials, Materials Science, Parasitology
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Converting self-sterilising water filtration technologies for COVID-19 protection

August 24, 2020
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With the worldwide focus on coronavirus prevention and transmission, a new type of air-filter that self-sterilises and decontaminates is being developed at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva, Israel...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials
Atmospheric Sciences, Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Materials, Materials Science, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Oceanography
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New international carbon dating standard

August 13, 2020
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Radiocarbon dating is set to become more accurate than ever after an international team of scientists improved the technique for assessing the age of historical objects.
Earth & Environmental, Materials
Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environmental, Geology, Geophysics, Materials, Materials Science, Soil Science
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Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite reveals new penguin colonies

August 5, 2020
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A new study using satellite mapping technology reveals there are nearly 20% more emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica than was previously thought. The results provide an important benchmark for monitoring...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Zoology
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Affordable carbon-loving materials for reduced industrial emissions

July 28, 2020
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Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, are advancing gas membrane materials to expand practical technology options for reducing industrial carbon...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials
Atmospheric Chemistry, Atmospheric Sciences, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Environmental, Environmental Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials, Materials Science
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Algae as living biocatalysts for a green industry

July 13, 2020
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Better still: living algae can be used as biocatalysts for certain substances, and they bring the co-substrate along, producing it in an environmentally friendly manner through photosynthesis.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Environment, Environmental
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COVID-19 Earth observation dashboard

June 25, 2020
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In response to the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, NASA, ESA (European Space Agency), and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) have joined forces to use the collective scientific power of their...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental
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The many lifetimes of plastics

June 16, 2020
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Infographics strive to give us a sense of how long plastic goods will last in the environment but is this information reliable? Many of us have seen informational posters at...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials
Earth & Environmental, Environment, Environmental, Environmental Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials, Materials Science, Oceanography
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