Новости за 24.07.2024

Washington DC (UPI) Jul 22, 2024
The third volunteer research team to participate in NASA's simulated mission to Mars has been picked as the United States aims to better understand how humans will react during a deep-space mission, the space agency said Monday. Erin Anderson, Sergii Iakymov, Brandon Kent and Sarah Elizabeth McCandless are to begin their simulated trek to Mars within NASA's Human Exploration Research An

London, UK (SPX) Jul 23, 2024
Planetary astronomers at Queen's University Belfast have delved into one of the Solar System's enduring enigmas: the unusual behavior of Chiron. Discovered in 1977 and initially classified as an asteroid, Chiron was the first recognized member of the Centaurs, a new class of Solar System objects. The Centaurs inhabit short-lived orbits between the asteroid belt and the Kuiper belt, a dista

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 23, 2024
An international team of researchers, including a chemist from Northwestern University, has discovered that metallic minerals on the deep-ocean floor can produce oxygen at depths of 13,000 feet. This finding challenges the traditional belief that only photosynthetic organisms, such as plants and algae, generate Earth's oxygen. The discovery suggests oxygen can also be produced at the seafl

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 23, 2024
Interest in Earth-like planets within the habitable zone of their stars has surged, driven by the quest to find life beyond our solar system. However, the potential habitability of such planets, known as exoplanets, depends on more than just their distance from the star. A new study by Rice University's David Alexander and Anthony Atkinson broadens the definition of a habitable zone to inc

London, UK (SPX) Jul 18, 2024
An international team of physicists, based at Trinity College Dublin, has formulated new theorems in quantum mechanics that define the "energy landscapes" of quantum particle collections. This work addresses long-standing questions, paving the way for more accurate computer simulations of materials, which could aid in developing new green technologies. The theorems, recently published in t

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 23, 2024
Researchers have identified a crucial link between supermassive black holes (SMBHs) and dark matter particles, shedding light on the "final parsec problem" in astrophysics. New calculations suggest that the merger of SMBH pairs into a single entity is facilitated by the previously underestimated behavior of dark matter particles. This discovery offers a potential solution to the "final par

London, UK (SPX) Jul 21, 2024
Space storms could soon be forecasted with greater accuracy thanks to significant advancements in predicting when a violent solar eruption may impact Earth. Scientists have developed a method to determine the exact speed of a coronal mass ejection (CME) and predict its impact on Earth before it fully erupts from the Sun. CMEs, which are bursts of gas and magnetic fields from the solar atmo

London, UK (SPX) Jul 23, 2024
Astroscale Ltd ("Astroscale UK"), a subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings Inc. ("Astroscale"), has secured EUR 13.95 million (approximately USD 15 million or GBP 11.78 million) from the UK Space Agency and the European Space Agency ("ESA") for the final phase of the End-of-Life by Astroscale-Multiple (ELSA-M) in-orbit demonstration. The funding follows a contract with Eutelsat OneWeb as part o

Washington (AFP) July 22, 2024
Google on Monday said it was ditching its long mooted plan to block tracking "cookies" on its Chrome browser after years of resistance from online publishers and questions from regulators. Cookies are snippets of code that allow third-party companies to track Chrome users' movements across the web. Information gleaned from them is used by third party publishers and websites to sell their own

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 21, 2024
Could anxieties about nature and climate predict future social behaviors in the same way consumer sentiment predicts purchasing and investment trends? This idea is explored in the Cell Press journal One Earth by Professor Emeritus Ralf Buckley from Griffith University, in a preview of an article led by Professor Thomas Pienkowski in the UK. Professor Buckley highlighted findings from

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 19, 2024
Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a leading supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has announced a comprehensive space-ready reference design for the AMD Versal AI Edge XQRVE2302 Adaptive SOC. Developed in collaboration with AMD, the ISLVERSALDEMO3Z power management reference design incorporates key space-grade components for effective power management. This design targets

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 19, 2024
Solar cell, telescope, and optical component manufacturers can now benefit from faster and more efficient design processes thanks to a new AI tool developed by University of Michigan engineers. The AI tool, named OptoGPT, leverages the same architecture as ChatGPT to reverse-engineer desired optical properties into the necessary material structures. This innovation is aimed at improving th

Paris, France (SPX) Jul 19, 2024
The latest addition to ESA's ESTEC technical center in the Netherlands, the Hertz 2.0 building, stands more than 22 meters high beside its neighboring sand dunes, but here is the view inside. Seen here being lined with steel plates that will serve to insulate it from external radio signals, this spacious test area will be employed to evaluate the performance of a new generation of bigger a

Boston MA (SPX) Jul 19, 2024
When it comes to heating up the planet, not all greenhouse gases are created equal. They vary widely in their global warming potential (GWP), a measure of how much infrared thermal radiation a greenhouse gas would absorb over a given time frame once it enters the atmosphere. For example, measured over a 100-year period, the GWP of methane is about 28 times that of carbon dioxide (CO2), and the G

Beijing (AFP) July 20, 2024
Canada's foreign minister called for "stable" relations with China during a visit to Beijing aimed at patching up differences. Melanie Joly met her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Friday for a meeting she described as "constructive and productive" on social media platform X. Relations between the two nations were strained in 2018 following the arrest by Canadian authorities of a manager o

Maracaibo, Venezuela (AFP) July 21, 2024
A putrid smell hangs over the black-stained shores of Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela, where an oil slick is emblematic of the steep decline in the country's once-enviable petroleum industry. Here, much like elsewhere in what was once Latin America's richest country, economic hardship drives much of the discussion ahead of July 28 elections, in which President Nicolas Maduro will seek a third si

Frankfurt, Germany (AFP) July 23, 2024
Germany's Bosch said Tuesday it planned to buy heating, ventilation and air conditioning assets from Johnson Controls International, in an $8-billion acquisition it called "the biggest" in the group's history. The deal will help Bosch "achieve a globally leading position in the promising HVAC market" and give it "a better balance" in its portfolio, CEO Stefan Hartung said in a statement.

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 21, 2024
The world of subatomic particles continues to reveal its secrets as physicists at Osaka Metropolitan University uncover significant insights into the nuclear structure of atoms. Their study, published in Physical Review C, shows that the arrangement of protons and neutrons in an atom's nucleus may vary based on their distance from the center. Graduate student Maito Okada, Associate Profess

Columbus OH (SPX) Jul 21, 2024
Chemists have been working to synthesize high-value materials from waste molecules for years. Now, an international collaboration of scientists is exploring ways to use electricity to streamline the process. In their study, recently published in Nature Catalysis, researchers demonstrated that carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, can be converted into a type of liquid fuel called methanol in a

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 21, 2024
Researchers from the School of Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have discovered surface concavities on individual crystal grains in perovskite thin films. This fundamental discovery reveals significant effects on the properties and reliability of the films. Leveraging this knowledge, the team developed a new method to enhance the efficiency and stability

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 22, 2024
In a decade, solid-state batteries derived from rock silicates are poised to become a greener, more efficient, and safer alternative to today's lithium-ion batteries. Researchers at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) have patented an innovative superionic material made from potassium silicate-a mineral extractable from ordinary rocks. Currently, the range and charging speed of elect

Gleyber Torres smashed a home run to put the New York Yankees on the board first over the New York Mets.

Court rejects IPS officers voluntary retirement plea amid disciplinary actions

The Secret Service reportedly made the request after Trump was shot during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.

Convicted felon and New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez will resign from the Senate on Aug. 20 — a date that will likely ensure he gets to collect one final taxpayer-funded paycheck on his way out the door. Menendez, 70, revealed his intention to resign in a letter to the New Jersey governor’s office Tuesday. The...