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[ad_1] The famous Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico will be dismantled after 57 years of service due to broken cables leading to the threat of collapse, the US National Science Foundation announced Thursday. Two cables supporting the 900-tonne instruments for the telescope above a 1,000-foot (305-meter) diameter radio dish broke …

[ad_1] Sounds like science fiction: giant solar power plants floating in space that radiate enormous amounts of energy to Earth. And for a long time, the concept – first developed by Russian scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky in the 1920s – was primarily an inspiration for writers. A century later, however, scientists …

[ad_1] Past as Prologue – When asked what the future holds for humans in space, it’s tempting to recall the plots of favorite science fiction films. Often involving astronauts, rockets and intergalactic conflicts – they rarely explore the essential “behind the scenes” science that enables space exploration. This is why …

[ad_1] France Media Agency20 November 2020 12:35:59 The famous Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico will be dismantled after 57 years of service due to broken cables leading to the threat of collapse, the US National Science Foundation announced Thursday. Two support cables 900-tonne instruments for the telescope above a 1,000-foot …

[ad_1] As the world’s climate warms, pest-borne wildlife diseases will shift north, with animals in the cold far north and high-altitude regions expected to experience the most dramatic increases, warns a study to be released on Friday. in Science magazine. The study projects increase the spread over the next five …

[ad_1] For thousands of years, the delicate Fritillaria delavayi it grew slowly on the rocky slopes of the Hengduan Mountains in China, producing a bright green flower after its fifth year. But the conspicuous little plant has a deadly enemy: the people, who harvest the flower for traditional Chinese medicine. …

[ad_1] Cya Botox: Studies show that oxygen-based therapy can reverse biological agingHappy Mag At first, scientists claim to have partially reversed a cellular aging process in humansScienceAlert Human aging has reversed in the study of the “Holy Grail,” scientists sayThe independent It appears that humans have found a way to …

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 20, 2020 A collaborative research group from the University of Oklahoma, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Merck & Co. published an opinion piece in the journal, Chemical biology of nature, which addresses the gap in the discovery of new antibiotics. The rapid spread …

[ad_1] A team of scientists, including from Australian National University (ANU) and RMIT University, created two types of diamonds in a room-temperature laboratory in minutes. Those two types of diamonds: the type found on an engagement ring and a different type of diamond called Lonsdaleite, which occurs naturally at the …

[ad_1] Leonardo da Vinci he is famous for his elaborate and nuanced artwork and advanced technological ideas. But new research has revealed another level of complexity to his designs: a hidden world of tiny life forms on his artwork. The findings, the researchers said, could help build a “catalog” of …