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The scientist joins the next adventure on Mars

[ad_1] Kirsten Siebach has to persevere a little longer, waiting for her ship to arrive. That ship is in space and is carrying a rover called Perseverance to Mars. And Siebach, a Martian geologist at Rice University, is now one of 13 scientists recently selected by NASA to help run …

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A new data milestone for the CUORE experiment in Italy

[ad_1] The HEART detector array, shown here in this rendering, consists of 19 copper-framed “towers” that each house a matrix of 52 cube-shaped crystals. (Credit: HEART Collaboration) Surrounded by lead and also shielded by nearly a mile of rock from the natural bombardment of particles on the Earth’s surface, the …

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Body sensation at all scales

[ad_1] Sensors that track everything from infection in the lungs to using WiFi on a crowded college campus are poised to enhance our understanding and approach to improving human health on many levels, a trend that has been accelerated by challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, researchers and experts said at …

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Researcher offers new theory on “Venus” statuettes

[ad_1] Investigators say mankind’s oldest sculptures could be linked to climate change, diet One of the first examples of art in the world, the enigmatic statuettes of “Venus” sculpted some 30,000 years ago, have intrigued and perplexed scientists. for nearly two centuries. Now a researcher at the University of Colorado …

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An escape route for methane from the seabed

[ad_1] Methane, the main component of natural gas, is the cleanest fuel of all fossil fuels, but when it is released into the atmosphere it is a much more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. According to some estimates, the seafloor methane contained in ice formations along the continental fringes …

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