Research on multiple sclerosis wins ‘Oscars of science’
Stephen Hauser and Alberto Ascherio were recognized for their decades researching the debilitating neurodegenerative disease, which affects nearly three million...
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Webb telescope directly observes exoplanet CO2 for first time
The gas giants are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering mystery about how...
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Jordan, Germany discuss scientific research, ties in water sector
Jordan's The Royal Scientific Society (RSS) and the Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT) discussed with the German Research Foundation...
- A German Research Foundation (DFG) delegation visits Jordan and discusses scientific and research ties in the water sector.
- The delegation included 22 researchers, professors and representatives from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
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NASA to attempt key planetary defense test
The DART spaceship will be smacked into asteroid moonlet Dimorphos to deflect its orbit, testing our ability to stop cosmic...
- To be sure, neither the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos, nor the big brother it orbits, called Didymos, pose any threat as the pair loop the Sun, passing about 7m miles from Earth.
- But NASA has deemed the experiment important to carry out before an actual need is discovered.
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NASA scraps scheduled Moon launch due to tropical storm
NASA has called off the scheduled Tuesday launch of its uncrewed mission to the Moon due to a tropical storm...
- The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Tropical Storm Ian is due to "rapidly intensify" over the weekend as it moves toward Florida.
- A successful Artemis 1 mission would come as a huge relief to NASA, after years of delays and cost overruns.
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Saudi Arabia to launch two astronauts into space aboard Elon Musk’s SpaceX
The sources told Reuters that the deal was signed privately earlier this year with Houston’s Axiom Space.
- The sources told Reuters that the deal was signed privately earlier this year with Houston’s Axiom Space
- Under the deal, two Saudi astronauts will ride SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule to the space station for a roughly weeklong stay
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Elon Musk intends to bring satellite internet to Iran
Musk had initially announced that the Starlink satellite internet service had been made available on every continent "including Antarctica" with...
- Iranian-born science journalist Erfan Kasraie had said on Twitter that bringing the service to Iran could be a "real game changer for the future" of the country
- Launched at the end of 2020, Starlink offers high-speed broadband service to customers in areas poorly served by fixed and mobile terrestrial networks
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Continuous effort required to protect ozone layer, says UNEP
The UNEP noted a global temperature rise of 2.5C was possible if the ozone-depleting chemicals weren't banned, which would have...
- The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) praised the Protocol’s success, as it ended the danger of ozone layer's depletion, a threat for humanity.
- It said the global cooperation worked, and the gases were eliminated. This healed the ozone layer which would save earth from sun's ultraviolet radiations.
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Webb telescope captures ‘breathtaking’ images of Orion Nebula
An international research team on Monday revealed the first images of the Orion Nebula captured with the James Webb Space...
- Astronomers are interested in the region to better understand what happened during the first million years of our planetary evolution
- Webb is the most powerful space telescope ever built, boasting a primary mirror measuring 6.5 meters (more than 21 feet) that is made up of 18 hexagonal, gold-coated segments
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NASA’s Moon mission pushed back, again
The date would depend on engineering teams successfully carrying out a test to fuel up the Space Launch System rocket,...
- The Artemis 1 space mission hopes to test the SLS as well as the unmanned Orion capsule that sits atop it, in preparation for future Moon-bound journeys with humans aboard
- Once launched, it will take several days for the spacecraft to reach the Moon, flying around 60 miles (100 kilometers) at its closest approach
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UN head appeals to world to end reliance on fossil fuels
Calling on the world to put an end to the war with nature by investing in renewable energy now, UN...
- Guterres is visiting Pakistan to see for himself the devastation caused by the floods and back the country's call for more world aid
- On Friday he lamented the lack of attention the world gave to climate change -- particularly the industrialized nations that scientists blame
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Norway preps burial ground for CO2
As the planet struggles to meet its climate targets, some climate experts see the technique, called carbon capture and storage,...
- On the shores of an island off Norway's North Sea coast, engineers are building a burial ground for unwanted greenhouse gas
- The European Union emitted 3.7 billion tons of greenhouse gases in 2020, according to the European Environment Agency
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mRNA COVID vaccine experts awarded Nobel Medicine Prize
Kariko, 68, and Weissman, 64, longstanding colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania in the US, have won a slew of...
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UN conference adopts plan to reduce harmful chemicals
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NASA capsule brings to Earth first major asteroid sample
Dugway, United States-- A seven-year space voyage came to its climactic end Sunday when a NASA capsule landed in the desert...
- The sample, according to scientists, will provide a better understanding of the formation of our solar system and how Earth became habitable
- NASA scientist Amy Simon said the sample return is "really historic" and it is the biggest sample NASA has brought back since the Apollo moon rocks
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Largest asteroid samples brought to Earth
Scientists hope the samples will provide a better understanding of the formation of our solar system and how Earth became...
- Four years after its 2016 launch, the probe landed on the asteroid Bennu and collected roughly nine ounces (250 grams) of dust from its rocky surface.
- Most of the sample will be conserved for study by future generations. Roughly one-fourth will be immediately used in experiments.
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World must understand AI, curb its risk, says UK Deputy PM
NEW YORK, US - The United Kingdom will be holding a summit on artificial intelligence (AI) so that nations can...
- UK Deputy PM said that a summit, set for November, will aim to preempt the risks posed by frontier AI and explore how it can be used for public good.
- One of the concerns highlighted by the Deputy Prime Minister is the unprecedented speed at which AI is evolving having far-reaching implications.