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NASA’s Webb to Study How Massive Stars’ Blasts of Radiation Influence Their Environments
An international team using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, which is scheduled to launch in October, will study a portion of the radiated cloud called the Orion Bar to learn more about the influence massive stars have on their environments, and even on the formation of our own solar system.
Humans Could Develop a Sixth Sense, Scientists Say
Humans have some seriously limited senses. We can’t smell as well as dogs, see as many colors as mantis shrimp, or find our way home using the Earth’s magnetic poles like sea turtles. But there’s one animal sense that we could soon master: bat-like echolocation.
Energy Unleashed by Volcanic Eruptions Deep in Our Oceans Could Power All of the United States
Volcanic eruptions deep in our oceans are capable of extremely powerful releases of energy, at a rate high enough to power the whole of the United States, according to research published today.
NIH scientists develop breath test for methylmalonic acidemia
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have developed a breath test that measures how well patients with methylmalonic acidemia (MMA) respond to receiving liver or combined liver and kidney transplantation.
Researchers can now collect and sequence DNA from the air
It could spook some people but the future of DNA sequencing is taking mankind to the air with DNA found to be everywhere. For the first time, researchers have collected animal DNA from mere air samples, according to a new study.
Thermo Fisher Scientific to Invest $600 Million in Bioprocessing Production, Create 1,500 New Jobs
One of the top providers of scientific instrumentation, reagents and consumables, software, and services — announced March 10 that it is making a major investment to expand its bioprocessing production capabilities.
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