Science and Technology News
page: 1

SpaceX launch delayed due to astronaut 'minor medical issue'

Houston Chronicle | 2021-11-01, 22:20

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A medical issue has sidelined one of four astronauts assigned to SpaceX’s upcoming flight to the International Space Station and delayed the launch, officials said Monday. NASA said the launch is now off until Saturday night at the

Final decision on Georgia spaceport permit delayed yet again

Houston Chronicle | 2021-11-01, 22:20

KINGSLAND, Ga. (AP) — A federal agency has yet again pushed back a final decision on whether to allow the construction of a launchpad for commercial rockets in coastal Georgia. The Federal Aviation Administration plans to release its decision on Spaceport

NASA astronauts pick peppers in space for the first time on International Space Station

Fox News | 2021-11-01, 22:20

Humans introduced a new life form to outer space on Friday as NASA astronauts harvested the first ever chile peppers onboard the International Space Station. ...

321 Launch: Space news you may have missed over the past week

Florida Today | 2021-11-01, 22:20

321 Launch: Space news you may have missed over the past week ...

2nd Place Secondary Education – Southwestern Oregon Community College Umpqua Hall Health & Science Building

DJC Oregon | 2021-11-01, 22:14

Southwestern Oregon

SpaceX launch delayed due to astronaut ‘minor medical issue’

The Associated Press | 2021-11-01, 22:08

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A medical issue has sidelined one of four astronauts assigned to SpaceX’s upcoming flight to the International Space Station and delayed the launch, officials said Monday. NASA said the launch is now off until Saturday night at the

Granite Geek: When it comes to area codes I can be very wrong

Concord Monitor | 2021-11-01, 22:08

If there’s one thing that people hate, it’s

Biden to attend climate change conference as foreign trip continues in Scotland

CBS News | 2021-11-01, 22:06

President Biden continues his trip abroad

At 28, computer engineer manages her own team in Singapore bank

Straits Times | 2021-11-01, 21:56

SINGAPORE - Computer engineering major Michelle Tee knew little about banking when she joined Citi Singapore fresh out of university

Computer engineer with Citi is leading her own team at 28

Straits Times | 2021-11-01, 21:56

Computer engineering major Michelle Tee knew little about banking when she joined Citi Singapore fresh out of university in 2016

US drops bid to end protections for threatened Canada lynx

The Associated Press | 2021-11-01, 21:50

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials have agreed to drop their attempt to strip Canada lynx of federal protections, under a court settlement approved Monday by a judge in Montana. The legal settlement by

UC Research Into Decarbonising Antarctic Science

Scoop | 2021-11-01, 21:48

A UC research project evaluating the

Watch Spot the robot dance like Jagger

The Mercury News | 2021-11-01, 21:44

We already knew Spot could dance. The Boston Dynamics critter has showcased its moves in videos set

SpaceX toilet problem leaves astronauts relying on ‘undergarments’

The Mercury News | 2021-11-01, 21:44

(CNN) — Issues with the toilet on board SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule will leave four astronauts without a bathroom option during their hours-long trip back from the International Space Station aboard the 13-foot-wide capsule. Instead, the crew will

Flirting with disaster! Unlike everyday stressors, natural disasters like hurricanes bring married couples closer together ...

The Daily Mail | 2021-11-01, 21:19

Natural disasters can actually bring couples closer together, at least in the short run, according to a unique new study. Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin interviewed hundreds of newlywed couples before and after Hurricane Harvey

NASA has successfully grown and harvested green peppers on the ISS and one astronaut made ...

The Daily Mail | 2021-11-01, 21:19

NASA announced late Friday that it has successfully grown the first chile peppers in space, with astronauts on the International Space Station turning the fruit into tacos. The U.S. space agency said the chile peppers were grown for the Plant Habitat-04

A superconducting silicon-photonic chip for quantum communication

Phys Dot Org | 2021-11-01, 21:08

Integrated quantum photonics (IQP) is a promising platform for realizing scalable and practical quantum information processing. Up to now, most of the demonstrations with IQP focus on improving the stability, quality, and complexity of experiments for

Blood Science Foundation

Business Journal | 2021-11-01, 21:05

Website: bloodsciencefoundation.org Address: 875 Greentree Road, Parkway Center #5,

'Smart growth': With new five-year plan, Clayton is revving its economic engine

Business Journal | 2021-11-01, 21:05

The updated five-year roadmap isn't a checklist of far-fetched aspirations. Instead, it's a framework for self-sufficiency. ...

Ernst Proposes Cutting Off Federal Funding of EcoHealth Alliance, Gain-of-Function Research

The Epoch Times | 2021-11-01, 20:59

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) vowed Monday to introduce legislation requiring "a full investigation of all U.S. funding of gain-of-function

Dr. Aaron Beck, father of cognitive therapy, dies at 100

The Associated Press | 2021-11-01, 20:57

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Dr. Aaron T. Beck, a groundbreaking psychotherapist regarded as the father of cognitive therapy, died Monday at his Philadelphia home. He had turned 100 in July. Beck’s work revolutionized the diagnosis and treatment of depression and other

Ngārara In The Raukumara

Scoop | 2021-11-01, 20:54

A new documentary lays bare the distress

Temporal and spatial distribution of health, labor, and crop benefits of climate change mitigation in ...

PNAS | 2021-11-01, 20:47

Societal benefits from climate change mitigation

Cellular microRNA-127-3p suppresses oncogenic herpesvirus-induced transformation and tumorigenesis via down-regulation of SKP2 [Medical Sciences]

PNAS | 2021-11-01, 20:47

Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) causes

Cryo-EM structures of PI3K{alpha} reveal conformational changes during inhibition and activation [Medical Sciences]

PNAS | 2021-11-01, 20:47

Phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3Ks) are lipid kinases

Microchromosomes are building blocks of bird, reptile, and mammal chromosomes [Evolution]

PNAS | 2021-11-01, 20:47

Microchromosomes, once considered unimportant shreds

Correction for Pero et al., Pathogenic role of delta 2 tubulin in bortezomib-induced peripheral neuropathy [Neuroscience]

PNAS | 2021-11-01, 20:47

NEUROSCIENCE Correction for “Pathogenic role of delta 2

Preventing translational inhibition from ribosomal protein insufficiency by a herpes simplex virus-encoded ribosome-associated protein [Microbiology]

PNAS | 2021-11-01, 20:47

In addition to being required for protein synthesis,

Paleoclimate-conditioning reveals a North Africa land-atmosphere tipping point [Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences]

PNAS | 2021-11-01, 20:47

While paleoclimate records show that the Earth System

The minor pilin PilV provides a conserved adhesion site throughout the antigenically variable meningococcal type ...

PNAS | 2021-11-01, 20:47

Neisseria meningitidis utilizes type IV pili

Stable lariats bearing a snoRNA (slb-snoRNA) in eukaryotic cells: A level of regulation for guide ...

PNAS | 2021-11-01, 20:47

Small nucleolar (sno)RNAs guide posttranscriptional

Plant ecological genomics at the limits of life in the Atacama Desert [Plant Biology]

PNAS | 2021-11-01, 20:47

The Atacama Desert in Chile—hyperarid and with

Species invasion progressively disrupts the trophic structure of native food webs [Ecology]

PNAS | 2021-11-01, 20:47

Species invasions can have substantial impacts on

Growth and thermal maturation of the Toba magma reservoir [Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences]

PNAS | 2021-11-01, 20:47

The Toba volcanic system in Indonesia has

Thermodynamic feasibility of shipboard conversion of marine plastics to blue diesel for self-powered ocean cleanup [Engineering]

PNAS | 2021-11-01, 20:47

Collecting and removing ocean plastics can mitigate their

Phase separation in fluids with many interacting components [Physics]

PNAS | 2021-11-01, 20:47

Fluids in natural systems, like the cytoplasm of a

Structural differences in amyloid-{beta} fibrils from brains of nondemented elderly individuals and Alzheimer's disease patients ...

PNAS | 2021-11-01, 20:47

Although amyloid plaques composed of fibrillar

Uncontrolled corpus composition drives an apparent surge in cognitive distortions [Social Sciences]

PNAS | 2021-11-01, 20:47

Bollen et al. (1) present an exciting interdisciplinary

Extension request avoidance predicts greater time stress among women [Psychological and Cognitive Sciences]

PNAS | 2021-11-01, 20:47

In nine studies using archival data, surveys,

Mass spectrometric identification of immunogenic SARS-CoV-2 epitopes and cognate TCRs [Immunology and Inflammation]

PNAS | 2021-11-01, 20:47

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

Prosocial option increases women’s entry into competition [Economic Sciences]

PNAS | 2021-11-01, 20:47

We provide evidence that women enter

QnAs with James S. Clark [QnAs]

PNAS | 2021-11-01, 20:47

All of nature is connected, and every entity

Quantifying contributions of natural variability and anthropogenic forcings on increased fire weather risk over the ...

PNAS | 2021-11-01, 20:47

Previous studies have identified a recent increase

Oxygen controls on magmatism in rocky exoplanets [Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences]

PNAS | 2021-11-01, 20:47

Refractory oxygen bound to cations is a key component

Thermochronologic perspectives on the deep-time evolution of the deep biosphere [Microbiology]

PNAS | 2021-11-01, 20:47

The Earth’s deep biosphere hosts some of its

Reply to Schmidt et al.: A robust surge of cognitive distortions in historical language [Social Sciences]

PNAS | 2021-11-01, 20:47

In their critique, Schmidt et al. (1) claim that

Differential phase register of Hes1 oscillations with mitoses underlies cell-cycle heterogeneity in ER+ breast cancer ...

PNAS | 2021-11-01, 20:47

Here, we study the dynamical expression of

Dendritic cell paucity in mismatch repair-proficient colorectal cancer liver metastases limits immune checkpoint blockade efficacy ...

PNAS | 2021-11-01, 20:47

Liver metastasis is a major cause of mortality for

Functional genomics and metabolomics advance the ethnobotany of the Samoan traditional medicine “matalafi” [Social Sciences]

PNAS | 2021-11-01, 20:47

The leaf homogenate of Psychotria insularum is widely used

Anthropogenic pressures and life history predict trajectories of seagrass meadow extent at a global scale ...

PNAS | 2021-11-01, 20:47

Seagrass meadows are threatened by multiple pressures,

Nuclear power plant operators want to run for eight decades, but a federal lab in ...

The Seattle Times | 2021-11-01, 20:47

As the country's nuclear power plants seek new licenses to keep operating for decades longer, a report from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff detailed "critical gaps" in knowledge of how key plant parts would age. ...

The US Navy has figured out what a nuclear-powered attack submarine ran into in the South China Sea: report

Yahoo Daily News | 2021-11-01, 20:40

The Seawolf-class attack submarine USS Connecticut has been battling bed bugs. US Navy The US Navy has completed its investigation into a mysterious submarine incident in the South China Sea. USS Connecticut grounded on an uncharted seamount, USNI News first

‘Hot Jupiter’ Planet Study May Help Us Find Life-Friendly Worlds

Forbes | 2021-11-01, 20:28

You can think of this study as a practice round for looking at small planet atmospheres. ...

Patel Engineering Q2 results: Co posts net profit at Rs 7 cr

The Economic Times | 2021-11-01, 20:16

The total income of the company rose to Rs 740.09 crore in the quarter from Rs 458.90 crore a year ago. ...

The US Navy has figured out what a nuclear-powered attack submarine ran into in the ...

Business Insider | 2021-11-01, 20:11

The Seawolf-class attack submarine USS Connecticut has been battling bed bugs. US Navy The US Navy has completed its investigation into a mysterious submarine incident in the South China Sea. USS Connecticut grounded on an uncharted seamount, USNI News first

Elon Musk said he'd donate $6 billion if the UN could prove it would help ...

Business Insider | 2021-11-01, 20:11

Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk doesn't shy away from a crisis. He's actively working to solve existential problems like climate change and traffic gridlock. He's also tried to solve immediate

Rand Paul: 'I Don't Think Fauci Is Ever Going to Admit' NIH Funded Gain of ...

Breitbart | 2021-11-01, 20:10

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) on Monday previewed the upcoming hearing with National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci regarding the origins of COVID-19. ...

Awesome Science (Episodes 3): Explore Meteor Crater & Petrified Forest National Park

The Epoch Times | 2021-11-01, 20:04

In this episode, Noah travels to Arizona to explore two very odd geologic sites, petrified forests laid down beneath thin rock layers on the

Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Texas Abortion Law

Voa News | 2021-11-01, 19:59

The U.S. Supreme Court heard challenges Monday to a Texas law that imposes a near total ban on abortion after six weeks. The Republican-backed Texas law bars abortions once cardiac activity has been detected in an embryo, which typically happens at six weeks –

This is the real science that ‘inspired’ the gruesome story of Frankenstein’s monster

New York Post | 2021-11-01, 19:55

Originally Published by: What to know about Native American Heritage Month At least 12 people killed in mass shootings at Halloween parties across US Woman shares clip of 'creepy' man in her gym who harassed her Google Maps watchers spot shipwreck on

In Chile's Atacama desert, stargazers search for alien life and 'dark energy'

Reuters | 2021-11-01, 19:49

ATACAMA DESERT, Chile, Nov 1 (Reuters) - In Chile's dry Atacama desert, stargazers are scanning the clear night skies to detect the existence of life on other planets and study so-called 'dark energy,' a mysterious cosmic force thought to be

NASA Awards $72M To UMBC, Morgan State For Earth Science Research Center

CBS Sports | 2021-11-01, 19:47

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — NASA on Thursday announced a $72 million award for an earth science research partnership led by UMBC, with Morgan State University as a primary partner. The Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR) II Center is a consortium, or

Health Sciences North to suspend unvaccinated employees by Nov. 12

CBC | 2021-11-01, 19:46

As of Nov. 12, Health Sciences North employees and credentialed professionals who do not have at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose will be put on leave without pay or be suspended. ...

Curbing air pollution could prevent millions of deaths in North America over next 50 years

CBC | 2021-11-01, 19:46

Curbing climate change and improving

What’s down there? WHOI study shows environmental DNA is a reliable way to learn about ...

Science Daily | 2021-11-01, 19:46

The mid-ocean 'twilight zone' holds the key to several tantalizing questions about the

Snakes more likely to inbreed and lose ability to adapt due to urbanization

Science Daily | 2021-11-01, 19:46

New research has found that isolated Perth tiger snake populations, such as those surrounded by urban development or seawater, are more likely to resort to inbreeding than those in less 'cut off' communities. <!-- more --> ...

Study shows how 1.5°C temperature rise can cause significant changes in coastal species

Science Daily | 2021-11-01, 19:46

As COP26 leaders gather in the UK, new

Trapping spins with sound

Science Daily | 2021-11-01, 19:46

Color centers are lattice defects in crystals that can capture one

A reef in two gears: New patterns of coral recovery discovered

Science Daily | 2021-11-01, 19:46

Combining an innovative approach

How bread wheat got its gluten: Tracing the impact of a long-lost relative on modern ...

Science Daily | 2021-11-01, 19:46

Genetic detective work has uncovered an obscure ancestor of modern bread wheat, in a finding similar to uncovering a famous long-lost relative through DNA analysis in humans. <!-- more --> ...

Sperm switch swimming patterns to locate egg

Science Daily | 2021-11-01, 19:46

A new study reveals how sperm change their swimming patterns to navigate to the egg, shifting from a symmetrical motion that moves the sperm in a straight path to an asymmetrical one that promotes more circular swimming. <!-- more --> ...

The 5:2 diet: A good choice for gestational diabetes

Science Daily | 2021-11-01, 19:46

Weight loss after gestational diabetes can prevent the onset of

Noninvasive imaging strategy detects dangerous blood clots in the body

Science Daily | 2021-11-01, 19:46

Investigators have developed and tested a

Kew Gardens resident among five D&B Engineers and Architects employees to earn their professional engineer licenses

QNS | 2021-11-01, 19:42

D&;B Engineers and Architects announced that five

The Guardian view on spooky science: AI needs regulating before it’s too late | Editorial

The Guardian | 2021-11-01, 19:28

If by 2052 a computer could match the human brain then we need better ways to build it “Progress in AI is something that will take a while to happen, but doesn’t make it science fiction.” So Stuart Russell, the University of California computing professor,

Amazon’s Project Kuiper will launch two prototype satellites by the end of 2022

Engadget | 2021-11-01, 19:20

Amazon has hit another milestone on the way to its goal of putting 3,236 low Earth orbit to blanket most of the planet with internet access. On Monday, the company filed a license application with the Federal Communications Commission to launch two prototype

Amazon is launching its first internet satellites next year. It'll be around 2,000 satellites behind SpaceX.

Business Insider | 2021-11-01, 19:16

Amazon Project Kuiper rocket. Amazon Amazon wants to provide you internet from space. It's launching the first two prototype satellites for its Project Kuiper service by late 2022. SpaceX has already launched some 2,000 satellites for its Starlink service.

Dundee Science Festival storms back with climate focus

The Courier | 2021-11-01, 19:11

With social life resuming after months of

Lost Beauty II: The Art of Museum Stories

Buffalo Rising | 2021-11-01, 19:08

The Buffalo Museum of Science (BMS) has more than 750,000 objects and artifacts in its collection. While those numbers are staggering, what’s also impressive is one artist’s mission to curate 15 items that he has managed to artistically capture in

Japan's Reports on Conditions at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, 29 October 2021

IAEA | 2021-11-01, 18:53

On 29 October�2021, Japan provided the IAEA with a copy of a�report�on the discharge record and the seawater monitoring results at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station during September, which the Ministry of Forei ...

Rolls-Royce and Qatar to invest billions in UK green engineering

The Observer | 2021-11-01, 18:52

The engine-maker Rolls-Royce has entered into a long-term partnership with the Gulf state of Qatar to invest billions in green engineering projects, to fund entrepreneurs finding new ways to help transition to net zero. The deal will include the creation of

Nanosensor & Digital Twin Tech Come Together At COP26 To Help Deliver A Circular Economy ...

Scoop | 2021-11-01, 18:47

Deploying billions of highly accurate

When it is truly batty to shun science

Stuff | 2021-11-01, 18:46

OPINION: Birds, bats, climate crises and vaccines. Demonstrable facts don't have the currency that once they did. ...

Hermit crabs are getting stuck inside tires sitting on the ocean floor, causing a deadly ...

The Daily Mail | 2021-11-01, 18:42

Abandoned tires dumped into the ocean are turning into deadly traps for hermit crabs, who may be resorting to eating each other in a desperate but futile gambit to survive. According to a study out of Japan's Hirosaki

Meta announces ultra-thin synthetic skin for robots that enables them to 'feel' objects: Lifelike androids ...

The Daily Mail | 2021-11-01, 18:42

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Monday that the company has designed a new synthetic skin for robots that could enable the machines to help build the company's metaverse. A development collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University, ReSkin lets robots 'feel'

The smart car with 'X-ray' vision: New technology allows autonomous vehicles to cooperate with others ...

The Daily Mail | 2021-11-01, 18:42

New technology is giving autonomous vehicles 'X-ray' vision to help them track pedestrians, cyclists and other vehicles that may be obscured. Experts in Australia are now commercialising the technology, which is called cooperative or collective perception

Infant dies after oxygen denied over ₹100 bribe in Hyderabad; hospital denies allegations [details]

International Business Times | 2021-11-01, 18:37

On Saturday, October 30, a three-and-a-half-year-old boy in the city of Hyderabad lost his life while being admitted to a local hospital. The infant was suffering from pneumonia and was shifted to Niloufer Hospital from a private hospital three days ago,

The Guardian view on spooky science: AI needs regulating before it’s too late

The Observer | 2021-11-01, 18:34

Progress in AI is something that will take a while to happen, but [that] doesn’t make it science fiction.” So Stuart Russell, the University of California computing professor, told the Guardian at the weekend. The scientist said researchers had been “spooked”

Engineers Find New Way to Clean Up Space Junk in Orbit

Interesting Engineering | 2021-11-01, 18:30

As humans venture into space more frequently, the problem of high-speed space debris from decommissioned satellites and past space launches is becoming more and more of a threat to space travel, but engineers think they have a novel idea on how to tidy things

People: promotions at housebuilder; Leicester firm boosts engineering team

The Business Desk | 2021-11-01, 18:28

X Register for free to receive latest news stories direct to your inbox Register A Northampton-based housebuilder has bolstered its sales team with two promotions. Elizabeth Carter and Emma Clark, have both been promoted to area sales manager at Redrow’s South

Leaders dial up doomsday warning to kick-start climate talks

Houston Chronicle | 2021-11-01, 18:26

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — World leaders turned up the heat and resorted to end-of-the-world rhetoric on Monday in an attempt to bring new urgency to sputtering international climate negotiations. The metaphors were dramatic and mixed at the start of the talks,

Which horror movie trope you would be based on your major

The Daily Californian | 2021-11-01, 18:25

Which horror movie trope you would be based on your major Olivia Staser/Staff Spooky season is here! That’s right, get your DVDs and popcorn — it’s time to binge-watch your favorite cliche films and yell at the characters onscreen for making stupid decisions

ManTech acquires D.C. systems engineering firm for $350M

Business Journal | 2021-11-01, 18:22

The Herndon information technology company gains extensive data analytics and digital engineering capabilities and a rich DOD portfolio with the purchase. ...

While COP26 is going on…

Eweekly | 2021-11-01, 18:19

So instead, I am going to mention sulphur hexaflouride, beloved for its dielectric strength in high-voltage switch-gear. By

Spintronics: Exotic ferromagnetic order in two-dimensions

Science Daily | 2021-11-01, 18:16

An international team has detected an

New type of nerve cell discovered in the retina

Science Daily | 2021-11-01, 18:16

Scientists have discovered a new type of

Study IDs strategies to help recovering alcoholics

Science Daily | 2021-11-01, 18:16

A new study identified six strategies recovering alcoholics use to negotiate social situations and remain sober. <!-- more --> ...

Engineers invent ultra-fast manufacturing technology, eliminating need for polymer binders

Phys Dot Org | 2021-11-01, 18:09

A team of engineers at the University of South Florida has invented new technology that could forever change the manufacturing of wearable, electronic sensors. They've figured out a way to speed up production without having to use polymer binders—the industry

NASA gives 'spooky' treat to all stargazers on Halloween, watch here

Zeenews | 2021-11-01, 18:07

Keeping up its game on social media sites, the American space agency NASA shared a spooky image on Twitter to wish its stargazers a happy Halloween. ...

Another 40,000 engineers needed to feed heat pump push, says Centrica boss

London Evening Standard | 2021-11-01, 18:04

The price of the pumps will come down over time, Chris O’Shea said. ...