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NASA Enlists Commercial Partners to Fly 10 Science and Technology Payloads to the Moon

Posted: 10 Sep 2020 09:49 AM PDT

Commercial Lunar Lander

NASA has issued another request to its 14 Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) partners to bid on flying a suite of payloads to the Moon….

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A Big Step Closer to a Universal Antibody Test for COVID-19

Posted: 10 Sep 2020 09:00 AM PDT

Testing Antibody-Rich Blood Plasma of COVID-19 Patients

Team led by Houston Methodist addresses need for quick, easy tests to screen plasma donors. A new study released by Houston Methodist takes researchers a significant step…

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Biomarker Discovered That Can Detect Autism Spectrum Disorder in Preschool-Aged Children

Posted: 10 Sep 2020 08:00 AM PDT

Knockout of FABP4 Changes the Morphology of Cortical Neurons

Researchers led by Takeo Yoshikawa at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan have discovered a biomarker that can detect autism spectrum disorder (ASD)…

The post Biomarker Discovered That Can Detect Autism Spectrum Disorder in Preschool-Aged Children appeared first on SciTechDaily.

      
New Study Shows COVID-19 May Have Spread in Los Angeles As Early as Last December

Posted: 10 Sep 2020 07:45 AM PDT

Downtown Los Angeles California

Researchers detected an unexpected 50% increase in patients presenting with respiratory illnesses at UCLA Health facilities in the months before the pandemic. UCLA researchers and…

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NOAA-NASA Satellite Captures Fires, Smoke, Sulfur Dioxide, and Ash Across America

Posted: 10 Sep 2020 07:06 AM PDT

Suomi NPP September 7, 2020

On September 7, 2020, NOAA/NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite provided two different views of how fires are affecting the U.S. A true-color image of the United…

The post NOAA-NASA Satellite Captures Fires, Smoke, Sulfur Dioxide, and Ash Across America appeared first on SciTechDaily.

      
A New Twist on DNA Origami: Meta-DNA Structures Transform the DNA Nanotechnology World

Posted: 10 Sep 2020 06:22 AM PDT

DNA Origami Nanostructure

A team* of scientists from ASU and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) led by Hao Yan, ASU’s Milton Glick Professor in the School of Molecular…

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Planetary Scientists Surprised to Find the Moon Rusting – Now They’ve Found the Likely Culprit

Posted: 10 Sep 2020 05:35 AM PDT

Moon Rusting

To the surprise of many planetary scientists, the oxidized iron mineral hematite has been discovered at high latitudes on the Moon, according to a study…

The post Planetary Scientists Surprised to Find the Moon Rusting – Now They’ve Found the Likely Culprit appeared first on SciTechDaily.

      
Genetic Evidence From Fossilized Remains Show Climate Change Drove Mastodons Vast Distances Across North America

Posted: 10 Sep 2020 05:02 AM PDT

Mastodons

New research from an international team of evolutionary geneticists, bioinformaticians, and paleontologists suggests that dramatic environmental changes accompanying the shift or melting of continental glaciers…

The post Genetic Evidence From Fossilized Remains Show Climate Change Drove Mastodons Vast Distances Across North America appeared first on SciTechDaily.

      
Discovery of Ancient Singing Dog Species May Teach Us About Human Vocalization

Posted: 10 Sep 2020 04:31 AM PDT

Highland Wild Dog

The finding marks a new effort in conserving an ancient dog breed, with potential to inform human vocalization processes. In a study published in PNAS,…

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Columns of Matter That Build Up Newborn Stars Directly Observed for the First Time

Posted: 10 Sep 2020 03:57 AM PDT

Streams of Hot Gas Build Up Stars

A team including researchers from the Institute for Astrophysics of the University of Cologne has for the first time directly observed the columns of matter…

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NASA’s ECOSTRESS Maps Surface Temperature Around Scorching California Fires

Posted: 10 Sep 2020 03:24 AM PDT

ECOSTRESS California Fire Temperature September 6 2020

On September 6, NASA’s ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) imaged active fires across California, including the El Dorado fire near Yucaipa…

The post NASA’s ECOSTRESS Maps Surface Temperature Around Scorching California Fires appeared first on SciTechDaily.

      
Giant Particle Accelerator in the Sky – Extremely High Energy Electrons Within the Van Allen Radiation Belts

Posted: 10 Sep 2020 02:00 AM PDT

Accelerated Particles Concept

Electrons are locally heated to extremely high energies within the Van Allen Radiation Belts, new study finds. The Earth’s magnetic field is trapping high energy…

The post Giant Particle Accelerator in the Sky – Extremely High Energy Electrons Within the Van Allen Radiation Belts appeared first on SciTechDaily.

      
Scientists Uncover Secret of Material for Promising Thermal Imagers: Blow-Up Overheating Instability

Posted: 09 Sep 2020 08:15 PM PDT

Material for Thermal Imagers

Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and the RAS Institute for Theoretical and Applied Electromagnetics have discovered what makes vanadium dioxide films conduct…

The post Scientists Uncover Secret of Material for Promising Thermal Imagers: Blow-Up Overheating Instability appeared first on SciTechDaily.

      
Awe-Inspiring Magnetic Details of the Sun Revealed by Europe’s Largest Solar Telescope

Posted: 09 Sep 2020 06:41 PM PDT

GREGOR Telescope Sunspot

GREGOR, the largest solar telescope in Europe, which is operated by a German consortium and located on Teide Observatory, Spain, has obtained unprecedented images of…

The post Awe-Inspiring Magnetic Details of the Sun Revealed by Europe’s Largest Solar Telescope appeared first on SciTechDaily.

      
Scorching Heat From California’s Creek Fire Creates a Pyrocumulonimbus Cloud

Posted: 09 Sep 2020 05:21 PM PDT

California Creek Fire Pyrocumulonimbus Cloud

On Friday September 4, 2020 at about 6:44 PM PDT the Creek Fire began in the Big Creek drainage area between Shaver Lake, Big Creek…

The post Scorching Heat From California’s Creek Fire Creates a Pyrocumulonimbus Cloud appeared first on SciTechDaily.

      
Bending the Curve of Biodiversity Loss: Ambitious Conservation and Restoration Efforts Required

Posted: 09 Sep 2020 04:00 PM PDT

Bending the Curve of Biodiversity Loss

Plant and animal species across the world are steadily disappearing due to human activity. A major new IIASA-led study suggests that without ambitious, integrated action…

The post Bending the Curve of Biodiversity Loss: Ambitious Conservation and Restoration Efforts Required appeared first on SciTechDaily.

      
Expert Finds That Death From COVID-19 Equal to Just 2 Days Extra Risk for Schoolchildren

Posted: 09 Sep 2020 03:30 PM PDT

School Children

Expert Says COVID-19 Deaths Closely Match “Normal” Age-Related Risk Pattern Death from COVID-19 equal to 5 weeks extra risk for over 55s and just 2…

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Visualization Shows How Face Shields (and Some N95 Masks) Fail to Stop the Spread of COVID-19

Posted: 09 Sep 2020 12:17 PM PDT

Face Shield Visualization Simulation Crop

FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science Visualization study illustrates why face shields alone don’t work. If the United States Centers for Disease Control and…

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“Acoustic Tweezers” – Human Hands Replaced by Sound Waves in Petri Dish Experiments

Posted: 09 Sep 2020 11:00 AM PDT

Acoustic Tweezers Cover

Three proof-of-concept prototypes seek to make contactless ‘acoustic tweezer’ technology available to a wide array of laboratories. Mechanical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a…

The post “Acoustic Tweezers” – Human Hands Replaced by Sound Waves in Petri Dish Experiments appeared first on SciTechDaily.

      
New Theory About the Nature of Dark Matter Explains Mysterious Deficiency in Galaxy Pair

Posted: 09 Sep 2020 10:23 AM PDT

Dark Matter Astrophysics Concept

UC Riverside-led study found self-interacting dark matter theory explains why two galaxies have less dark matter than others. A new theory about the nature of…

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