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Can a parasitic worm help rebuild blue crab populations in the Chesapeake Bay?

Can a parasitic worm help rebuild blue crab populations in the Chesapeake Bay?

Parasitic, egg-eating worms might sound like the stuff of nightmares, but they’re simply a fact of life for…

Jul 13, 20255 min read
Global ocean analysis could replace costly in-situ sound speed profiles in seafloor positioning, study finds

Global ocean analysis could replace costly in-situ sound speed profiles in seafloor positioning, study finds

A new study reveals that global ocean analysis products can effectively replace expensive in situ sound speed measurements…

Jul 13, 20254 min read
Make-your-own weight-loss drug using an innovative genome editing approach

Make-your-own weight-loss drug using an innovative genome editing approach

Researchers from Japan report a way for the body to make its own weight-loss drugs, doing away with…

Jul 12, 20253 min read
Europe’s first deep-space optical communication link

Europe’s first deep-space optical communication link

The European Space Agency (ESA) successfully established a transmission-reception optical link with NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC)…

Jul 12, 20258 min read
NASA Selects Instruments for Artemis Lunar Terrain Vehicle 

NASA Selects Instruments for Artemis Lunar Terrain Vehicle 

NASA has selected three instruments to travel to the Moon, with two planned for integration onto an LTV…

Jul 12, 20255 min read
US Export Controls on AI Chips Boost Domestic Innovation in China

US Export Controls on AI Chips Boost Domestic Innovation in China

The discussion around advanced chips for artificial intelligence, driven by billions in investment, dreams of artificial general intelligence,…

Jul 12, 20256 min read

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NASA Hosts ‘Quest for Quakes’ Data Challenge

NASA Hosts ‘Quest for Quakes’ Data Challenge

ByAmrita TuladharJul 26, 20154 min read

A new NASA challenge is looking for evidence to support a theory that electromagnetic pulses (EMP) may precede an earthquake, potentially offering a warning to those in the quake’s path. The “Quest for Quakes” two-week algorithm challenge seeks to develop new software codes or algorithms to search through data and identify electromagnetic pulses that may […]

Call for Media: Presentation of Sentinel-2 first images and demonstration of applications

Call for Media: Presentation of Sentinel-2 first images and demonstration of applications

ByRevoScienceJul 19, 20152 min read

Paris– Media representatives are invited to a presentation of potential applications using the early images from the second satellite in orbit for the EU’s Copernicus Earth observation programme. The event, jointly…

Nurturing scientific talent for Singapore’s development

Nurturing scientific talent for Singapore’s development

ByAmrita TuladharJul 17, 20152 min read

Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research has held the Scholarship Awards Ceremony. Singapore—The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) welcomed a new cohort of scholars and fellows that…

NASA Selects Leading-Edge Technology Concepts for Continued Study

NASA Selects Leading-Edge Technology Concepts for Continued Study

ByAmrita TuladharJul 7, 20153 min read

From Satellite Swarms to Interstellar Submarines, NASA Selects Leading-Edge Technology Concepts for Continued Study NASA has selected seven technology proposals for continued study under Phase II of the agency’s Innovative…