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The Carlsbad Desalination Plant in Southern California is the largest such plant in the Western Hemisphere, providing 50 million gallons of desalinated seawater per day. Reed Kaestner via Getty Images – By Gregory Pierce, Co-Director, Luskin Center for Innovation, University of California, Los …
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test is the first planetary defense experiment ever attempted. NASA/JHUAPL/Steve Gribben – By Svetla Ben-Itzhak, Assistant Professor of Space and International Relations, Air University Published: 2022 Sep 20 – On 2022 Sep 26, NASA plans to change an asteroid’s …
Pope Francis on his three-day trip to Kazakhstan in September 2022. AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko – By J. Eugene Clay, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Arizona State University Published: 2022 Sep 20 – Pope Francis spent three days in Kazakhstan, starting 2022 Sep 13, …
Scientists in Germany have estimated how many ants there are on Earth. Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2022 Sep 19 – The next time an inquisitive four-year-old asks how many ants there are on Earth, you can be ready to fire back a specific …
Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland features around 40,000 exposed polygonal columns of basalt in perfect vertical sections. Chris Hill/Photodisc via Getty Images – By Maxim Lavrentovich, Assistant Professor of Theoretical Biophysics, University of Tennessee Published: 2022 Sep 19 – Curious Kids is a …
Ethical and equitable scientific collaboration could help increase the genetic diversity of genomic data. gmast3r/iStock via Getty Images Plus – By Hailiang Huang, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard University – Published: 2022 Sep 12 – Mental illness is a growing public health problem. …
The gut microbiome may also play a role in personalized medicine. nopparit/iStock via Getty Images Plus – By Taichi A. Suzuki, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Microbiome Science, Max Planck Institute for Biology And Ruth Ley, Director, Department of Microbiome Science, Max Planck Institute …
Automatic Construction CEO Alex Bell stands atop a prototype building which was constructed using his company’s Flexible Factory Formwork system. Automatic Construction. View gallery – 3 images – By Ben Coxworth 2022 Sep`15 – We’ve heard how 3D-printed concrete buildings can be constructed quickly …
Phages can sense bacterial DNA damage, which triggers them to replicate and jump ship. Design Cells/iStock via Getty Images Plus – By Ivan Erill, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County – Published: 2022 Sep 15 – After more than …
A new nanoparticle design has shown exciting potential against pancreatic cancer. Depositphotos – By Nick Lavars 2022 Sep 14 – Getting cancer drugs to the right place in the right quantities is a perpetual problem for medical scientists, but a group from UCLA (University …