Category: Science
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Ancient Maya cities were dangerously contaminated with mercury
The cities of the ancient Maya in Mesoamerica never fail to impress. But beneath the soil surface, an unexpected danger lurks there: mercury pollution.
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World Vision halfway toward goal of reaching 50 million people with clean water by 2030
Accomplishment announced at the Concordia Annual Summit 25 million people have been reached with clean water access NEW YORK /PRNewswire/ — World Vision is celebrating a major milestone in its efforts to help end the global water crisis. In 2015, at the time the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals were established, World Vision committed to reaching…
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NASA to Cover Crew Arrival to Launch Site, Flight Readiness Review (STM Daily News)
The four members of the SpaceX Crew-5 mission pose for a portrait in their Crew Dragon flight suits at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. … NASA to Cover Crew Arrival to Launch Site, Flight Readiness Review STM Daily News!
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Hilton to Design Suites for Starlab Space Station
Hilton is set to design astronaut facilities for the private space station, Voyager-Space’s Starlab.
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Methodology For Assessment Of Natural Hazard Vulnerability In US Using Remote Sensing
INTRODUCTION Coastal zone is defined as “the coastal waters (including the lands therein and thereunder) and the adjacent shorelands (including the waters therein and thereunder), strongly influenced by each other and in proximity to the shorelines of the several coastal states, and includes islands, transitional and intertidal areas, salt marshes, wetlands, and beaches.” Coastal locations…
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Brain Navi Biotechnology Announced Partnership with Distributor, Medtreq Medical Equipment, to enter the Middle East and Egypt with NaoTrac Neurosurgical Robot
PRNewswire/ — Brain Navi, the leading surgical robot manufacture in Taiwan, announced a strategic partnership with distributor, Medtreq Medical Equipment, to expand the distribution of the Surgical Navigation Robot, NaoTrac, throughout the region of GCC region, Jordan, Egypt plus other countries in the Middle East and Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore which will be covered by Medtreq branch in Philippines. NaoTrac, a CE-certified and local government approval neurosurgical…
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How COVID-19 Could Help People Relate to Sea Level Rise
Newswise — The COVID-19 pandemic offered a unique opportunity for climate change experts to relate sea level rise to the general public. In her recent paper “Translated Emission Pathways (TEPs): Long-Term Simulations of COVID-19 CO2 Emissions and Thermosteric Sea Level Rise Projections,” published in “Earth’s Future,” Texas Tech University‘s Ting Lin did exactly that. Working with undergraduate McNair…
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NASA Waves Off First Artemis I Launch Attempt, to Provide Media Update
Following the Artemis I launch scrub Monday from Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the agency will hold a media briefing at approximately 1 p.m. EDT today, Monday, Aug. 29, to discuss mission status. The briefing will livestream on NASA Television, the agency’s app, and on the agency’s website. Artemis I is…
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Historic launch of Artemis I: Destination the Moon
CNW Telbec/ – On Monday, August 29, NASA’s Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System (SLS) rocket will launch for the first time, as part of the Artemis I mission to the Moon. This uncrewed test flight will mark the return to the Moon after almost 50 years and the beginning of a new era of lunar exploration.…
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Artemis Mission Paves the Way for Return to the Moon Says SMU Planetary Scientist Working with NASA
Matt Siegler, a research scientist at Southern Methodist University and the Planetary Science Institute who is participating in ongoing NASA missions, says the Artemis 1 launch could revive America’s ability to get humans back to the Moon. “Like Apollo, before we strap our best and brightest astronauts to the top of a rocket, we need…