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International Mount Everest Day: Mountain communities urgently decarbonize Everest 2023
29May By SanjhNo Comments
Climate Change, Science

International Mount Everest Day: Mountain communities urgently decarbonize Everest 2023

An intergovernmental organization protecting the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HRH) warns that global warming is changing Mount Everest seven decades after Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first climbed it. According to a news conference by Nepal's International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), human activity has pushed Earth's systems near to tipping points that would make living difficult. Global warming threatens Everest and the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH), which spans 3,500 km across eight nations. Mountain communities, climbers, and scientists demanded climate change action from international leaders. Under the present emissions scenario, two-thirds of the region's glaciers will disappear in 70 years, ICIMOD added. ICIMOD predicts that climate change would w...
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China will launch its first civilian astronaut on Tuesday 2023
29May By SanjhNo Comments
Science

China will launch its first civilian astronaut on Tuesday 2023

China will send its first civilian astronaut into space on Tuesday as part of a crewed mission to the Tiangong space station, its Manned Space Agency announced, as Beijing pursues its extraterrestrial goals. After years of lagging behind the United States and Russia, the second-largest economy in the world has poured billions of dollars into its military-run space program in an effort to catch up. Up until this point, all Chinese astronauts have been members of the People's Liberation Army. "Payload expert Gui Haichao is a professor at Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics," China Manned Space Agency Spokesman Lin Xiqiang told reporters on Monday. Lin stated that Gui would be "primarily responsible for the on-orbit operation of space science experimental paylo...
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The world’s biggest potato mashing has been installed 2023
29May By SanjhNo Comments
Science

The world’s biggest potato mashing has been installed 2023

The Food + Farm Exploration Center installed the World's Largest Potato Masher on May 19. The legendary 39-foot potato masher will welcome visitors to the site. Honoring the agriculture industry, producers, inventors, and consumers, the potato masher symbolizes discovery within and beyond the new center. In a written statement, Executive Director Andy Reitz said Plover is a natural home for the institute due to central Wisconsin's strong potato and vegetable heritage. Reconnecting people to agriculture and food inspired the Exploration Center. It will be a place to explore contemporary agriculture, meet the farmers, study science and engineering, play, and interact. "It will be a tantalizing celebration of food and farming with a teaching farm, children's museum, science center,...
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29May By SanjhNo Comments
Science

UAE Launches Bold Asteroid Belt Mission 2023

The UAE space agency stated today (May 29) that it is planning the first multiple-asteroid tour and landing mission to the main belt of space rocks beyond Mars for March 2028. Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA) is this ambitious concept. It will deploy a spacecraft to the main asteroid belt for seven years to execute close flybys and make unique investigations of seven main belt asteroids. The MBR Explorer honors Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who founded the UAE space program. Future departure UAE's rocket booster for early March 2028 departure is unknown. The Emirates Mars Mission, launched in July 2018 and arriving to Mars in February 2021, inspired EMA. Space Academy, a UAE Space Agency-led apprenticeship program for the space industry, accelerates e...
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Flow of hypernuclei measured at RHIC 2023
27May By SanjhNo Comments
Science

Flow of hypernuclei measured at RHIC 2023

Physicists at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) discovered directed hypernuclei flow. These rare, short-lived nuclei contain at least one "hyperon" along with protons and neutrons. Neutron stars, the densest and most unusual objects in the cosmos, may contain huge amounts of this material. Even if neutron stars are still science fiction, particle collisions can provide scientists with information about these celestial objects from a lab on Earth. In the study, LBNL physicist Xin Dong said, “The conditions in a neutron star may still be far from what we reach at this moment in the laboratory, but at this stage, it’s the closest we can get, By comparing our data from this laboratory environment to our theories, we can try to infer what happens in the neutron star.” ...
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Astronomers detect odd signals from neighboring galaxy 2023
27May By SanjhNo Comments
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Astronomers detect odd signals from neighboring galaxy 2023

In a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal, a single telescope accomplished a remarkable feat by simultaneously detecting a rapid radio burst (FRB) and star-forming plasma in a nearby spiral galaxy. The CSIRO's ASKAP radio telescope (Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder) enabled the discovery. FRBs, which are extremely potent radio emissions, were first detected in 2007 and have been traced to distant galaxies. These signals, which typically last only a few milliseconds, have perplexed astronomers for years. Despite their extreme brilliance, these bursts are extremely ephemeral, making it difficult for many radio telescopes to pinpoint their precise location. Without this vital information, the study of galaxies containing FRBs becomes a formidable endeavor. ...
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A Biodiversity-Rich Pacific Deep-Sea Mining Hotspot 2023
27May By SanjhNo Comments
Science

A Biodiversity-Rich Pacific Deep-Sea Mining Hotspot 2023

A analysis of environmental studies in an unexplored area of the Pacific Ocean that might be a deep-sea mining hotspot found almost 5,000 new species on the seafloor. The Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), a mineral-rich ocean bottom region between Hawaii and Mexico in the Pacific, has been fully studied for the first time. Given anticipated deep-sea mining contracts in the near-pristine area, the research will be crucial to estimating the species' extinction danger. Only six creatures, including a carnivorous sponge and a sea cucumber, have been sighted elsewhere. 17 deep-sea mining contractors have 745,000 square miles of CCZ mining exploration contracts. The UK, US, and China-backed corporations aim to mine cobalt, manganese, and nickel for alternative energy. These businesses ...
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Amazon scientists model global warming’s effects on jungles 2023
27May By SanjhNo Comments
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Amazon scientists model global warming’s effects on jungles 2023

Brazil: Manaus An experiment in the Amazon may reveal how carbon dioxide levels may affect the world's greatest jungle. It simulates global warming on the world's lungs. "An open-air laboratory that will allow us to understand how the rainforest will behave in future climate change scenarios," says Carlos Quesada, one of the project organizers. Brazil and the UK co-funded the AmazonFACE project. Quesada stands at the base of a metal tower that rises through the rainforest canopy 50 miles (80 kilometers) north of Manaus in northwest Brazil. Sixteen towers in a circle surrounding it will "pump" CO2 into the ring, simulating global warming. "How will the rainforest react to the rising temperature, the reduction in water availability, in a world with more carbon in the atmosphe...
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Indonesian science competition honors young scientists 2023
27May By SanjhNo Comments
Science

Indonesian science competition honors young scientists 2023

After effectively presenting their scientific research at the main final of the Indonesia International Science, Technology, and Engineering Competition (ISTEC) in Bali, a group of young South African scientists received an award. In December of last year, they competed at the Eskom Expo International Science Fair (ISF) and were awarded the opportunity to present their research projects at the ISTEC. Luke Boswell (9th grade, Pearson High School, Port Elizabeth) and Matthew Crouch (10th grade, Paul Roos Gimnasium, Stellenbosch) were both awarded gold medals. Silver medals were awarded to Zariah Parker (Grade 10) of Star College Cape Town and Ndzhaka Mukele Siweya (Grade 12) of Khanyisa Learning Centre in Giyani, Limpopo. Each of the four students was awarded a medal. Mat...
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Presenting Chinmo, the Youthfulness Gene 2023
26May By SanjhNo Comments
Science

Presenting Chinmo, the Youthfulness Gene 2023

The Chimno gene, which establishes the juvenile stage in insects and humans, may be involved in cancer. The Institute for Evolutionary Biology and IRB Barcelona found that the Br-C and E93 genes regulate insect maturity and promote and prevent carcinogenic processes in humans. Insects' conserved genes may have contributed to metamorphosis. In Drosophila, deleting the Chinmo gene prevented juvenile growth. Geneticists discovered the Chinmo gene, which controls insect juvenile development, in a revolutionary finding. The gene is also found in animals and may be involved in cancer. The work, published on eLife by the Institute for Evolutionary Biology (IBE, CSIC-UPF) and IRB Barcelona, illuminates how genes like Br-C and E93 regulate insect development. Human genes induce and repress c...
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