The Australian Space Agency has launched a campaign to instil a sense of Aussie pride in its first space mission to the Moon, dubbed Australia’s “boldest adventure yet.” In collaboration with NASA, the mission involves sending an Australian-made rover to the Moon and is expected to launch in 2026. The project’s symbol is a common…
Victoria Announces Globally Recognized Biobank
April 4, 2022
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The Victorian Labor Government has announced Australia’s first globally recognised biorepository, Biobanking Victoria, months after the state-funded laboratory received its accreditation from the National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) in November. “Biobanking Victoria is the culmination of years of hard work by a highly dedicated team,” said the Director of Biobanking Victoria, Prof. Melissa Southey….
Russia to End International Cooperation on Space Station, Cites ‘Killer’ Sanctions Against Moscow
April 2, 2022
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Russia’s space agency Roscosmos will halt its cooperation with international partners like NASA on the International Space Station (ISS), citing crippling sanctions designed to “kill” the Russian economy. Dmitry Rogozin, the chief of Roscosmos, made the announcement in a series of statements on Twitter, in which he said that collaboration on joint projects like the…
Russia to End International Cooperation on Space Station Unless Sanctions Lifted
April 2, 2022
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Russia’s space agency Roscosmos will halt its cooperation with international partners like NASA on the International Space Station (ISS), citing crippling sanctions designed to “kill” the Russian economy. Dmitry Rogozin, the chief of Roscosmos, made the announcement in a series of statements on Twitter, in which he said that collaboration on joint projects like the…
SpaceX Launches Transporter-4 Mission
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Transporter-4 on Friday, a mission comprised of numerous small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and goverment use. The satellites will be put into a sun-synchronous orbit. SpaceX landed Falcon 9’s first stage on a droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
Research Finds Mothers Not the Only Ones Who Need to Watch Their Bellies
New research from Western Australia has found that while expectant fathers are younger and reported fewer unhealthy lifestyle behaviours such as smoking and drinking, they had similar rates of overweight and obesity to the national average. Of the 498 expectant fathers examined between October 2017 and March 2020, 76 percent were overweight or obese. Meanwhile, 62…
‘A Prisoner in Our Own Home’: South Carolina Cardboard Mill Allegedly Emitting Noxious Odors
April 1, 2022
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One of South Carolina’s state mottos is “Dum spiro spero,” a Latin phrase meaning “While I breathe, I hope.” However, there are some living near the New-Indy Containerboard mill in Catawba, South Carolina, reporting difficulty breathing due to an all-pervasive noxious odor hanging over the community, allegedly caused by the plant. On most days, when…
Promising Trials for More Affordable Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine
April 1, 2022
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Researchers in Queensland are trialling a new alternative to the delivery of the Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccine by injecting the inoculation into the top layer of the skin to increase affordability and take-up numbers in Australia. “This potential approach could lower the cost of JE vaccination and protect four times as many people per vaccine…
Hubble Telescope Spots Earendel, the Most Distant Star on Record
WASHINGTON—Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, scientists have discovered the most distant individual star on record, a bright behemoth they nicknamed Earendel—Old English for “morning star”—because it existed during the dawn of the universe. Researchers said the star, very hot and blue in color, was estimated at 50 to 100 times the mass of our sun,…
NASA’s SOFIA Observatory Studies Neighboring Galaxy From Chile
SANTIAGO—An airplane-borne telescope has flown high above Chile at night this month to observe a sliver of the universe as scientists aim to gain a better understanding of how stars are born. The U.S. space agency NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a state-of-the-art Boeing 747 fitted with a telescope able to observe the…
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