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SpaceX launch: How NASA astronauts will escape if historic launch goes wrong

27 May 15:11 11 articles

SpaceX launch: How NASA astronauts will escape if historic launch goes wrong

The mission will see astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley launched into space on board a Falcon 9 rocket, on a 400 kilometre journey to the International Space Station

27 May 15:11 mirror 675785260240595449.html
SpaceX, NASA closely monitoring weather prior to historic astronaut launch

SpaceX and NASA are closely monitoring the weather ahead of the historic launch of the Demo-2 mission, which is scheduled for 4:33 p.m. EDT Wednesday.

27 May 15:19 Fox News 7362823820892344529.html
NASA set to resume human spaceflight from US soil after nine years with historic SpaceX launch

SpaceX, the private rocket company of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, was set to launch two Americans into orbit on Wednesday from Florida on a mission that would mark the first spaceflight of

27 May 15:59 Deccan Herald 2027555796401551171.html
SpaceX rocket carrying astronauts to the ISS will be visible over the UK tonight

Stick your head out the window at about 9.50pm tonight and look up

27 May 15:20 Metro 970161747879147230.html
Watch live as SpaceX launches NASA astronauts [UPDATE: Scrubbed]

UPDATE: The launch has been scrubbed for today because of weather. The second attempt will come on Saturday. The launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Cr

27 May 15:31 Autoblog 4372976973318292598.html
Watch SpaceX's 1st astronaut launch live

SpaceX is readying for a historic launch, and you can watch the whole thing live. On Wednesday, SpaceX will for the first time launch astronauts into orbit. NASA's Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken are headed to the International Space Station and will become the first astronauts to launch from the U.S. since 2011, NPR reports. NASA on its website hails the fact that with this launch, a "new era of human spaceflight is set to begin," and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said this week this is a "unique opportunity to bring all of America together in one moment in time and say, look at how bright the future is." The launch will take place at Florida's Kennedy Space Center, and it's scheduled for just after 4:30 p.m. Eastern, although NBC News notes that NASA is "monitoring weather reports at the Florida launch site that may delay proceedings." NASA will live stream the launch below. Brendan Morrow

27 May 15:10 The Week 149215355795681168.html
Watch SpaceX's 1st astronaut launch live

SpaceX is readying for a historic launch, and you can watch the whole thing live.On Wednesday, SpaceX will for the first time launch astronauts into orbit. NASA's Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken are headed to the International Space Station and will become the first astronauts to launch from the U.S.

27 May 15:10 Yahoo 7097669638724279511.html
SCRUBBED: How to watch the historic SpaceX/NASA launch today!

UPDATE: Launch scrubbed due to weather just a few minutes before launch. See you Saturday for another try! Today, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule is scheduled to shuttle two NASA a…

27 May 15:18 Boing Boing 4601305169197324895.html
Elon Musk’s SpaceX set to launch its manned space mission; check when, where to watch it live and other details

The Demo-2 mission is the latest mission to be certified by NASA for operational crew missions to and from the International Space Station on SpaceX's human spaceflight system-- Dragon.

27 May 15:25 The Financial Express 1288289580780440648.html
SpaceX-Nasa to launch new era in space with private human spaceflight mission, take-off tonight

For the first time in history, a private company will attempt transporting humans to space. US aerospace company SpaceX will launching two Nasa astronauts into space. Take-off is scheduled to take place a few minutes after 2am Thursday, Indian time

27 May 15:48 India Today 4286117813779694547.html
SpaceX: Elon Musk's spacecraft launches today but here's how it could land closer to Kerry than outer space

A spacecraft that is expected to launch from American soil tonight could end up landing closer to Co Kerry than in outer space.

27 May 15:00 independent 5894610846116455250.html
Half the matter in the universe was missing – we found it hiding in the cosmos

27 May 15:16 1 article

Half the matter in the universe was missing – we found it hiding in the cosmos

Cosmologists had only been able to find half the matter that should exist in the universe. With the discovery of a new astronomical phenomenon and new telescopes, researchers just found the rest.

27 May 15:16 The Conversation 6012421226482641912.html
Vehicle tyres could be a major source of microplastics in the ocean

27 May 15:03 1 article

Vehicle tyres could be a major source of microplastics in the ocean

Transported to the ocean through the atmosphere or carried by rainwater into rivers and sewers

27 May 15:03 Metro 970161747565573039.html
Creating the first 3D map of the heart's 'brain'

27 May 15:30 1 article

Creating the first 3D map of the heart's 'brain'

The heart has its own mini-brain called the intracardiac nervous system (ICN), which fine tunes external autonomic signals and keeps the heart pumping smoothly. The ICN consists of a layer of neurons distributed around the heart that control various cardiac functions.

27 May 15:30 Engadget 96641515615130536.html
Social distancing norms of 6 ft insufficient, virus can travel nearly 20 ft: Study

27 May 15:21 1 article

Social distancing norms of 6 ft insufficient, virus can travel nearly 20 ft: Study

The researchers warned that the current pandemic may not stop in the summer of the northern hemisphere without proper intervention since there is an increasing chance of aerosol transmission in these parts of the world. The study noted that in hot and dry weather, respiratory droplets more easily evaporate into aerosol particles capable of long-range transmission.

27 May 15:21 The Indian Express 2885715105537126095.html
Delhi reels under heatwave, Palam records high of 47.2 degrees Celsius

27 May 15:02 2 articles

Delhi reels under heatwave, Palam records high of 47.2 degrees Celsius

The last time the mercury touched the 46-degree mark at the Safdarjung weather station was on May 19, 2002

27 May 15:02 Business-Standard 1502508925233158753.html
Delhi reels under heatwave, Palam records high of 47.2 degrees Celsius

Dust storm and thunderstorm with winds gusting up to 60 kilometers per hour are likely over Delhi-NCR on May 29-30, said IMD.The all-time record for Safdarjung in May is 47.2 degrees Celsius. It was recorded on May 29, 1944

27 May 15:06 Livemint 6614605819423165397.html
NASA taps Airbus for commercial satellite data buy

27 May 15:09 1 article

NASA taps Airbus for commercial satellite data buy

NASA intends to gain access to Earth observation data gathered by Airbus Defense and Space satellites through the Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition Program.

27 May 15:09 SpaceNews 7631243599818315974.html
Two More Examples Of New Class Of Cosmic Explosions Discovered

27 May 15:36 1 article

Two More Examples Of New Class Of Cosmic Explosions Discovered

A few years ago, researchers discovered a cosmic explosion like no other. It looked like a supernova but it was brighter and shorter-lived compared to prev

27 May 15:36 IFLScience 242791749294918568.html
Observations of robotic swarm behavior can help workers safely navigate disaster sites

27 May 15:33 1 article

Observations of robotic swarm behavior can help workers safely navigate disaster sites

Using biologically inspired robotic swarms consisting of large groups of robots that have been programmed to operate cooperatively, much like individuals in an ant or bee colony, scientists from the University ...

27 May 15:33 Tech Xplore 4945708898834129043.html
Multifunctional e-glasses monitor health, protect eyes, control video game

27 May 15:25 1 article

Multifunctional e-glasses monitor health, protect eyes, control video game

Fitness tracker bracelets and watches provide useful information, such as step count and heart rate, but they usually can't provide more detailed data about the wearer's health. Now, researchers reporting ...

27 May 15:25 Tech Xplore 4945708899522256026.html
How Can Metabolomics Accelerate Natural Product Discovery?

27 May 15:00 1 article

How Can Metabolomics Accelerate Natural Product Discovery?

In this webinar, Simon Fraser University Department of Chemistry professor Roger Linington will discuss discovery metabolomics in natural product research and the applications of his team’s Natural Products (NP) Atlas, an open-access record of over 25,000 natural products. The NP Atlas contains structural and chemical data for all microbially-derived natural products published in the peer-reviewed primary scientific literature.

27 May 15:00 Technology Networks 7581232464412758196.html
New understanding of RNA movements can be used to treat cancer

27 May 15:51 2 articles

New understanding of RNA movements can be used to treat cancer

Research from Karolinska Institutet published today in Nature shows that an RNA molecule involved in preventing tumour formation can change its structure and thereby control protein production in the ...

27 May 15:51 phys.org 3476726124789282511.html
Uncovering the role of membrane sugars in flu infection

The flu virus relies on using human cells to reproduce and spread. But before it even gets to the cell surface, the virus must navigate the tall, dense forest of sugar-coated proteins on the cell surface ...

27 May 15:44 phys.org 3476726123762096015.html
Scientists unravel secrets from the faults in our genes

27 May 15:35 2 articles

Scientists unravel secrets from the faults in our genes

Discovering what these genes are for, and how they work, is key to better health

27 May 15:35 Gulf News 2086521545156312948.html
Scientists unravel secrets from the faults in our genes

Imagine from a scientist's eyes that the body's instruction manual, the genome: here words are genes, letters are DNA. - Health

27 May 15:28 Vanguard News 4125100339412916236.html
Kirigami/origami: unfolding the new regime of advanced 3-D micro-/nanofabrication with 'folding'

27 May 15:36 1 article

Kirigami/origami: unfolding the new regime of advanced 3-D micro-/nanofabrication with 'folding'

3-D micro-/nanofabrication holds the key to building a large variety of micro-/nanoscale materials, structures, devices, and systems with unique properties that do not manifest in their 2-D planar counterparts. ...

27 May 15:36 phys.org 3476726124554574148.html
Van der Waals junction spin valves without spacer layer

27 May 15:27 1 article

Van der Waals junction spin valves without spacer layer

The fundamental principle of a spin valve is that the resistance is dependent on the parallel or antiparallel configurations of the two ferromagnetic electrodes, thus associating the magnetoresistance ...

27 May 15:27 phys.org 3476726124775986531.html
Blue crab stock remains within healthy range

27 May 15:28 1 article

Blue crab stock remains within healthy range

Results from the latest Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey—conducted annually by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and Maryland Department of Natural Resources—show the Chesapeake Bay's blue crab ...

27 May 15:28 phys.org 3476726124049997177.html
Environmentally friendly production of mandelic acid

27 May 15:49 1 article

Environmentally friendly production of mandelic acid

Sometimes potentially useful enzymes are not easy to discover because their biocatalytic capabilities may go beyond their natural and thus known range of action. By recombining a newly discovered enzymatic ...

27 May 15:49 phys.org 3476726123683347739.html
Volcanic eruptions reduce global rainfall

27 May 15:16 1 article

Volcanic eruptions reduce global rainfall

Climate change is occurring all over the globe as a 1°C increase in Earth's temperature has led to the rise in the sea level, melting of the Arctic ice, and unseasonable heat waves and heavy snow. To ...

27 May 15:16 phys.org 3476726123266365237.html
Modern problems, primitive solutions: A glimpse into archaic protein synthesis systems

27 May 15:38 1 article

Modern problems, primitive solutions: A glimpse into archaic protein synthesis systems

In cells, protein is synthesized based on the genetic code. Each protein is coded by the triplet combination of chemicals called nucleotides, and a continuous reading of any set of triplet codes will, ...

27 May 15:38 phys.org 3476726123558738834.html
Scientists develop the most heat-resistant material ever created

27 May 15:40 1 article

Scientists develop the most heat-resistant material ever created

A group of scientists from NUST MISIS developed a ceramic material with the highest melting point among currently known compounds. Due to the unique combination of physical, mechanical and thermal properties, ...

27 May 15:40 phys.org 3476726123521650334.html
Experiments with macaques show lower stress levels when working with a friend toward a goal

27 May 15:40 1 article

Experiments with macaques show lower stress levels when working with a friend toward a goal

A team of researchers from the University of Vienna and the Biomedical Primate Research Centre in Rijswijk, the Netherlands, has found that macaques have lower stress levels when working toward a goal ...

27 May 15:40 phys.org 3476726123909105913.html
How to ensure quality wheat: check for sulfur in the soil

27 May 15:49 1 article

How to ensure quality wheat: check for sulfur in the soil

A common obstacle to bountiful wheat harvests in the Central Plains is more pervasive than many growers realize, but a study led by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) spells out how it can be readily ...

27 May 15:49 phys.org 3476726123299461667.html
Information drove development of early states

27 May 15:31 1 article

Information drove development of early states

Who could imagine a 21st century without data? Sophisticated information processing is key to the way societies function today. And it turns out it was also critical to the evolution of early states. ...

27 May 15:31 phys.org 3476726123173405168.html
'Nature's antifreeze' provides formula for more durable concrete

27 May 15:00 1 article

'Nature's antifreeze' provides formula for more durable concrete

Secrets to cementing the sustainability of our future infrastructure may come from nature, such as proteins that keep plants and animals from freezing in extremely cold conditions. CU Boulder researchers ...

27 May 15:00 phys.org 3476726124565386949.html
Asteroid, climate change not responsible for mass extinction 215 million years ago

27 May 15:46 1 article

Asteroid, climate change not responsible for mass extinction 215 million years ago

A team of University of Rhode Island scientists and statisticians conducted a sophisticated quantitative analysis of a mass extinction that occurred 215 million years ago and found that the cause of the ...

27 May 15:46 phys.org 3476726122981226338.html
Timing of COVID-19 test may be key to its accuracy: Study

27 May 15:37 1 article

Timing of COVID-19 test may be key to its accuracy: Study

The most commonly used test for COVID-19 may not always yield accurate results, and timing of the testing seems to matter significantly in the accuracy of the results, according to a study.

27 May 15:37 Deccan Herald 2027555797306564013.html
New method for capturing carbon via root exudates in wild forests

27 May 15:36 1 article

New method for capturing carbon via root exudates in wild forests

It is well known that plants use carbon dioxide obtained from the air in photosynthesis to use as energy and grow. Naoki Makita and Maiko Akatsuki of Shinshu University confirmed that a large amount of ...

27 May 15:36 phys.org 3476726124559140373.html
New protocol for organic synthesis using organoboron compounds and visible-light

27 May 15:24 1 article

New protocol for organic synthesis using organoboron compounds and visible-light

Alkyl radicals are carbon radicals of normal chain and branched chain alkanes, available as reaction intermediates even at late stages of synthesis. Recently, it has become possible to generate alkyl ...

27 May 15:24 phys.org 3476726123576918840.html
Scientists take first census of Arctic freshwater molluscs in 130 years

27 May 15:50 1 article

Scientists take first census of Arctic freshwater molluscs in 130 years

Based on previously released data and their own investigations, researchers at the St Petersburg University Laboratory of Macroecology and Biogeography of Invertebrates have assessed the diversity of ...

27 May 15:50 phys.org 3476726124367152404.html
In chimpanzees, females contribute to the protection of the territory

27 May 15:27 1 article

In chimpanzees, females contribute to the protection of the territory

In many social species, including humans, even if large group sizes provide competitive advantages over smaller neighboring groups, the preponderant role of adult males in territoriality has often been ...

27 May 15:27 phys.org 3476726123732570226.html
What do ants and light rays have in common when they pass through lenses?

27 May 15:28 1 article

What do ants and light rays have in common when they pass through lenses?

Light and foraging ants seem totally unrelated, but they have one thing in common: They travel along time-reducing paths. According to Fermat's principle about the refraction of a ray of light, the light ...

27 May 15:28 phys.org 3476726123833815789.html
NASA-NOAA satellite sees Tropical Storm Bertha organizing

27 May 15:52 1 article

NASA-NOAA satellite sees Tropical Storm Bertha organizing

The second tropical storm of the North Atlantic Ocean hurricane season has formed off the coast of South Carolina. NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with a visible image of Tropical ...

27 May 15:52 phys.org 3476726124756760549.html
Physicists measure a short-lived radioactive molecule for first time

27 May 15:00 1 article

Physicists measure a short-lived radioactive molecule for first time

Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have combined the power of a super collider with techniques of laser spectroscopy to precisely measure a short-lived radioactive molecule, radium monofluoride, for the ...

27 May 15:00 phys.org 3476726124618146930.html
Big Bang missing matter finally found in WA breakthrough needed to better map our universe

27 May 15:00 1 article

Big Bang missing matter finally found in WA breakthrough needed to better map our universe

After almost 30 years of searching the universe, astronomers using WA’s state-of-the-art telescope have finally solved the mystery of “missing matter” tracing back to the Big Bang.

27 May 15:00 WAtoday 6806590898874955834.html
Scientists are collecting big data to expedite the fight against COVID-19

27 May 15:38 1 article

Scientists are collecting big data to expedite the fight against COVID-19

A nationwide collaboration of clinicians, informaticians and other biomedical researchers aims to turn data from hundreds of thousands of medical records from coronavirus patients into effective treatments and predictive analytical tools that could help lessen or end the global pandemic.

27 May 15:38 News-Medical.net 4522523030609396686.html
Scientists find optimal age of stem cells

27 May 15:38 1 article

Scientists find optimal age of stem cells

Biophysicists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and Vladimirsky Moscow Regional Clinical Research Institute have determined the optimal age of reprogrammed stem cells suitable for restoring ...

27 May 15:38 phys.org 3476726123959932785.html
Terrestrial bacteria can grow on nutrients from space

27 May 15:38 1 article

Terrestrial bacteria can grow on nutrients from space

In the past decade, there has been renewed thinking about human missions to the moon and perhaps even to Mars. Inevitably, terrestrial microorganisms on the bodies of astronauts, spaceships or equipment ...

27 May 15:38 phys.org 3476726123720857024.html
Patterns in crop data reveal new insight about plants and their environments

27 May 15:39 1 article

Patterns in crop data reveal new insight about plants and their environments

A recently published study led by Iowa State University scientists applied a fresh perspective to vast amounts of data on rice plants to find better ways to predict plant performance and new insights ...

27 May 15:39 phys.org 3476726124568591752.html
Simple salt solution can help transport COVID-19 samples to testing laboratories

27 May 15:15 1 article

Simple salt solution can help transport COVID-19 samples to testing laboratories

In a new peer-reviewed study appearing in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, published by Elsevier, investigators report that a simple salt solution commonly found in hospitals and clinical laboratories, phosphate buffered saline (PBS), can be used as a medium to reliably transport coronavirus-contaminated specimens to the testing laboratory for periods of up to 18 hours, which is often needed in busy clinical settings.

27 May 15:15 News-Medical.net 4522523030058845335.html
How will we receive signals from interstellar probes like Starshot?

27 May 15:28 1 article

How will we receive signals from interstellar probes like Starshot?

In a few decades, the Breakthrough Starshot initiative hopes to send a sailcraft to the neighboring system of Alpha Centauri. Using a lightsail and a directed-energy laser array, a tiny spacecraft could ...

27 May 15:28 phys.org 3476726123854287375.html
High-speed femtosecond laser plasmonic lithography of graphene oxide film

27 May 15:36 1 article

High-speed femtosecond laser plasmonic lithography of graphene oxide film

Graphene analogues such as graphene oxide (GO) and its reduced forms (rGO) are fascinating carbon materials due to the complementary properties endowed by the sp3-sp2 interconversion, revealing the substitutability ...

27 May 15:36 phys.org 3476726123410806234.html
ADHD: Genomic analysis in samples of Neanderthals and modern humans

27 May 15:52 1 article

ADHD: Genomic analysis in samples of Neanderthals and modern humans

The frequency of genetic variants associated with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has decreased progressively in the evolutionary human lineage from the Palaeolithic to nowadays, according ...

27 May 15:52 phys.org 3476726123319000253.html
Cosmic bursts unveil universe's missing matter

27 May 15:00 1 article

Cosmic bursts unveil universe's missing matter

Astronomers have used mysterious fast radio bursts to solve a decades-old mystery of "missing matter," long predicted to exist in the universe, but never before detected. The researchers have determined ...

27 May 15:00 phys.org 3476726124319551739.html
Modern biomechanical techniques used to explore ergonomic design of earliest human tools

27 May 15:30 1 article

Modern biomechanical techniques used to explore ergonomic design of earliest human tools

Kent's School of Sport and Exercise Sciences (SSES) and School of Anthropology and Conservation (SAC) have collaborated on a research project to investigate the design of Lower and Middle Palaeolithic ...

27 May 15:30 phys.org 3476726125009331363.html