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Home News Tech NASA’s Mars Helicopter seen in testing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 10, 2020. (Image: © NASA/Cory Huston) NASA’s next mission to Mars will carry what is meant to become the first aircraft to fly on another planet, and that experimental helicopter just spun its blades on Earth for the…

Two weeks ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that help was on the way for people wanting to be tested for the coronavirus.A commercial laboratory called Quest Diagnostics, he said, would process 1,200 tests a day at its facility in San Juan Capistrano and quickly ramp up production to 5,500 per day.“We’re increasing our capacity on…

To the moon, to stay? — “With the Gateway, you can extend the duration of the mission.” Eric Berger – Mar 30, 2020 3:58 pm UTC Enlarge / Artist’s concept of initial configuration of the Lunar Gateway.NASAThe concept of NASA’s Lunar Gateway—a small outpost to be built in a halo orbit around the Moon—is about…

(CNN)One of the biggest mysteries in piecing together the story of Mars’ past is a key question: Where did the water come from? Researchers may have found a large clue in tiny slices from Martian meteorites that fell to Earth, according to a new study. Mars was likely a warm, wet planet billions of years…

(CNN)Plastic products made with polyurethane, a synthetic chemical compound, typically end up buried in a landfill. Now scientists discovered a strain of bacteria, the first of its kind, that can degrade the harmful compounds in polyurethane products — a positive step toward reducing the amount of plastic pollution in the environment. The findings were published…

Terahertz waves are pervasive in our daily lives, and if harnessed, their concentrated power could potentially serve as an alternate energy source. Imagine, for instance, a cellphone add-on that passively soaks up ambient T-rays and uses their energy to charge your phone. Credit: José-Luis Olivares, MIT Any device that sends out a Wi-Fi signal also…