A supersonic parachute designed for future missions to Mars has undergone a successful test in which it was sent very high up in the sky in a rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Continue reading Mars parachute sent high up in key NASA test
Astronomers capture most distant star ever seen
American astronomers have captured the most distant normal star ever observed, some 9 billion light years from Earth, thanks to a rare cosmic alignment. Continue reading Astronomers capture most distant star ever seen
AI can better predict biological age via smartphone data
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology can produce improved digital biomarkers of ageing and frailty via gathering physical activity data from smartphones and other wearables, a new study suggests. Continue reading AI can better predict biological age via smartphone data
SpaceX launches rocket carrying 10 communication satellites
American aerospace company SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 10 telecommunications satellites from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in Southern California. Continue reading SpaceX launches rocket carrying 10 communication satellites
Device that gives you cat-like ‘hearing’ abilities being developed
Researchers are developing atomically thin “drumheads”, which are tens of trillions of times thinner than the human eardrum, and will provide cat-like hearing abilities to humans. Continue reading Device that gives you cat-like ‘hearing’ abilities being developed
Aging Japan: Robots may have role in future of elder care
Paro the furry seal cries softly while an elderly woman pets it. Pepper, a humanoid, waves while leading a group of senior citizens in exercises. The upright Tree guides a disabled man taking shaky steps, saying in a gentle feminine voice, “right, left, well done!” Continue reading Aging Japan: Robots may have role in future of elder care
This prosthetic system could restore memory loss
Scientists have demonstrated the successful implementation of a prosthetic system that uses a person’s own memory patterns to facilitate the brain’s ability to encode and recall memory, an important step towards finding a way to restore memory loss. Continue reading This prosthetic system could restore memory loss
Mexican students use mushrooms to develop cosmetics
Students at Mexico’s National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) are using the anti-inflammatory and antibiotic properties of different mushrooms to produce cosmetics with anti-aging effects, the institution said on Friday. Continue reading Mexican students use mushrooms to develop cosmetics
Astronomers spot hot Earth-sized exoplanet
An international team of astronomers has detected a hot, metallic, Earth-sized planet outside our solar system which has a density similar to Mercury. Continue reading Astronomers spot hot Earth-sized exoplanet
NASA to intensify focus on Earth’s frozen regions
To enhance understanding of Earth’s ice sheets, glaciers, sea ice, snow cover and permafrost, NASA will launch two new satellite missions and conduct an array of field research in 2018, the US space agency said on Tuesday. Continue reading NASA to intensify focus on Earth’s frozen regions