March 24 marks 6 months until the University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return material from the dawn of the solar system to Earth for study. Tucson, March 30, 2023.- The University of Arizona’s OSIRIS-REx team is eagerly awaiting the arrival of pristine material from asteroid Bennu, marking theContinuar Leyendo
ESA’s Gaia mission has helped discover a new kind of black hole. The new family already has two members, and both are closer to Earth than any other black hole that we know of. A team of astronomers studied the orbits of stars tracked by Gaia and noticed that someContinuar Leyendo
Public health system must take extra measures to catch up before students finish school, says researcher. Alberta, March 30, 2023.- The percentage of Alberta students who received vital routine immunizations dropped dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the public health system must now take extra measures to catch up, according toContinuar Leyendo
The European Space Agency ESA’s Juice space mission is scheduled to start its journey to Jupiter on April 13, 2023. Once arrived, one of the goals of Juice is to search for traces of life on three of Jupiter’s icy moons. The University of Bern is contributing the NIM massContinuar Leyendo
Scientists have sequenced Beethoven’s genome from locks of his hair, revealing clues to the composer’s health and family history. By Tom Almeroth-Williams Cambrigde, March 25, 2023.- Beethoven’s genome has been sequenced for the first time by an international team of scientists using five genetically matching locks of his hair. TheContinuar Leyendo
The story of the Santa Rita Experimental Range is inextricable from that of the Coronado National Forest, as well as the University of Arizona and its land-grant mission. By Rosemary Brandt, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Tucson, March 23, 2023.- Make the drive 40 miles south of Tucson toContinuar Leyendo
ESA’s Gaia mission has been collecting data on millions of space objects like stars and asteroids to build an extensive cosmic record. Now, to take it up a notch, it needs your eyes. París, 22 de Marzo de 2023.- Gaia’s data is already an invaluable resource for astronomers and scientists.Continuar Leyendo
A team including physicists of the University of Bern has for the first time detected subatomic particles called neutrinos created by a particle collider, namely at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The discovery promises to deepen scientists’ understanding of the nature of neutrinos, which are among the most abundant particlesContinuar Leyendo
First fully human ovarian organoids could be used to develop new treatments for women’s reproductive health By Lindsay Brownell Boston, March 19, 2023.- Despite the fact that we all start out as an egg cell in one of our mother’s ovaries, these human reproductive organs are surprisingly under-studied. Scientists haveContinuar Leyendo
Canadian Critical Drug Initiative will commercialize new drug discoveries and prevent future shortages by producing homegrown supply. Alberta, March 19, 2023.- Alberta’s burgeoning biomanufacturing and life sciences industry got an $80.5-million boost in federal funding today, putting it at the centre of efforts to commercialize new discoveries and give Canadians aContinuar Leyendo
