ESA’s Navigation Directorate is planning a new satellite whose results will enable the generation of an updated global model of Earth – the International Terrestrial Reference Frame, employed for everything from land surveying to measuring sea level rise – with an accuracy down to 1 mm, while tracking ground motionContinuar Leyendo
Hamilton, October 20, 2022.- An international team of scientists who analyzed centuries-old DNA from victims and survivors of the Black Death pandemic has identified key genetic differences that determined who lived and who died, and how those aspects of our immune systems have continued to evolve since that time. ResearchersContinuar Leyendo
París, October 19, 2022.- The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured a lush, highly detailed landscape – the iconic Pillars of Creation – where new stars are forming within dense clouds of gas and dust. The three-dimensional pillars look like majestic rock formations, but are far more permeable. TheseContinuar Leyendo
We have now discovered 30 039 near-Earth asteroids in the Solar System – rocky bodies orbiting the Sun on a path that brings them close to Earth’s orbit. The majority of these were discovered in the last decade, showing how our ability to detect potentially risky asteroids is rapidly improving.Continuar Leyendo
Human and mouse neurons in a dish learned to play the video game Pong, researchers report October 12 in the journal Neuron. The experiments are evidence that even brain cells in a dish can exhibit inherent intelligence, modifying their behavior over time. Melbourne, October 13, 2022.- «From worms to fliesContinuar Leyendo
The kinetic impact of NASA’s DART spacecraft with the Dimorphos asteroid around its larger Didymos parent body has succeeded in shifting its orbit, meaning humankind’s first planetary defence test has been successful. Observations are continuing of the debris plume caused by the collision for as long as possible, as theContinuar Leyendo
París, Oct 12, 2022.- The ESA-led Solar Orbiter mission arrives at its next close approach to the Sun on 12 October 2022 at 19:12 UTC (21:12 CEST). This sequence of images shows the progress of the ESA/NASA spacecraft as it heads inwards on its voyage of discovery. The sequence beginsContinuar Leyendo
ESA’s flagship Ariane 6 launch vehicle programme has taken a dramatic step towards first flight with the start of a series of hot fire tests of the rocket’s upper stage and its all-new Vinci engine. Lampoldshausen, Oct 06, 2022.- These tests, which began on 5 October 2022, represent a significantContinuar Leyendo
Researchers of the University of Bern and the Insel Hospital, University Hospital Bern, have developed a screening method to discover new drug targets for cancer treatment in the socalled “Dark Matter” of the genome. They applied their method to non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the greatest cancer killer for whichContinuar Leyendo
Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser y Anton Zeilinger fueron galardonados por sus descubrimientos en relación con el «poder de la mecánica cuántica», que ya empieza a tener aplicaciones prácticas. Estocolmo, 04 de Octubre de 2022.- Los científicos Alain Aspect (Francia), John F. Clauser (Estados Unidos) y Anton Zeilinger (Austria) fueron galardonadosContinuar Leyendo
