#Scientists stick to spider silk for biodegradable alternative to traditional glue

“#Scientists stick to spider silk for biodegradable alternative to traditional glue” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Scientists have successfully produced synthetic spider silk to create a new biodegradable glue alternative. The Manchester University-based researchers found that their homemade synthetic spider silk glue works as well as commercially available adhesives without being environmentally harmful. The glue was…

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#A walk through the rainbow with PACE

“#A walk through the rainbow with PACE” When it comes to “ocean color”, both the wavelength and intensity of the colors leaving the ocean are important. Different species of phytoplankton and other substances in a body of water absorb and reflect different colors of light: clear open ocean water appears blue, water with lots of…

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#NASA’s next laser communications demo installed, integrated

“#NASA’s next laser communications demo installed, integrated” Northrop Grumman technicians in front of the LCRD payload fully installed and integrated on the Space Test Program Satellite (STPSat-6). Credit: NGSS On July 16, 2020, the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) payload was installed and integrated on the U.S. Department of Defense Space Test Program Satellite 6…

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#Astronomers discover the most X-ray luminous high-redshift quasar

“#Astronomers discover the most X-ray luminous high-redshift quasar” Quasar CFHQS J142952 544717 as seen by SRG/eROSITA on Dec. 10–11, 2019. Credit: Medvedev et al., 2020. Using the Spektr-RG (SRG) spacecraft, Russian astronomers have investigated a sample of distant quasi-stellar objects (QSOs), or quasars. They report the detection of strong X-ray emissions from such source designated…

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#Trump can’t weaken California’s climate change carbon market, federal judge rules

“#Trump can’t weaken California’s climate change carbon market, federal judge rules” Credit: CC0 Public Domain California beat President Donald Trump’s efforts to water down its signature climate-change initiative, a market-based program that’s designed to reduce carbon emissions. A federal judge in Sacramento on Friday dismissed a lawsuit the Trump administration filed challenging California’s cap-and-trade program,…

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