#Observations help explain universe’s most energetic objects

#Observations help explain universe’s most energetic objects

“#Observations help explain universe’s most energetic objects” WASHINGTON, Feb 16  – Observations showing a roughly donut-shaped cloud of cosmic dust and gas shrouding a huge black hole at the heart of a galaxy similar in size to our Milky Way are providing scientists with new clarity about the universe’s most energetic objects. Scientists on Wednesday said their observations involving the supermassive black hole at the…

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#NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover runs into another snag: pebbles

#NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover runs into another snag: pebbles

“#NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover runs into another snag: pebbles” NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has run into another snag on its mission to find evidence of ancient microbial life.  In continuing to collect Martian rock and regolith samples, which will eventually return to Earth, the rover encountered a “new challenge.”  “Seems some pebble-sized debris is obstructing my robotic arm from handing…

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#Scientists slam German tabloid’s pandemic coverage

#Scientists slam German tabloid’s pandemic coverage

“#Scientists slam German tabloid’s pandemic coverage” BERLIN — A group representing Germany’s main scientific organizations has accused the country’s biggest-selling newspaper of contributing to public hostility against scientists during the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement Monday, the Alliance of Scientific Organization criticized a recent report by the Bild tabloid for singling out three researchers who…

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#Letter confirms Wuhan lab leak was funded by US taxpayers

#Letter confirms Wuhan lab leak was funded by US taxpayers

“#Letter confirms Wuhan lab leak was funded by US taxpayers” The origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 remains unclear, but recent revelations reinforce the likelihood that the true source was a lab leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. A letter from Lawrence Tabak, the National Institutes of Health’s principal deputy director, to…

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#Estonian scientists use peat to make batteries

#Estonian scientists use peat to make batteries

“#Estonian scientists use peat to make batteries” TARTU, Estonia, Oct 11 – Peat, plentiful in bogs in northern Europe, could be used to make sodium-ion batteries cheaply for use in electric vehicles, scientists at an Estonian university say. Sodium-ion batteries, which do not contain relatively costly lithium, cobalt or nickel, are one of the new…

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