Thursday, January 26, 2017

Snikt! This new material self-heals like Wolverine's skin - Press and other top stories.

  • Snikt! This new material self-heals like Wolverine's skin - Press

    Snikt! This new material self-heals like Wolverine's skin Production still from “The Wolverine” (2013) starring Hugh Jackman. HANDOUT PHOTO , DEEP DIVEThe key difficulty is the identification of bonds that are stable and reversible under electrochemical conditions. Wang used a mechanism called ion-dipole interactionsto create the material with the properties the researchers sought. The material can stretch 50 times its original length. After being cut, it can completely reattac..
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  • Could Donald Trump be better for NASA in Alabama than Obama?

    Could Donald Trump be better for NASA in Alabama than Obama?
    Donald Trump has only hinted at the future of NASA. But his campaign suggestions - more deep space exploration, less Earth science - seem to bode well for Alabama and for Marshall Space Flight Center. The center's 6,000-person workforce is a key part of Huntsville's economy. And deep space exploration plays to Marshall's strengths as NASA's propulsion center and manager of the Space Launch System (SLS), the new rocket capable of going beyond Earth orbit to deep space. NASA employees here say t..
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  • See it! Last night's moon and Venus

    See it! Last night's moon and Venus
    On the first night of 2017, the young moon appeared near dazzling Venus in the west after sunset. Mars was there, too, and, for those with optical aid, Neptune! Photos here. As seen from the Northern Hemisphere, the moon, Venus and Mars arced up and to ...
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  • NASA releases 'ice home' concept for living on Mars

    NASA releases 'ice home' concept for living on Mars
    NASA releases 'ice home' concept for living on Mars Posted January 02, 2017 16:25:10 NASA has unveiled its concept for houses on Mars and according to the space agency's researchers, the best building material for these structures is rather unexpected — ice.Because astronauts who visit Mars are likely to stay for weeks, rather than days, they will need a structure both to call home for that period and to protect them from the harsh environment of the Red Planet.During..
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  • Race to save the cheetah as study reveals extinction threat

    Race to save the cheetah as study reveals extinction threat
    Lounging in the shade of a tree, Heathcliff the cheetah oozes sleek grace and power, but he is captive behind a wire fence—perhaps the only way that cheetahs will exist in a few decades' time. A major survey released last week revealed that just 7,100 ...
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  • Science|Weak Federal Powers Could Limit Trump's Climate-Policy Rollback

    Science|Weak Federal Powers Could Limit Trump's Climate-Policy Rollback
    We do not know for sure that the New York wind farm will get built, but we do know this: The energy transition is real, and Mr. Trump is not going to stop it. On a global scale, more than half the investment in new electricity generation is going into renewable energy. That is more than $300 billion a year, a sign of how powerful the momentum has become.Wind power is booming in the United States, with the industry adding manufacturing jobs in the reddest states. When Mr. Trump’s appointees exam..
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