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Post by rainbow » Sat Jan 08, 2022 8:42 am

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Post by Svartalf » Sat Jan 08, 2022 8:47 am

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Post by L'Emmerdeur » Mon Jan 10, 2022 6:25 am

The Webb telescope has deployed successfully. :yes:

'Webb Space Telescope's "Golden Eye" Opens, Last Major Hurdle'
NASA's new space telescope opened its huge, gold-plated, flower-shaped mirror Saturday, the final step in the observatory's dramatic unfurling.

The last portion of the 6.5-meter (21-foot) mirror swung into place at flight controllers' command, completing the unfolding of the James Webb Space Telescope.

"I'm emotional about it. What an amazing milestone. We see that beautiful pattern out there in the sky now," said Thomas Zurbuchen, chief of NASA's science missions.

More powerful than the Hubble Space Telescope, the $10 billion Webb will scan the cosmos for light streaming from the first stars and galaxies formed 13.7 billion years ago. To accomplish this, NASA had to outfit Webb with the largest and most sensitive mirror ever launched—its "golden eye," as scientists call it.

Webb is so big that it had to be folded origami-style to fit in the rocket that soared from South America two weeks ago. The riskiest operation occurred earlier in the week, when the tennis court-size sunshield unfurled, providing subzero shade for the mirror and infrared detectors.

Flight controllers in Baltimore began opening the primary mirror Friday, unfolding the left side like a drop-leaf table. The mood was even more upbeat Saturday, with peppy music filling the control room as the right side snapped into place. After applauding, the controllers immediately got back to work, latching everything down. They jumped to their feet and cheered when the operation was finally complete two hours later.

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Post by Brian Peacock » Mon Jan 10, 2022 7:37 am

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Post by macdoc » Mon Jan 10, 2022 8:50 am

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I rang up the county council and I said I think I've found a dinosaur," explained Joe Davis, who works at Rutland Water Nature Reserve.
During landscaping work at the reserve's reservoir in February 2021, he'd spotted something odd poking out of the mud.
It wasn't a dinosaur. But it was the fossilised remains of a ten-metre long sea predator called an ichthyosaur.
And it was the largest of its type ever discovered in the UK.
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Post by macdoc » Tue Jan 11, 2022 7:10 am

Sometimes ya wonder about grant money
Scientists taught goldfish to drive -- and it turns out they're pretty good at it
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Updated 1743 GMT (0143 HKT) January 10, 2022
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/01/10/worl ... index.html

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Post by macdoc » Tue Jan 18, 2022 4:09 am

Motor Mouth: 5 Times the battery range, one-fifth the weight!
Could the University of Michigan’s lithium-sulfur battery be the breakthrough electric vehicles have been waiting for?

Author of the article: David Booth
Publishing date:Jan 17, 2022 • 11 hours ago • 4 minute read
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Post by macdoc » Fri Feb 11, 2022 8:31 am

[quote]Machine builds druglike organic molecules in a snap
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Automated assembly of 3D molecules could revolutionize drug discovery[/quote]

https://www.science.org/content/article ... cules-snap
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Post by pErvinalia » Fri Feb 11, 2022 10:24 am

I can make my own opiodes at home? :awesome:
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Post by rainbow » Fri Feb 11, 2022 11:16 am

pErvinalia wrote:
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Post by macdoc » Fri Feb 11, 2022 6:27 pm

James Webb first light.
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Post by JimC » Fri Feb 11, 2022 7:51 pm

macdoc wrote:
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[quote]Machine builds druglike organic molecules in a snap
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Automated assembly of 3D molecules could revolutionize drug discovery
https://www.science.org/content/article ... cules-snap
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Now that looks like real science! :{D
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