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Solar Panel Farm To Be Embedded In The Ground

A radically designed, 100 megawatt utility-scale solar farm in Texas that does away with traditional elevated, racked setups in favor of installing panels directly across the ground.

Ispace’s Private Lander Might Be The First To Touch Down On The Moon

Google’s Lunar X Prize competition, which ran from 2007 to 2018 and was designed to spur affordable access to the moon, in part kicked off ispace’s interest in getting there. Although the competition ended without a team securing the $30 million dollar prize, it succeeded in inspiring many new spacecraft concepts.

For The First Time, Humans Can Hear A Dust Devil Roar Across Mars

These dust devils are tiny tornadoes of dust and grit and are common on Mars.

The Solar Panels On Artemis I Could Power Space Travel

For a spacecraft, the sun is a particularly vital supplier of energy, and the recent Artemis I mission proved just how powerful it can be to harness solar energy in space.

NASA Gives ICON $57 Million To Build A 3D Printer For Structures On The Moon

The contract runs through 2028 and includes a demonstration on the moon's surface in 2026.

What Constitutes A Mind? Is There Sentience Within The Smallest Of Creatures?

While some may not be ready to ascribe sentience to something as "Simple" as a bee, the book "The Mind of a Bee" will prompt you to question why not.

Why Fusion Ignition Is Being Hailed As A Major Breakthrough

With the new result from the National Ignition Facility, the world has, for the first time, seen evidence that the dream of fusion is achievable.

A Radical Project: Video Game Design Meets Cancer Research

The worlds of cancer research and virtual reality (VR) have collided. The result is unlike anything that has ever been seen in either field. Incredibly, the same techniques that make video games so popular are now advancing our understanding of cancer.

Scientists Plot ‘extinction’ Of Cancers By Disrupting Their Ecosystems

Scientists will also employ AI to design new ways to combine drugs or cleverly adjust their dosing, with the aim of confronting cancer’s evolution within its ecosystem and increasing the length of time that people can survive with advanced cancer.

Ongoing Phase I Clinical Trial Demonstrates Successful Re-treatment With CAR T Cell Therapy

CAR T therapies have revolutionized blood cancer treatment over the last decade, providing hope for patients who have run out of conventional treatment options, but patients whose cancers return or stop responding to CAR T therapy have limited options for further treatment.

Cambridge Scientists Develop A Comprehensive Tool For Predicting Individual's Risk Of Prostate Cancer

Cambridge scientists have created a comprehensive tool for predicting an individual's risk of developing prostate cancer, which they say could help ensure that those men at greatest risk will receive the appropriate testing.

New Targeted Drug Shows Benefit Against Breast Cancer In First Phase III Trial

A new type of targeted medicine has shown ‘remarkable’ benefits for patients with advanced breast cancer in a major phase III clinical trial.