Data from NASA’s recent Dawn mission answers two long-unresolved questions: Is there liquid inside Ceres, and how long ago was the dwarf planet geologically active? …read more Source:: Science
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Evidence supports ‘hot start’ scenario and early ocean formation on Pluto
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•A new study suggests that Pluto and other large Kuiper belt objects started out with liquid oceans which have been slowly freezing over time. …read more Source:: Science
From Earth to orbit with Linux and SpaceX
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•SpaceX’s workhouse Falcon 9 rocket, which flew NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station, is powered by liquid oxygen, rocket-grade kerosene, and Linux. …read more Source:: Linux
Genome stability: Intricate process of DNA repair discovered
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•An elaborate system of filaments, liquid droplet dynamics and protein connectors enables the repair of some damaged DNA in the nuclei of cells, researchers have found. The findings further challenge …read more Source:: Science
NASA’s Cassini reveals surprises with Titan’s lakes
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•On its final flyby of Saturn’s largest moon in 2017, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft gathered radar data revealing that the small liquid lakes in Titan’s northern hemisphere are surprisingly deep, perched …read more Source:: Science
Physicists create exotic electron liquid
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•By bombarding an ultrathin semiconductor sandwich with powerful laser pulses, physicists have created the first ‘electron liquid’ at room temperature. The achievement opens a pathway for development of the first …read more Source:: Science
Scientists discover new quantum spin liquid
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•A research team has made a significant breakthrough in the search for new states of matter. The scientists show that a perovskite-related metal oxide exhibits a quantum spin liquid state, …read more Source:: Science
Crater from asteroid that killed the dinosaurs reveals how broken rocks can flow like liquid
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•The same process that allows rock to flow like liquid during impact events allows ‘peak rings’ to form in large craters. …read more Source:: Science
Sound can be used to print droplets that couldn’t be printed before
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•Researchers have developed a new printing technology that uses sound waves to control the size of liquid droplets independent of fluid viscosity. This approach could greatly broaden the types of …read more Source:: Science
Swirling liquids work similarly to bitcoin
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•The physics involved with stirring a liquid operate the same way as the mathematical functions that secure digital information. This parallel could help in developing even more secure ways of …read more Source:: Science