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[ad_1] A photograph showing a model of a Haber-Bosch electrochemical reactor coupled to a water electrolyzer, with the reactors highlighted. Credit: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Most of the world’s fertilizer is produced in large manufacturing plants, which require large amounts of energy to generate the high temperatures and pressures necessary …

[ad_1] To honor the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and the 20th anniversary of NASA’s Earth Observatory, the agency asked the public to choose our best image of all time on Earth. After five five-round tournaments and more than 56,000 votes, readers chose Ocean Sand, Bahamas as their favorite. We …

[ad_1] Satellites appear in a line that crosses the night sky and their current orbital position has made them easier to detect (Photo: Shutterstock) If you’ve been looking out the window at night or taking an evening stroll, you may have seen some streaks of bright light illuminating the sky …

[ad_1] NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley sit inside SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft during a fully integrated test of the crew’s critical flight hardware on March 30, 2020. The two astronauts are slated for launch into the International Space Station in the Crew Dragon on May 27, but it …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump government is drawing up a legal plan to mine on the moon under a new international agreement sponsored by the United States called the Artemis Accords, people familiar with the proposed pact told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The full moon, known as “Buck Moon”, is …

[ad_1] A team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has shown that single-celled microorganisms like Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae that do not normally inhabit hydrogen-rich environments can survive and grow in a 100% hydrogen atmosphere. Next-generation telescopes could first search for hydrogen-dominated exoplanet atmospheres, since hydrogen …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON – The sun appears to be much less active than similar stars in terms of brightness variations caused by sunspots and other phenomena, a “boring” personality, according to scientists, that may not be a bad thing for us Earthlings. The researchers say an examination of 369 sun-like stars …

[ad_1] Written by AZoCleantechMay 5, 2020 Researchers from Rice University have developed an efficient and economical device that breaks down water to generate hydrogen fuel.. A schematic and electron microscope cross section shows the structure of an integrated catalyst powered by solar energy to divide water into hydrogen and oxygen …

[ad_1] Powerful cosmos survey tools such as the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), slated for launch next year, will be used to analyze the planets’ biological signature, traces of life. NASA will use the tool to search for life in the cosmos, or at least that will be one of …

[ad_1] A new report advocating the widespread use of face masks to prevent coronavirus transmission has become the topic of discussion among scientists. According to Delve, a multidisciplinary group convened by the Royal Society report published Monday, face masks could reduce coronavirus transmissions if widely used in situations where physical …