ESA's Planetary Defence team The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has approved the naming of ten asteroids – and one comet – after people and places linked to the European Space Agency’s (ESA) efforts to protect…
Prediction to the survival rate of patient of…
[caption id="attachment_11400" align="alignnone" width="800"] The Ebola virus, isolated in November 2014 from patient blood samples obtained in Mali. The virus was isolated on Vero cells in a BSL-4 suite at Rocky Mountain Laboratories. (Credit: NIAID)[/caption]…
Extracting more from wastewater
A material made by combining a metal and a polymer can help generate hydrogen and fresh water from wastewater. [caption id="attachment_11397" align="alignnone" width="612"] Coating a tube made of non-conductive polymer with a very thin layer…
Scholarship to prepare international students for global development…
A new scholarship program will help prepare young leaders to fight poverty and improve quality of life around the world, UW–Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced this week. The King-Morgridge Scholars Program will launch with a…
Frost build-up near Mars north pole
[caption id="attachment_11391" align="alignnone" width="640"] Credit: ESA/Mars Express – CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO[/caption] This animated gif shows the build up of frosts in a 73 x 41 km section of the north polar ice cap of…