deepai WASHINGTON, Feb 26 – Growing crops on the moon or Mars may one day be possible by recycling human and plant waste into fertilizer, according to research published in ACS Earth and Space Chemistry.…
Shaker test of 8-tonne cooling system
[caption id="attachment_15188" align="alignnone" width="700"] Credit: ESA–G. Porter[/caption] Typically ESA’s shaker tables are used to replicate the take-off vibrations of a satellite-lifting rocket. The large object seen here is not a satellite at all but an…
Protecting confidentiality in genomic studies
Cryptographic system could enable “crowdsourced” genomics, with volunteers contributing information to privacy-protected databases. [caption id="attachment_15185" align="alignnone" width="639"] Cleverly dividing information among multiple servers lets an MIT system protects the privacy of contributors to genomic databases…
Smart skin for flexible monitoring
An electronic tag that stretches and flexes while it records location and environmental data can monitor marine animals in their natural habitat. [caption id="attachment_15180" align="alignnone" width="722"] Marine Skin has been shown to be suitable for…
Social context matters in spread of disease
Rice University study of fruit flies shows sex composition of group alters disease transmission [caption id="attachment_15176" align="alignnone" width="806"] Fruit flies marked with dots of paint in a Rice University lab were used to measure how…