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Predicting an insect community structure based on genomic…

Researchers have discovered a rule to predict an arthropod community structure based on the genomic variation in a foundation tree species. [caption id="attachment_14697" align="alignnone" width="830"] Some of the arthropod species found on the alder (Alnus…

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BepiColombo image montage

[caption id="attachment_14688" align="alignnone" width="700"] ESA/ATG medialab[/caption] The BepiColombo mission to Mercury passed a review milestone last week, confirming that it can leave Europe and begin preparations for launch at the Kourou spaceport. The spacecraft and ground…

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MIT and newly formed company launch novel approach…

Goal is for research to produce a working pilot plant within 15 years. [caption id="attachment_14684" align="alignnone" width="639"] Visualization of the proposed SPARC tokamak experiment. Using high-field magnets built with newly available high-temperature superconductors, this experiment would…

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BepiColombo gets green light for launch site

[caption id="attachment_14681" align="alignnone" width="625"] BepiColombo approaching Mercury[/caption] Europe’s first mission to Mercury will soon be ready for shipping to the spaceport to begin final preparations for launch. The mission passed a major review yesterday, meaning…