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Astronaut, Crewmates Returns to Earth After 197-Day Mission…

NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor, returned to Earth Thursday, safely landing at 12:02 a.m. EST (11:02 a.m. local time) in Kazakhstan. Auñón-Chancellor and her crewmates, Expedition 57 Commander Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) and Soyuz Commander Sergey Prokopyev, launched…

MIT Radiation Damage 1

System monitors radiation damage to materials in real-time

Facility could rapidly provide data on how material properties change in a nuclear reactor. In order to evaluate a material’s ability to withstand the high-radiation environment inside a nuclear reactor, researchers have traditionally used a…

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South American Farmers Protect Their Crops With Lasers

Automated bird deterrent lasers decrease bird damage up to 90% Santiago, Chile-- A new laser bird deterrent technology has been successfully used at South American crops. The technology is designed and manufactured by the Dutch fast growing company Bird Control Group. Agrilaser technology is proven to decrease crop…