Oscar-Qube, short for Optical Sensors based on CARbon materials: QUantum Belgium, is an experiment developed by a group of students from the University of Hasselt, Belgium. According to ESA, Oscar-Qube’s mission is to create a…
NASA Awards $18 Million for Minority Serving Institutions
NASA and Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) across the United States are teaming up to bring untapped talent and diverse perspectives to several of the agency’s top priorities: understanding and monitoring global ocean health, returning humans to…
Professional couples are on the rise, but it’s not increasing income inequality
MADISON – Over the last 50 years, income inequality between households increased significantly, but not because people changed who they marry. According to new research led by University of Wisconsin¬–Madison professor of sociology Christine Schwartz,…
Spacewalk: Astronaut Thomas and the blue marble
European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Pesquet snap was taken by NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough during the second spacewalk to upgrade the International Space Station’s power system on June 24, 2021. Thomas now has spent…
Visualizing cement hydration on a molecular level
Imaging technique could enable new pathways for reducing concrete’s hefty carbon footprint, as well as for 3-D printing of concrete. By Becky Ham CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The concrete world that surrounds us owes its shape and…