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A “Post-Antibiotic World?”

March 6, 2019 By sdcnews

(Newswise)–The products of wastewater treatment have been found to contain trace amounts of antibiotic resistant DNA. These products are often reintroduced to the environment and water supply, potentially resulting in the spread of antibiotic resistance. As such, researchers at the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering have been studying the development of these […]

Filed Under: Science, Science & Technology Tagged With: science news

NASA Renames Facility In Honor Of ‘Hidden Figure’ Katherine Johnson

February 22, 2019 By sdcnews

NASA has redesignated its Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Facility in Fairmont, West Virginia, as the Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facility, in honor of the West Virginia native and NASA “hidden figure.” “I am thrilled we are honoring Katherine Johnson in this way as she is a true American icon who overcame incredible […]

Filed Under: Science & Technology, Space Tagged With: science news

First Evidence Discovered Of A Gigantic Remnant Around An Exploding Star

February 19, 2019 By sdcnews

(Newswise)–A San Diego State University astrophysicist has helped discover evidence of a gigantic remnant surrounding an exploding star–a shell of material so huge, it must have been erupting on a regular basis for millions of years. When a white dwarf, the core of a dead star, is in a close orbit with another star, it […]

Filed Under: Science & Technology, Space Tagged With: science news

NASA’s Opportunity Rover Mission On Mars Comes To End

February 13, 2019 By sdcnews

One of the most successful and enduring feats of interplanetary exploration, NASA’s Opportunity rover mission is at an end after almost 15 years exploring the surface of Mars and helping lay the groundwork for NASA’s return to the Red Planet.  The Opportunity rover stopped communicating with Earth when a severe Mars-wide dust storm blanketed its […]

Filed Under: Science & Technology, Space Tagged With: science news

Eating Your Veggies, Even In Space

January 6, 2019 By sdcnews

(Newswise)–Fresh food is so attractive to astronauts that they toasted with salad when they were able to cultivate a few lettuce heads on the International Space Station three years ago. In 2021, beans are on the menu to be grown in space, planted in high-tech planters developed at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology […]

Filed Under: Science & Technology, Space Tagged With: science news, Space vegetables


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