346 articles from THURSDAY 1.10.2020
Potty training: ISS crew to give Nasa’s first new space toilet in decades a go
The new $23m loo better accommodates women with a tilted seat, new shape and redesigned funnels for urinationNasa’s first new space potty in decades – a $23m titanium toilet better suited for women – is getting a not-so-dry run at the International Space Station before eventually flying to the moon.It’s packed inside a cargo ship set to blast off late Thursday from Wallops Island,...
P.E.I.-based company wins $25K to develop hull coating made of fish waste
A company based out of Canoe Cove, P.E.I., just won some funding to continue development of a protective coating for boats made from fish...
Nasa's Dragonfly mission to Saturn's Titan moon delayed
Covid pandemic sets back exploration that aims to shed light on origin of life on EarthCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNasa has delayed the launch of its Dragonfly rotorcraft by 12 months. Citing budget pressures caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the agency’s planetary science division will now target 2027 to launch the mission to Titan, Saturn’s mysterious...
Pain relief caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection may help explain COVID-19 spread
- ScienceDaily
- 20/10/1 21:59
Research shows SARS-CoV-2 promotes pain relief through the receptor neuropilin-1, which gives scientists a new target for non-opioid pain therapeutics and offers one possible explanation for the unrelenting spread of COVID-19.
Ice discharge in the North Pacific set off series of climate events during last ice age
- ScienceDaily
- 20/10/1 21:59
Repeated catastrophic ice discharges from western North America into the North Pacific contributed to, and perhaps triggered, hemispheric-scale changes in the Earth's climate during the last ice age.