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Solar energy is superior to nuclear for powering crewed mission to Mars, show scientists

Frontiers

The concept is not new. The calculations took into account the amount of equipment mass that would need to be transported from Earth to the Martian surface for a six-person mission. A crewed mission to Mars will require transporting equipment for creating electricity to power life support systems. Weighing the options.

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Open science platform Frontiers publishes new Nobel Collection articles

Frontiers

Freely available to people everywhere from today, the 2022 Nobel Collection aims to ignite interest in various fields, and is comprised of the following contributions: Gravitational Waves – a new window on the Universe , written by? Photo credit: Frontiers. The Nobel Prize in Physics in 2017. AIDS: facts, fiction, and future , written by?

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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: the woman who found hydrogen in the stars

Physics World

All the boys regularly greeted this witticism with thunderous applause [and] stamping with their feet…at every lecture I wished I could sink into the earth. We know that it existed soon after the universe was born and that it still appears as a large part of the interstellar medium in which stars form. Young scientist.

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Climatology: The Science of Global Weather Systems over the Long Term

Environmental Science

Climatology, or sometimes known as climate science, is the study of the Earth's weather patterns and the systems that cause them. The word “climatology” comes, as may scientific words and terms do, from the Greek. The word “climatology” comes, as may scientific words and terms do, from the Greek.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

ESA

2225 ) to create a new technology directorate. Applications are due Dec. House Passes Reconciliation Bill, Biden Signs Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill. Bill includes $668 million for National Science Foundation (NSF) research and training grants and $500 million for NSF climate research. Scientific Community. Federal Register opportunities.

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Policy News: May 28, 2021

ESA

In this issue: President Biden Releases Full Budget Request. The budget includes $10.17 billion for NSF and $948 million for the Biological Sciences Directorate. Endless Frontier Act Stalled and Renamed to the Innovation and Competition Act. House passes STEM diversity bills. House passes STEM diversity bills. Executive Branch. International.

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