source: CBC News CCGS Hudson will make one final trip next spring to a wreckers yard in Sheet Harbour, N.S., where it will be taken apart by Antigonish-based RJ MacIsaac Construction. The job is expected to be completed by the fall. Read Full Article Here

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source: New Scientist A simple robot has sensors that can detect when they are damaged, stop the robot, self-heal and instruct the robot to start moving again Read Full Article Here

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source: Reuters Litigation surrounding the production and use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is ticking upward in state and federal courts in the United States. PFAS, which are manmade chemicals resistant to breaking down — why they’re called ‘forever chemical… Read Full Article Here

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source: Bloomberg Space development can reshape the world economic order, a South Korean official said, as Seoul works to expand its prowess among a small group of countries capable of developing and launching their own space vehicles. Read Full Article Here

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source: Next Big Future A number of concepts exist for exploiting the solar wind as a means of propulsion: the MagSail, the e-sail, and the plasma magnet. All of these concepts work predominately as drag devices and thus are limited to velocities equal to the solar wind (~700 km/s),… Read Full Article Here

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source: BBC News In mathematics, physics and combined science, students will be provided with supporting material. Read Full Article Here

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source: Reuters The European Union set out plans on Wednesday to certify removals of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, while leaving key details to be worked out later - including how these removals will be counted towards EU climate change targets. Read Full Article Here

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source: CBC News A recent report indicating that Amazon’s Alexa division is on track to lose $10 billion US this year is raising questions about the future of the entire voice-assistant industry. Read Full Article Here

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source: Reuters A Japanese biotech firm says it has developed the world’s first early screening test for pancreatic cancer, using the powerful noses of tiny worms. Read Full Article Here

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source: New Scientist A biodegradable glider based on the seeds of the Javan cucumber, which float for long distances, could be used to monitor the environment without leaving polluting e-waste Read Full Article Here

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source: Next Big Future A research team from Skoltech, Aalto University, and Kurnakov Institute has recently developed a new, versatile and simple approach to using carbon nanotubes for manufacturing carbon nanotube-polymer nanocomposites. The method is reported in Carbon and involv… Read Full Article Here

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source: Time Richard Wang, CEO of Cuberg, is developing lighter, more powerful lithium batteries that could help make electric airplanes a reality. Read Full Article Here

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source: Wired Robotics professor Henny Admoni answers the internet’s burning questions about robots! How do you program a personality? Can robots pick up a single M&M? Why do we keep making humanoid robots? What is Elon Musk’s goal for the Tesla Optimus robot? Will robots … Read Full Article Here

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source: CBC News Western University in London, Ont., is building a state-of-the-art laboratory where researchers will pre-emptively create new vaccines, tactics and materials in order to fight a wide range of existing and emergent viral threats. Read Full Article Here

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source: Next Big Future Peter Zeihan is a geopolitical forecaster who uses simplified analysis and makes broad generalized predictions. He has predicted financial doom for China for over a decade. He does correctly identify things like demographic challenges which in some cases can … Read Full Article Here

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source: Spark Chronicles Surreal chronicle of the (unsuccessful) attempt to replace an electric car. Professor Alessandro Abbotto, Professor at the Department of Materials Science, MIB-SOLAR Solar Energy Research Center, at the University of Milan-Bicocca and author of the book “Electric mobility, History, technology, future” proposes it to us. Only three months ago he reported to us the general Read Full Article Here

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source: Reuters Materials science technology company Footprint took a 38% cut to its valuation as part of an amended merger deal with a blank-check firm backed by billionaire Alec Gores, the companies said on Tuesday. Read Full Article Here

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source: The Next Platform We have been talking about silicon photonics so long that we are, probably like many of you, frustrated that it already is not ubiquitous. But the good Read Full Article Here

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source: The Pioneer Dow, the world’s leading materials science company, and X-energy, a nuclear energy innovation company, announced that they have signed a letter of intent which will help Dow advance its carbon emissions reduction goals. Read Full Article Here

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source: Ars Technica Partnership to use computational materials science to speed development. Read Full Article Here

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source: MarketWatch Shares of Dow Inc. undefined gained 0.2% in premarket trading Thursday, after the materials science company reported fourth-quarter profit and sales that… Read Full Article Here

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source: Jimmys Post BOSTON, Jan. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ – The materials science industry is highly competitive. There are large changes in various sectors, such as an electric Read Full Article Here

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source: CNBC Arizona-based Footprint is going public via a merger with Gores Holdings VIII in a deal that values the materials science technology company at $1.6 billion. Read Full Article Here

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source: Ars Technica Glass’s rich history is being traced using modern archaeology and materials science. Read Full Article Here

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source: Interesting Engineering The secret to unlocking the next generation of electric cars may lie in materials science! Check out the latest work with silicon carbide design. Read Full Article Here

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