Lightning, meet snowstorm: The makings of thundersnow
Melted nuclear fuel seen inside second Fukushima reactor
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-nuclear-fuel-fukushima-reactor.html
ou Could Soon Be Manufacturing Your Own Drugs -- Thanks To 3D Printing
U.S. Doctors Plan to Treat Cancer Patients Using CRISPR
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609999/us-doctors-plan-to-treat-cancer-patients-using-crispr/
ASTRONOMERS SET THE LIMIT FOR JUST HOW MASSIVE NEUTRON STARS CAN BE
https://www.universetoday.com/138283/astronomers-set-limit-just-massive-neutron-stars-can/
NASA and NOAA Show Long-Term Global Warming Trend Continues
https://scitechdaily.com/nasa-and-noaa-show-long-term-global-warming-trend-continues/
New Lithium-Sulfur Battery Component Doubles Capacity
https://scitechdaily.com/new-lithium-sulfur-battery-component-doubles-capacity/
"White Graphene Makes Ceramics Multifunctional"
Research supported by the National Science Foundation.
stylemagazine.com/news/2018/jan/11/white-graphene-makes-ceramics-multifunctional/
@NSF exhibit at #AAS231 . Lots of cool astrophysics stuff happening at the meeting, even on the last day.
"NOAA kicks off 2018 with massive supercomputer upgrade"
http://www.noaa.gov/media-release/noaa-kicks-off-2018-with-massive-supercomputer-upgrade
@peemee Let's hope they have pretty good engines. 3 billion light years is not exactly nearby!
"Mystery Radio Bursts From Space Just Got Even Weirder:
Astronomers are transfixed by twisted waves seen coming from an odd object three billion light-years away."
Geoscientists researching early earth often use meteorites composition as a baseline for determining mantle fractionation. Chondrites in particular.
@Sparkleydots I would assume astrophysicists with a planetary astronomy emphasis would look at this kind of thing. otherwise, specific geologists would probably do so.
A very interesting article by a smart young lady and aspiring journalist who also happens to be my niece.
"Millennials need new movies about nuclear war, a ninth-grader says"
https://thebulletin.org/millennials-need-new-movies-about-nuclear-war-ninth-grader-says11416
"With the Summit Supercomputer, U.S. Could Retake Computing’s Top Spot"
"How to Conquer Titan With a Nuclear Quad Octocopter"
"Moving Blood Tests from Labs to the Consumer"
"Hypatia Stone Contains Mineral Compounds Unlike Anything on Earth, Known Meteorites or Comets"
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