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Nuclear rockets could travel to Mars in half the time − but designing the reactors that would power them isn’t easy
NASA plans to send crewed missions to Mars[1] over the next decade – but the 140 million-mile (225 million-kilometer) journey[2] to the red planet could take several months to years round trip[3].
This relatively long transit time is a result of the use of traditional chemical rocket fuel. An alternative technology to the chemically...
Trees’ own beneficial microbiome could lead to discovery of new treatments to fight citrus greening disease
Citrus trees showing natural tolerance to citrus greening disease host bacteria that produce novel antimicrobials that can be used to fight off the disease, our recent study shows[1]. We found the trees at an organic farm in Clermont, Florida.
Citrus greening disease – known more formally as Huanglongbing, or HLB[2], is caused by the...
You can count female physics Nobel laureates on one hand – recent winners have wisdom for young women in the field
Out of 225 people awarded the Nobel Prize in physics[1], only five have been women. This is a very small number, and certainly smaller than 50% – the percent of women in the human population.
Despite several studies[2] exposing the barriers[3] for women in science and the many efforts[4] to increase their representation, physics continues...