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NASA successfully retests moon rocket core stage engines after fault

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All core stage rocket engines on NASA’s moon rocket performed as expected in a recent series of tests that followed a replacement of a faulty control mechanism in one of those engines, the agency said. A faulty controller on the RS-25 engine number 4 forced the space agency to delay its upcoming uncrewed moon mission, … Read more

Physics Breakthrough as AI Successfully Controls Plasma in Nuclear Fusion Experiment

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Successfully achieving nuclear fusion holds the promise of delivering a limitless, sustainable source of clean energy, but we can only realize this incredible dream if we can master the complex physics taking place inside the reactor.   For decades, scientists have been taking incremental steps towards this goal, but many challenges remain. One of the … Read more

Strange Quantum Object Successfully Created in The Lab For The First Time

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Quantum mechanics – the behavior of the Universe at the smallest of scales – continues to surprise us, with scientists now having been able to successfully create a quantum object called a domain wall in laboratory settings.   For the first time, these walls can now be generated in the lab on demand, occurring when … Read more

First Gene Therapy for Tay-Sachs Disease Successfully Given to Two Children

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The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Two babies have received the first-ever gene therapy for Tay-Sachs disease after over 14 years of development. Tay-Sachs is a severe neurological disease caused by a deficiency in an enzyme called HexA. This enzyme breaks down a fatlike substance that normally … Read more

In a Truly Historic Milestone, JWST Has Been Successfully Deployed! Now What?

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We can all let out a collective sigh of relief. With its primary mirror array fully unfolded, the major components of the beleaguered James Webb Space Telescope are now deployed, and it continues to calmly make its way to its destination.   The deployment, completed on 8 January 2022, marks a pretty important milestone for … Read more

James Webb Space Telescope successfully deploys antenna

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NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope successfully deployed a critical antenna Sunday (Dec. 26)  just one day after its Christmas launch into space. The space telescope unfolded what scientists call a gimbaled antenna assembly that carries the high-rate data dish responsible for beaming Webb’s observations of the early universe back to Earth. Webb launched into … Read more