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NASA picks 4 companies to collect lunar resources
The four companies selected by NASA are Colorado-based Lunar Outpost of Golden; Masten Space Systems of Mojave, California; ispace Europe of Luxembourg; and ispace Japan of Tokyo. Overall, the new NASA contracts with these companies totals $25,001, the US space agency said on Thursday.
Kidney disease leading risk factor for Covid hospitalisation: Study
However, the study suggests that the physiological stress caused by an excessive inflammatory response to Covid-19 infection could destabilise organs already weakened by chronic disease, or that organ injury from the virus could act as a "second-hit" to these organs.
Can blood-sugar drug metformin cut Covid-19 death risk?
"Seeing a bigger association with protection in women over men may point towards inflammation reduction as a key way that metformin reduces risk from Covid-19," said principal investigator Carolyn Bramante, Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School in the US.
NewSpace India not to transfer ISRO's space tech to individuals
According to the draft policy, cost of technology development will be done on marginal costing basis-expenses that would not be incurred had not the technology development been undertaken. It is New Space India's mandate to actively pursue technology transfer so that benefits of the space programme are transferred to Indian industries, both public and private sector.
Climate change already disaster to health: Lancet study
According to the researchers, globally, people worked 302 billion hours less in 2019 because of scorching temperatures - 103 billion more hours than were lost in 2000. Rising temperatures have also triggered more wildfires, which poses another set of health threat.
No risk of nanoparticles in sunscreen sprays: Study
The findings published in the journal Aerosol Science and Engineering are a result of experiments conducted using three aerosol sunscreens commonly found on store shelves. The research team simulated the application process for someone using the recommended amount of sunscreen and analyzed the released aerosols.
ESA-NASA's Sun-observing SOHO mission marks 25 yrs in space
Launched on December 2, 1995, SOHO's original operating phase was scheduled for two years -- and now, through repeated extensions, it is celebrating a quarter century in orbit, NASA said on Wednesday, adding that the spacecraft also survived near catastrophe twice.
Pets played lifesaving role during Covid pandemic: Study
The study, published in the Journal of Behavioural Economics for Policy (JBEP) outlined how pets have a crucial role to play in an era where human-human contact can be life endangering. According to the researchers, physical touch is a sense that has been taken for granted - even overlooked - until Covid-19 visited our door earlier this year.
China's Chang'e-5 completes sampling on moon
Launched on November 24, the spacecraft landed on the north of the Mons Rumker in Oceanus Procellarum, also known as the Ocean of Storms, on the near side of the moon on Tuesday, tasked with retrieving China's first samples from an extraterrestrial body, reports Xinhua news agency.
Cancer survivors at higher risk of dying from flu: Study
The study, published in the journal EClinicalMedicine, suggests that cancer survivors are also likely to be at higher risk of severe Covid-19 outcomes. The research team from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), analysed medical records from 1990 to 2014 of more than 630,000 people in the UK, including over 100,000 survivors of a range of cancers.
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