Dr Shannon Chan, located in Hong Kong, uses a game controller to control an endoscope located in Zurich, Switzerland, over 9,000 km (5,500 miles) awayChinese University of Hong Kong Surgeons in Switzerland successfully performed an endoscopy on a pig located 9,300 km (5,780 miles) away in Hong Kong using a video game controller. This achievement...
A drug already used to treat Alzheimer's could find a second use in inducing a hibernation-like state, to save lives during medical emergencies. Credit: Pixabay In a medical emergency, timely treatment is essential. However, a commonly used drug could be repurposed to induce a hibernation-like state, slowing organ damage and extending the time available to...
An artist's impression of a star circling a supermassive black hole, a repeating event that seems to be at the core of AT2018fykNASA/CXC/M. Weiss Astronomers have observed a supermassive black hole consume a star in two phases and have predicted when it might take a third. If it happens, it could create a fascinating cosmic...
A rendering of a wall-building robot constructing a blast shield ring on the MoonPhoto credit to NASA, processing/scanning credit to Kipp Teague and NASA Johnson (image AS17-141–21610), edited Living on the Moon means that rockets will be your sole mode of transportation to Earth or Mars. However, each launch will create a storm of debris....
Credit: Pixabay Medications used by astronauts on the International Space Station may not be sufficient for a three-year trip to Mars. A new Duke Health study reveals that over half of the medicines, including pain relievers, antibiotics, allergy medicines, and sleep aids, would expire before the astronauts' return to Earth. Astronauts might have to rely on...
The new spacesuit design (illustrated) that collects urine and recycles it into drinking water weighs around 8 kilograms and can purify half a liter of water in five minutes.FREMAN SPACE TEAM (ILLUSTRATION), NASA Drawing inspiration from the desert-dwelling Fremen in the science fiction series Dune, who recycle their body's moisture with special suits called stillsuits,...
Credit: Pixabay Just over ten years ago, a robotic rover on Mars provided a long-awaited answer to a critical question: it confirmed the presence of organic material buried in the sediment of the planet's ancient lakebeds. Since then, we have continued to discover organic molecules on Mars, distributed in a manner indicating widespread carbon chemistry on...
Credit: Pixabay NASA announced on Tuesday that it has chosen SpaceX to construct a spacecraft that will return the International Space Station to Earth’s atmosphere and guide it to its final resting place in the Pacific Ocean upon its retirement in 2030. Elon Musk’s company has secured a contract potentially worth $843 million to develop and...
The official portrait of Oleg Kononenko.Image Credit: NASA / Andrey Shelepin On June 5, Russian Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko became the first person to spend 1,000 days in space. He surpassed the previous record held by fellow Russian Gennady Padalka, who spent 878 days, 11 hours, 29 minutes, and 48 seconds in space. Both achieved their...
Starliner lifting offBoeing Boeing finally had success today with its Starliner spacecraft, which soared into orbit after numerous attempts. At 10:52 am EDT, astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station aboard an Atlas V rocket. Following 14 years of cost overruns, delays, persistent technical issues, an embarrassing initial uncrewed flight,...
