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Aug- 2021 -12 AugustScience-Tech
Innovative New 3D Material Inspired by Chain Mail Developed. Transforms from Flexible to Rigid on Command
Lead image: Engineers have developed a material inspired by chain mail that can transform from a foldable, fluid-like state into specific solid shapes under pressure. Credit: Caltech Engineers at Caltech and JPL have developed a material inspired by chain mail that can transform from a foldable, fluid-like state into specific solid shapes under pressure. The study on the 3D printed tunable structured fabrics, which began in 2018 and was delayed due to the pandemic, was conducted by Prof. Andrade and Prof. Daraio (PI) from Caltech and NASA JPL’s Douglas Hofman (who is responsible for most 3D printing related projects at…
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12 AugustScience
New Carnivorous Plant Discovered in North America – Balances Trapping Prey and Being Pollinated
Lead image: Triantha occidentalis produces flowering stalks with sticky hairs that can trap insects. New research confirms that the plant can digest these trapped prey. Credit: Danilo Lima Botanists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of British Columbia have discovered a new carnivorous plant in western North America. Triantha occidentalis makes its home in wetlands and bogs from Alaska to California and inland to Montana. In the summer, it shoots up tall flowering stems coated with sticky hairs that trap small insects like gnats and midges. The scientists discovered that the plant acquires more than half of its nitrogen…
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9 AugustNASA
A Few Steps Closer to Jupiter’s Moon Europa: Spacecraft Hardware Makes Headway
Take a closer look at the complex choreography involved in building NASA’s Europa Clipper as the mission to explore Jupiter’s moon Europa approaches its 2024 launch date. The hardware that makes up NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft is rapidly taking shape, as engineering components and instruments are prepared for delivery to the main clean room at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. In workshops and labs across the country and in Europe, teams are crafting the complex pieces that make up the whole as mission leaders direct the elaborate choreography of building a flagship mission. The massive 10-foot-tall…
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9 AugustSpaceX
Starship SN20 is stacked atop a giant booster, makes it the tallest rocket ever. Elon Musk is thrilled, rocket taller than Saturn V
SpaceX’s newest Starship prototype was placed atop its massive booster for the first time on Friday (Aug. 6), setting a new record for the world’s tallest rocket ahead of a planned orbital test flight this year, marking the major milestone of a fully integrated Starship stack Engineers performed the stacking test at the SpaceX Starbase facility in South Texas, near the village of Boca Chica, in view of livestreams from NASA Spaceflight and Spadre.com. SpaceX has not commented on the stacking procedure yet on Twitter, although founder Elon Musk sent an update suggesting the company actually wanted to complete the…
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6 AugustScience
Scientists Investigation Into the Origin of Elements in the Universe Yields New Insights
A key reaction in the slow neutron-capture process that forms elements occurs less frequently than previously thought. The Science The slow neutron-capture process (the s-process) is one of the nucleosynthesis processes that occurs in stars. It results in about half of the elements heavier than iron in the universe. Two important reactions involved in the s-process are Neon-22 (alpha, gamma) and Neon-22 (alpha, neutron). In these reactions, neutron-rich Neon-22 captures alpha-particles. The capture produces Magnesium-26 in an excited state, meaning it has received extra energy. It then releases energy by emitting either a gamma ray, leading to Magnesium-26 in a…
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