Month: November 2021

Reproducing Robots

Computer-designed stem cells with the genome of a frog on a Petri dish: simple. Except, this team discovered they can swim out, gather hundreds of single cells together, and assemble baby versions of themselves. Link: https://techxplore.com/news/2021-11-xenobots-team-robots.html?utm_source=TrendMD&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=TechXplore.com_TrendMD_1

NASA’s Indoor Farming

The United Nations predicts Earth will have to feed another 2.3 billion people by 2050. Controlled environment agriculture (CEA) combines plant science and environmental control to optimize plant growth and maximize efficiency. Link: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/spinoff/NASA_Research_Launches_a_New_Generation_of_Indoor_Farming/

Exoplanets’ Topsy-turvy Orbits

The more we gaze towards other stars, the more we realize our solar system is not the norm. These three exoplanets orbit the star HD 3167 perpendicular to the star’s equatorial plane: a very strange configuration! Link: https://astronomy.com/news/2021/11/exoplanets-with-topsy-turvy-orbits-found-around-inconspicuous-star

An Origin-of-Life Digest!

Alexandre Champagne‑Ruel, a PhD candidate in astrophysics at the University of Montréal, maintains a weekly digest of newly published papers on the origin of life. He reviews the papers, and posts the ones related to the field. Check it out! Link: https://alexandrechampagne.io/ool-digest/

The Recipe for Building a Rocky Planet

Earth, Mars and Mercury; examples of rocky planets which astrobiologists believe could be a prerequisite for life. Over the past decade, researchers have completely rewritten the story of how gas giants form, and are now debating if cosmic pebbles could be the recipe for planets like Earth. Link: https://www.quantamagazine.org/scientists-debate-if-cosmic-pebbles-create-rocky-planets-like-earth-20211103/

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