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@scisteem Jan 25, 2019, 7:26 PM UTC

Dozens Of German Doctors Question The Danger Of Diesel Engines

Over a hundred German pulmonologists is asking for a reevaluation of current limits for nitrous dioxide and small dust particles. They say that there is no scientific reason for the limits. The forme…

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@scisteem Jan 24, 2019, 7:00 PM UTC

Insects Might Not Be As Eco-Friendly Of A Food As We Thought

Fried worms are already finding their way to our plates and many insect food producers pride themselves on how eco-friendly they are. But new findings show that that might not be completely true. Bre…

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@scisteem Jan 23, 2019, 7:30 PM UTC

American Scientists Automated The Production Of Nuclear Fuel For Space Probes

NASA’s robotic explores that go into deep space and one day even to other worlds need a radioactive source of energy. Plutonium-238 is great but making it is not easy. But a new technology will allow…

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@scisteem Jan 22, 2019, 6:59 PM UTC

The Large Hadron Collider Will Be Soon Dwarfed By A New 100 Kilometer Supercollider

Plans for new Future Circular Collider are being drawn up by CERN. For nine billion Euros it should be one hundred kilometers long. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/CERN_LHC_Tunnel…

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@scisteem Jan 21, 2019, 7:29 PM UTC

Unusual Star System With A Vertical Disk

Young star systems usually have protoplanetary disks of dust and gas. Almost all young stars have them. And as you might guess this is the material from which planet are born. But the disk that was r…

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@scisteem Jan 20, 2019, 7:37 PM UTC

Steam Spaceship Could Cruise Space Almost Forever

A prototype of an incredible interplanetary spaceship World Is Not Enough (WINE) that uses steam finished its first test. It successfully mined material from a simulated asteroid, made its fuel from…

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@scisteem Jan 19, 2019, 7:00 PM UTC

“The Cow” Is A Mysterious Space Explosion

Explosion named AT2018cow outshined a whole galaxy. But in many ways it was exceptional and scientists can’t agree on what it actually was. Was it a burp of a supermassive black hole? Or a nontraditi…

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@scisteem Jan 18, 2019, 7:36 PM UTC

Canadians Promise Charging As Fast As Refueling For Electric Cars

A Canadian start-up – GBatteries – came with a bold claim. They claim that they have a technology that will allow to recharge electric cars as fast as you can refuel cars nowadays. The people behind…

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@scisteem Jan 17, 2019, 7:00 PM UTC

Scientists Found A Large Black Hole Wandering Through The Milky Way

Detailed observation of cosmic gases in higher resolution revealed the true identity of an object known as HCN-0.009-0.044. Very likely it is a black hole it a mass of about 32 thousand Suns. While b…

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@scisteem Jan 16, 2019, 7:31 PM UTC

New Nanotechnology Will Allow Us To Breathe In RNA

If we manage to get RNA in a recipe for a needed protein into the cells of a patient we could treat many serious diseases. And when it comes to lung disease we could breathe them in. Nanotechnology c…

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