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The purpose of this working group was to assemble a panel of experts to review the most recent data related to extravehicular activity (EVA) prebreathe testing and decompression sickness (DCS) events, venous thromboembolism (VTE) in-flight occurrences, and patent foramen...

Patricia and James Poitras ’63, longtime MIT supporters, have launched a fellowship program for graduate students and postdocs studying major mental illness, expanding their MIT philanthropy to directly support early-career scientists. The commitment establishes 50 two-year fellowships through the Poitras...

More and more details about 3I/ATLAS are filtering through the scientific process as time goes on. Our third known interstellar visitor attracted the attention of some of the most powerful observatories...

The Trump administration is repealing federal rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants.It says the changes will make electricity cheaper for Americans. What consumers pay will depend partly on the...

The most dramatic and tragic natural phenomenon Spain has seen in recent years were flash floods that killed 237 people in the east of the country in October 2024, centred on the Valencia region.Spanish meteorological research group Climatoc-Lab described...

Prof Aidan Fowler, national director of patient safety at NHS England, said the expansion of Martha's Rule would give families and NHS staff "a critical new lifeline" to help improve care and save more lives.Staff can themselves ask for...

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Partners of women going through the menopause are being invited to experience one of the symptoms at a forthcoming support event.At the Menopaus'ull Support Network event in Hull next month, health group Over The Bloody Moon will be taking...

“For many of the systems we’re developing, we need power, and we power the system through different ways,” says Giovanni Traverso, a professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, a gastroenterologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and an associate member of...

Science & Exploration 21/09/2026 579 views 14 likesThe European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) will return to Earth on 28 September, with flight controllers guiding the spacecraft close to our home planet to alter its speed and direction...