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Surveilling space“Since the dawn of the Space Age, Lincoln Laboratory has developed, prototyped, and/or operated essentially all radar and optical systems that the nation uses to surveil space. From detecting Sputnik in 1957 and conducting the first space-based tracking...

To develop new targeted treatments for cancer, scientists need tissue models that accurately represent the genetic and molecular traits of the cancer they’re studying. An international team led by researchers at MIT’s Koch Institute, the Broad Institute, the Dana-Farber...

On Aug. 5, 2011, NASA launched the Juno spacecraft on a mission to study Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system.The robotic spacecraft lifted off on an Atlas V rocket from what is now Florida's Cape Canaveral Space...

Severe storms, heat waves and wildfires can shut down the social life of a community, flooding out festivals, canceling community events and keeping people indoors.They’re also evidence of how climate change isn’t just changing the...

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When Nicholas de Monchaux became head of the Department of Architecture at the School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P) in 2020, he stepped into an unusual set of leadership conditions. He had been due to start in July 2020. Instead, a...

Lithium-ion batteries are the leading choice in today’s electric vehicle and battery energy storage system industries, but they contain a number of critical minerals — including lithium, cobalt, nickel, and graphite — that are considered essential for economic and...

A charity is supporting the rehabilitation of prisoners by offering them the opportunity to create and sell their own artwork.Prisoners at HMP Erlestoke, in Wiltshire, have created their own artwork as part of the Prison Art Project scheme which...