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Crops seeds return from space in IAEA/FAO project to help feed warming wor
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
To support these farmers and improve global food security, the IAEA and FAO, through their Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, sent seeds into space to explore the effects of cosmic radiation on speeding up natural, genetic adaptation of much needed crops. Th
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Researchers have measured the survival rate of antihelium nuclei from dept
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
How are galaxies born, and what holds them together? Astronomers assume that dark matter plays an essential role. However, as yet it has not been possible to prove directly that dark matter exists. A research team including Technical University of Munich (TUM) scientists has now measured for
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Synthetic hibernation could provide protection from cosmic radiation
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
It is still a glimpse into the future: Astronauts could be put into artificial hibernation and in this state be better protected from cosmic radiation. At present, there are already promising approaches to follow up such considerations.
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Scientists use deep planetary scans to confirm Martian core
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Seismologists from The Australian National University (ANU) have developed a new method to scan the deep interior of planets in our solar system to confirm whether they have a core at the heart of their existence.
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How intense and dangerous is cosmic radiation on the Moon?
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 26 (ANI): The Chang'e-4 lunar lander touched down on the far side of the Moon on 3 January 2019, with a German instrument for measuring space radiation on board. Since then, the Lunar Lander Neutron and Dosimetry (LND) instrument has been measuring temporally resol
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