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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - May 2015

May 2015

May 27, 2015

Curiosity Rover Begins New Journey on Mars

Unable to reach a comparable geological contact farther south on the Red Planet, NASA's Curiosity rover has now approached an alternative site for investigating a geological boundary.
Such geological contacts can reveal clues about how environmental conditions that produced one type of rock were related to conditions that produced the other.
Two weeks ago, Curiosity was headed for a comparable geological contact farther south.
Foiled by slippery slopes on the way there, the team rerouted the vehicle and chose a westward path.
The mission's strategic planning keeps multiple route options open to deal with such situations.

May 26, 2015

World's First Artificial Molecular Pump

Scientists have developed the first man-made molecular pump, which transports key proteins that cells need to function, that could be used to power artificial muscles.
The new machine mimics the pumping mechanism of life-sustaining proteins that move small molecules around living cells to metabolise and store energy from food.

Solar Plane set for the Most Challenging Leg

The Solar Impulse 2, the world's only solar-powered aircraft is about to undertake its greatest challenge yet - to fly nonstop for six days from China to Central Pacific.
The plane is powered completely by the sun and has been in Nanjing city in east China waiting for clearer skies during their journey to Hawaii in the Central Pacific.
So far on its epic round-the-world, the Solar Impulse has only had to do short journeys of about 20 hours.

May 25, 2015

The Moons of Exoplanets can Sustain Life

A study suggests that the moons of exoplanets may have all the right conditions to support alien life.
Using data from the solar system and observations of huge planets far beyond the visual range of any telescope, researchers have shown that some moons of those planets could be habitable.

May 24, 2015

UAE Gears up for Mars Mission

As per reports, state-owned Masdar Institute of Science and Technology is ramping up its efforts to support the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in achieving its goal of sending an unmanned space probe to Mars by 2021.
The initiative for the UAE's Mars mission, named "Hope", the first in the Arab world, was launched in October.
Masdar Institute is also a member of the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre’s science and research team, which is one of the seven teams of UAE national scientists that have been established to cover all aspects of the Mars mission.

May 23, 2015

Most Luminous Galaxy Found

A newfound galaxy 12.5 billion light-years from Earth is the most luminous one known in the universe, blazing more brightly than 300 trillion suns, a new study reports.
The engine behind the galaxy's brilliance may be a supermassive black hole, researchers said. Such behemoths lurk at the heart of most, if not all, galaxies.
The galaxy has been named WISE J224607.57-052635.0.

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