April 2021
Predicting dengue fever outbreaks from space
... operational in June 2019 with the first release of the prototype system. Since this initial release, an iterative cycle of development has been taking place, based on further, extensive user consultation and a formal verification process. There...
April 2021
On Mars as it is on Earth - preparing for settlement
... self-sufficiency of one million people) A large-scale closed-cycle ecological life-support system would need to be in place There... of living in a small-scale, closed-cycle ecology, organising their environmentally stressed society and mastering...
June 2021
The next ‘unthinkable’ – global disruption from a solar storm
..., can still thankfully be viewed as a rare event but nonetheless it could happen, especially during a solar cycle maximum. The 25th solar cycle is now underway and, although predicted to be weaker than normal, is expected to reach a peak in July 2025...
July 2021
Nitrous oxide – a green propellant for commercial space exploration
...can also be designed to withstand multiple load/un-load cycles, while composite LOX tanks tend to develop thermal stress cracks after only a... few cycles. All in all, the combination of soft-cryogenic N2O...
October 2024
Cinema and extraterrestrial archaeology
...the mechanisms of oxygenation of the terrestrial atmosphere and their consequences on the biosphere and biogeochemical cycles in general. Pierre Pouzet is an associate professor in the LabISEN laboratory at ISEN, Carquefou, France. As a member of the...
April 2025
A bun in the (space) oven - Reasons not to get pregnant while going around Earth at 7.8 kilometres per second
...early on, researchers thought mice might not experience oestrous cycles in space, but it turns out in longer experiments...are happening: maybe there is some stage in the reproductive cycle that is irreparably damaged by the space environment, or maybe ...
