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EIRSAT-1 novel control payload successfully demonstrates advanced satellite pointing in space
UCD Research & InnovationEIRSAT-1, Ireland’s first satellite, has successfully tested an advanced onboard control system that allows it to orient itself accurately in space. The breakthrough was achieved using a payload called Wave-Based Control (WBC), a software platform designed by a team at UCD School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering to test new satellite manoeuvring techniques while in orbit.
Summer of discovery: Mizzou student gains hands-on research experience
University of Missouri-ColumbiaTexas rice growers optimistic despite challenges
Texas A&M AgriLife CommunicationsThe Texas rice harvest is in full swing, and growers hope a good second crop can bring a positive end to a challenging season, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.
Sam Rustom, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension agronomist and assistant professor in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Eagle Lake, said it’s looking like an average year for Texas rice despite some challenges. Overall, rice production dropped 6,000 acres to around 143,000 acres.
From powerhouse to precision target: Global experts unite in Berlin to advance mitochondrial medicine
Mitochondria-Microbiota Task Force- Meeting
- Targeting Mitochondria 2025 Meeting
Can wastewater surveillance work without sewers?
Tufts UniversityStudy shows how places without modern sanitation systems can still use wastewater to catch outbreaks before dangerous diseases travel across borders
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- PLOS Water
Building the future of digital agriculture
National Center for Supercomputing Applications- Funder
- National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Blood test for clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's unprecedented in new guidelines
BGI GenomicsOptical magnetometer measures magnetic field direction for the first time
Graz University of Technology- Funder
- Austrian Science Fund