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Australian scientists build the world’s first working quantum battery prototype
A team from CSIRO, RMIT University, and the University of Melbourne has demonstrated the world's first proof-of-concept quantum battery — a device that charges, stores, and releases energy using the…
Scientists find all five DNA building blocks in samples from space rocks
Researchers have confirmed all five canonical nucleobases — the information-carrying units of DNA and RNA — in samples returned from asteroid Ryugu by Japan's Hayabusa-2 mission. The discovery adds compelling…
Hypersonix Set For First Flight As Tasmanian Scientist Joins A NASA Mission to Track Ice With Space Lasers
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Tasmanian scientist in NASA mission to track ice with space lasers
A sea-ice scientist at the University of Tasmania is part of a new NASA satellite mission designed to deliver greater global coverage of land, sea and ice than all prior…
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Quantum encryption could work across city-sized distances
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Artemis II Confidence Test Finds Another Fault
NASA engineers are reviewing data from a February 12 confidence test of the Space Launch System that's at the heart of the Artemis II mission.
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Artemis On Hold As The Dark Side of the Universe is Revealed
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