Tag: science

Eli Lilly Works with OpenAI to Find Novel Medicines to Treat Drug-Resistant Bacteria

June 25, 2024

Photo: Unsplash in collaboration with Getty Images. By Christina Phillips Eli Lilly and Company announced a collaboration with OpenAI that will allow Lilly to leverage OpenAI’s generative AI to invent novel antimicrobials to treat drug-resistant pathogens. In a news release on June 25, Lilly said antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the top public health … More Eli Lilly Works with OpenAI to Find Novel Medicines to Treat Drug-Resistant Bacteria

NASA Joins 20 Federal Agencies to Release Updated Climate Change Adaptation, Resilience Plan

June 23, 2024

Artist’s concept of the Earth drawn from data from multiple satellite missions and created by a team of NASA scientists and graphic artists. Credit: NASA Images By Reto Stöckli, Based On Data From NASA And NOAA By Christina Phillips NASA announced it has joined more than 20 federal agencies in releasing its updated Climate Adaptation … More NASA Joins 20 Federal Agencies to Release Updated Climate Change Adaptation, Resilience Plan

Redwire Gets DARPA Prime Contract for SabreSat Spacecraft Very Low-Earth Orbit Demonstration

June 17, 2024

Redwire is leveraging its SabreSat VLEO platform for DARPA’s Otter program. Image: Redwire By Christina Phillips Redwire Corporation, a space infrastructure company, announced that it has been awarded a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to be the prime mission integrator for the development of an “air-breathing” satellite that will demonstrate the … More Redwire Gets DARPA Prime Contract for SabreSat Spacecraft Very Low-Earth Orbit Demonstration

NASA Seeks Alternative Mars Sample Return Methods

June 10, 2024

A simulated view of Mars as it would be seen from the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. Photo: NASA By Christina Phillips NASA said it is moving forward with 10 studies to examine more affordable and faster methods of bringing samples from Mars’ surface back to Earth as part of the agency’s Mars Sample Return Program. … More NASA Seeks Alternative Mars Sample Return Methods

NASA: Crew Flight Test Astronauts Will Call White House, NASA Leaders

June 7, 2024

NASA astronauts Suni Williams (pictured left) and Butch Wilmore (pictured right) launched at 10:52 a.m. EDT June 5 as the first crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Credits: NASA By Christina Phillips NASA announced that … More NASA: Crew Flight Test Astronauts Will Call White House, NASA Leaders

NASA: 2nd Small Climate Satellite Launched to Study Earth’s Poles

June 5, 2024

Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 1 in Māhia, New Zealand at 11:15 p.m. NZST, June 5, carrying a small satellite for NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission.  Photo: Rocket Lab By Christina Phillips NASA announced that the second of its PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed … More NASA: 2nd Small Climate Satellite Launched to Study Earth’s Poles

NASA Unites with the European Space Agency to Land Europe’s Rover on Mars

May 20, 2024

NASA’s Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate Nicky Fox and ESA’s Director of Human and Robotic Exploration Daniel Neuenschwander sign an agreement on the Rosalind Franklin mission at ESA’s headquarters in Paris, France, on May 16. (Photo Credits: ESA/Damien Dos Santos) By Christina Phillips NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) announced they have signed … More NASA Unites with the European Space Agency to Land Europe’s Rover on Mars

NASA Chooses 4 Proposals to Help Advance Knowledge of Earth’s Changing Climate

May 9, 2024

On May 7, 2024, NASA announced the selection of four proposals for concept studies of missions to benefit humanity through the study of Earth science. Most of what we know about Earth has been gathered through NASA’s 60 years of observations from space, such as this image of our home planet as shown as a … More NASA Chooses 4 Proposals to Help Advance Knowledge of Earth’s Changing Climate