experiment

The production startup in space experiments with the Ars Technica pharmaceutical experiment in orbit

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Varda Space is the first "Winnebago" spacecraft, called W-Series 1, ahead of its June 12 launch.

Zoom in / Varda Space’s first ‘Winnebago’ spacecraft, called W-Series 1, ahead of its launch on June 12. The co-founder of California startup Varda Space Industries says his company’s first space mission, a miniature laboratory that grew crystals of the drug ritonavir in orbit, is on track to wrap up in the coming weeks with … Read more

A new experiment challenges the leading theory of the nucleus

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A new experiment challenges the leading theory of the nucleus

To explore A The new measurement of the strong nuclear force, which binds protons and neutrons together, confirms earlier hints of an inconvenient truth: We still don’t have a solid theoretical understanding of even the simplest nuclear systems. To test the strong nuclear force, physicists turned to the helium-4 nucleus, which has two protons and … Read more