Top ‘safety risk’ for the ISS is a leak that has been ongoing for 5 years, NASA audit finds
A long-running air leak in the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) has been identified as the top safety risk according to a recent NASA audit. The leak is located in a transfer tunnel that connects the Russian Zvezda module to one of the ISS docking ports. It has been ongoing for 5 […]
This Map of Every Neuron in an Adult Fly Brain Could Be Nobel Prize Worthy
Researchers have created a detailed map of every neuron in the brain of an adult fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster), numbering around 139,000 neurons and 50 million connections. This is a major achievement that neuroscientists have aimed for over 50 years. Previous brain mapping work focused on simpler organisms like nematode worms with only hundreds of […]