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Ingenuity helicopter’s Mars mission over after rotor blade damage, says NASA | Science & Tech News
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NASA’s mini helicopter Ingenuity has made its last flight on Mars after one of its rotor blades was damaged. It’s been on the Red Planet since February 2021, and two months later achieved the milestone of the first powered, controlled flight on another planet. Ingenuity has flown 72 flights for a total of 11 miles…
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Long COVID can cause long-term damage to multiple organs, study finds | UK News
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A third of long COVID patients sustained damage to multiple organs five months after infection, a study has found. Scans of patients who were treated in hospital for COVID-19 showed higher rates of damage to the lungs, brain and kidneys compared with the non-COVID control group. Lung injuries were almost 14 times higher among long…
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Pollution can reach babies in the womb and could damage developing organs, scientists say | UK News
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Air pollution particles can get into the organs of foetuses as they develop in the womb, potentially damaging development, a study has suggested. Academics from the University of Aberdeen and Hasselt University in Belgium found evidence of black carbon particles – also known as soot particles – in blood in the umbilical cord. That, in…
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Meteoroid hit has caused ‘significant uncorrectable’ damage to James Webb Space Telescope | Science & Tech News
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NASA has reported that a meteoroid hit on the James Webb Space Telescope has caused “significant uncorrectable” damage to one of the panels it uses to stare into deep space. The orbiting observatory was launched last December and recently released a full set of new observations, including what is said to be the “deepest” and…