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Recent science reports from FireTofu's rolling 30-day index. 火豆腐滚动30天索引中的近期科学报道。

Source index refreshed Jul 22, 2026, 8:47 PM UTC

Science · NASA · Official source

NASA to Showcase Agency’s Newest Wind Tunnel in Virginia

Media are invited to NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, on Friday, July 31, to attend a media tour and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Flight Dynamics Research…Read original ↗

Science · TechCrunch

Science Corporation’s vision-restoring chip wins EU approval

"The thing that the space needs is a company making $100 million a year of revenue," Science Corp. CEO Max Hodak said.Read original ↗

Science · NASA · Official source

Robotic Servicing Mission Launches with NASA Support

Following its liftoff from Cape Canaveral on July 21 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) hosting the NASA-supported Robotic Servicing of…Read original ↗

Science · NASA · Official source

NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Chris Williams, Crewmates Return

NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev are wrapping up their 241‑day mission aboard the International Space Station.…Read original ↗

Science · NASA · Official source

A New Look – and Sound – for Messier 94

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory unveiled this new look at the galaxy NGC 4736, also known as Messier 94, on June 30, 2026.…Read original ↗

Science · NASA · Official source

Mapping Io’s Hidden Heat With NASA’s Juno

Description This graphic illustrates the areas of Jupiter’s moon Io sampled by the Microwave Radiometer (MWR) instrument aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft during two close flybys.…Read original ↗

Science · NASA · Official source

NASA’s Juno Peers Beneath Io’s Surface

Description This map represents data captured by the Microwave Radiometer (MWR) aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft, indicating heat rising from just beneath the surface of Jupiter’s…Read original ↗

Science · NASA · Official source

NASA’s Juno Takes Temperature of Jupiter’s Fiery Moon Io

NASA’s Juno mission has provided the first measurements of the temperature below the surface of Jupiter’s moon Io, revealing significant heating within the shallow subsurface of…Read original ↗

Science · NASA · Official source

NASA Joins Genesis Mission to Accelerate AI-Driven Discovery

NASA is supporting the Genesis Mission, a national effort to drive the use of artificial intelligence in tackling complex scientific and engineering challenges to advance a new…Read original ↗

Science · NASA · Official source

A Week of Smoky Skies Across North America

Brown carbon, emitted by wildland fires and tracked over the span of a week in July 2026, worsened air quality in parts of the U.S. and Canada.Read original ↗

Science · TechCrunch

Dimension Capital’s $800M third fund shows the intersection of science and compute is booming

The four-year-old firm's latest fund is 60% larger than its second vehicle announced 18 months ago.Read original ↗

Science · NASA · Official source

NISAR’s L-Band Radar Reveals ‘Hummingbird’ in Antarctica

Description Data from the Earth-orbiting U.S.-India NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite’s L-band radar was used to produce an image of Nunatak Zaterjavshijsja —…Read original ↗

Science · Sixth Tone

China’s Changing Climate May Be Why Your Garlic Is Moldy

Most of the world’s garlic is grown in China. But this year, unusual weather conditions this past fall, winter, and spring challenged the country’s farmers.Read original ↗

Science · Nikkei Asia

Inside Taiwan's most ambitious space mission yet

HSINCHU, Taiwan -- On a late winter night last December, Huang Po-Hsuan, his team and their colleagues waited anxiously in the control room at the Tai Read original ↗

Science · NASA · Official source

NASA to Host Media Briefing on Roman Telescope, Launching Next Month

Media are invited to join NASA for a virtual news conference at 2 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, July 29, to preview the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission, scheduled to launch…Read original ↗

Science · NASA · Official source

US-India Satellite Delivers Data, Reveals ‘Hummingbird’ in Antarctica

As of July 20, the public can access data from the two powerful radar instruments aboard the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite.…Read original ↗

Science · NASA · Official source

NASA Langley Celebrates Community through Music with ‘Symphony Under the Stars’ Event

NASA Langley’s “Stars, Stripes, and Supernovas – Symphony Under the Stars” event brought employees, families, and community members together for an evening filled with music,…Read original ↗

Science · NASA · Official source

NIAC 2026 Selections

Phase I Saptarshi BandyopadhyayDimming the Sun (DimSun) Using Controllable Dust Cloud to Reduce Solar InsolationNASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryPasadena, CA 91109-80012026 Phase I…Read original ↗

Science · NASA · Official source

Precision Astrometry Using Optically Independent Spacecraft for Graviational Wave Detection

Paul StankusBrookhaven Science Associates The scientific goal is to enable a new method for observing gravitational waves at low frequencies, based on the astrometric GW…Read original ↗

Science · NASA · Official source

Mapping Alien Continents: Achieving Optical VLBI for Exoplanet Imaging

Paul StankusBrookhaven Science Associates The scientific goal of the proposed work will be reconstructing the image, ie resolving surface features, of an Earth-like exoplanet…Read original ↗

Science · NASA · Official source

Interworld Slingshot Resource Surveys

Pablo Sobron SanchezSETI Institute This proposal explores a new class of reconnaissance spacecraft that map minerals from orbit using Raman spectroscopy during high-speed…Read original ↗

Science · Nikkei Asia

India approves its first dengue vaccine, from Japan's Takeda

MUMBAI -- Indian regulators have approved Japanese drugmaker Takeda Pharmaceutical's vaccine against dengue, the country's first such vaccine, in a bi Read original ↗

Science · NASA · Official source

A New Compact Instrument Enables High-Fidelity Measurements of Energetic Particles on CubeSats

A team of NASA-sponsored scientists and engineers has developed a novel approach to observing high-energy particles in the near-Earth space environment, incorporating…Read original ↗

Science · World Health Organization · Official source

WHO marks 25 years of Research4Life, advancing access to scientific knowledge in more than 120 countries

News release · World Health Organization public-health news release.Read original ↗

Science · NASA · Official source

Why Maine’s Sandy Shorelines Turn Jagged

Differences in the underlying bedrock and how rivers distribute sediment make the coastlines west of Portland look unlike those northeast of the city.Read original ↗

Science · Global News

2 girls take over Alberta RCMP command as part of Kids with Cancer experience

Maya Ferguson, 10, from Spruce Grove and Haley Nedeljak, 11, from Edmonton got to embrace different aspects of the RCMP as part of a partnership with the Kids with Cancer Society.Read original ↗

Science · European Space Agency · Official source

Plato's electronics ready for space

Image: The European Space Agency’s terrestrial planet hunter Plato has recently completed a series of key tests inside the Maxwell Test Chamber at ESTEC , demonstrating that its…Read original ↗