SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 17th, 2025

Meet the new boss... Same as the old boss.

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Vol II No 14

335 links Curated

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NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Gears Up for Its Second Asteroid Flyby.

https://thedebrief.org/nasas-lucy-spacecraft-gears-up-for-its-second-asteroid-flyby/

Tags: #Donaldjohanson #SwRI #"12.5 light minutes away" #"observation sequence"

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Electricity from rainwater shows promise.

https://newatlas.com/energy/electricity-production-rainwater/

Tags: #raindrops #"plug flow" #10% #"electrically conductive polymer"

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Fungus-Based Building Material may Pave the Way to Self-Repairing Structures.

https://thedebrief.org/new-fungus-based-building-material-heals-itself-paving-the-way-toward-self-repairing-structures/

Tags: #"Neurospora crassa" #"Sporosarcina pasteurii" #mineralized #microarchitecture

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new metal stays strong, no matter the temperature,

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/04/250416135906.htm

Tags: #Hyperadaptor #nickel-based #temperature-insensitive #"sudden or extreme temperature changes"

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Farm robot autonomously navigates, harvests among raised beds.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/04/250416135909.htm

Tags: #"high-bed cultivation" #Lidar #disease #pruning

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