Science News Roundup: Space power China to build ground stations on Antarctica to support satellites; With frigid innovation, scientists make a new form of ice

This yielded what they called "medium-density amorphous ice," or MDA, which looked like a fine white powder.


Devdiscourse News Desk | Updated: 04-02-2023 18:34 IST | Created: 04-02-2023 18:28 IST
Science News Roundup: Space power China to build ground stations on Antarctica to support satellites; With frigid innovation, scientists make a new form of ice
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Space power China to build ground stations on Antarctica to support satellites

China, only the third country to put a man in space after the Soviet Union and United States, is to build ground stations on Antarctica to back its network of ocean monitoring satellites, state media said on Thursday. China's global network of ground stations to support a growing number of satellites and outer space ambitions has drawn concern from some nations that it could be used for espionage, a suggestion China rejects.

With frigid innovation, scientists make a new form of ice

Using a device that might be described as a super-duper cocktail shaker, scientists have fashioned a previously unknown form of ice - one that might exist on our solar system's icy moons - in research that sheds light on water's behavior under extreme conditions. The researchers said they employed a process called ball milling to vigorously shake ordinary ice together with steel balls in a container cooled to minus-328 degrees Fahrenheit (minus-200 degrees Celsius). This yielded what they called "medium-density amorphous ice," or MDA, which looked like a fine white powder.

(With inputs from agencies.)

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