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International group plans strategy for Mars sample return mission

ESA, NASA and an international team are developing plans and seeking recommendations to launch the first Mars mission to bring soil samples back to Earth. The ability to study soil from Mars here on ...
Aviation Week

NASA Aims To Update Mars Sample Return Strategy By Spring

NASA leadership could have a revised strategy in hand for the agency’s ambitious Mars Sample Return effort by spring 2025. That is the mission update prognosis that Jeff Gramling, director of NASA’s ...
Nature

Singleplex, multiplex and pooled sample real-time RT-PCR assays for detection of SARS-CoV-2 in an occupational medicine setting

For workplaces which cannot operate as telework or remotely, there is a critical need for routine occupational SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic testing. Although diagnostic tests including the CDC 2019-Novel ...
Nature

Estimation methods based on ranked set sampling for the power logarithmic distribution

The sample strategy employed in statistical parameter estimation issues has a major impact on the accuracy of the parameter estimates. Ranked set sampling (RSS) is a highly helpful technique for ...