INTRODUCTION: We report our experience with 43 retroperitoneal laparoscopic nephrectomy for benign kidney disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS: All patients had a poor function from obstructive uropathology ...

Retroperitoneal fibrosis occurs when tissue grows outside your abdominal cavity but not within your peritoneum (the membrane surrounding your organs of digestion). The tissue is generally localized ...

Goods are shipped around the world via roads, rail, and air. Why not space, too? That’s the question posed by Inversion Space, a Los Angeles-based startup that’s developing a reentry capsule that it ...

Nothing in our universe stands still: Earth orbits the sun, the sun circles the galaxy, and even galaxies are constantly on the move. So why is everything in space in motion? It all comes down to how ...

Private companies are offering many opportunities to make the leap off Earth, ranging from a quick suborbital hop to a multi month stay on the International Space Station (ISS). But the advent of the ...

President Donald J. Trump transformed American space policy during his first term. He reestablished the National Space Council to coordinate national space strategy. He issued a series of important ...

1 General Surgery Department of Bamako District IV Hospital, Bamako, Mali. 2 Anesthesia and Resuscitation Service of the Hospital of the District of the Commune IV of Bamako, Bamako, Mali. 3 ...

K2 Space is developing the Mega Class satellite bus that can accommodate 1,000 kilograms of payload and offer 20 kilowatts of power. Credit: K2 Space WASHINGTON — K2 Space, a two-year-old startup ...

Bri is a Brooklyn-born writer and digital content creator. She's invested in all things spooky, ethereal, and macabre! When she's not writing, her cats and a good read keep her occupied. She currently ...

Sound needs a medium (solid, liquid, or gas) to travel. Space is a vacuum, lacking the matter to carry sound waves. No sound in space means no echoes. While a near-perfect vacuum, some sounds can be ...

The first trainees to finish the Space Force curriculum within the Air Force's basic military training graduated at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, June 22-23, 2022. (Miriam Thurber/Air Force) ...

Inside the highly secretive military branch responsible for protecting American interests in a vulnerable new domain. A patch for the Assured Access to Space Directorate, the Space Force division in ...