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Leonardo DiCaprio spotted at amfAR Cannes Gala with Adrien Brody and more auctioning art ranging up to 0,000 | Hollywood

Leonardo DiCaprio spotted at amfAR Cannes Gala with Adrien Brody and more auctioning art ranging up to $300,000 | Hollywood

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May 23, 2025 11:22 PM IST The amfAR Cannes Gala sparked a lot of buzz with the presence of many stars. Adrien Brody sold one of his art pieces at a huge amount. Cannes Film Festival is more than just the film premieres and red carpet events. Every year during the last few days of the Cannes Film Festival, hundreds of celebrities and philanthropists come down to the palatial Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc for the amfAR gala. Here, they join to host and facilitate a event that raises millions for biomedical research and other important causes.  Leonardo Dicaprio was at the Cannes Film Festival, where he gave the honorary Palme d’Or to Robert de Niro. (Photo by Valery HACHE / AFP)(AFP) About the gala This year, a host of Hollywood stars including Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeff Bezos, Adrien Brody, Heidi Klum, Colman Domingo, and Michelle Rodriguez attended the event for the auction. (Also read: Alia Bhatt channels vintage glamour for her debut at the Cannes Film Festival. See pics) As per a report in Variety, this year’s …

Atmos Space Cargo’s Phoenix Capsule Set for First Orbital Test on SpaceX Mission

Atmos Space Cargo’s Phoenix Capsule Set for First Orbital Test on SpaceX Mission

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A cargo-return technology developed by Germany-based Atmos Space Cargo is set to undergo its first in-space test with an upcoming SpaceX mission. The company’s Phoenix capsule will be launched aboard the Bandwagon 3 rideshare mission, scheduled for no earlier than April. The capsule has been designed to facilitate the safe return of high-value materials from orbit, particularly benefiting the biomedical sector. The test mission aims to gather crucial data on the capsule’s subsystems, onboard payloads, and reentry performance. Mission Objectives and Scientific Payloads According to reports, the Phoenix capsule will carry four payloads, including a radiation detector from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and a bioreactor from UK-based Frontier Space. The mission’s primary goals include testing Phoenix’s performance in orbit, evaluating data from customer experiments, and deploying its proprietary inflatable atmospheric decelerator (IAD) for reentry stabilisation. This technology, acting as both a heat shield and parachute, is intended to enable a controlled descent back to Earth. Challenges in Returning Space Cargo Industry experts highlight that while the cost and complexity of launching experiments into space …

Scientists Make Mouse Skin Transparent Using Food Dye, Here’s Everything You Need to Know

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Scientists have found a way to make mouse skin temporarily transparent by using a common food dye. A team led by Zihao Ou, Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Texas at Dallas, applied a solution containing tartrazine, a yellow food colouring, to the skull and abdomen of live mice. This allowed them to observe the internal organs and blood vessels of the animals without performing any surgery. Once the dye solution was removed, the skin returned to its normal state without harming the mice. Optical Physics Behind the Process The transparency of the skin is achieved by a combination of water and the food-colouring tartrazine, also known as FD&C Yellow No. 5. The dye alters the skin’s refractive index, allowing light to pass through more easily by reducing light scattering. This process allows the skin to become see-through in a manner similar to how fog dissipates. Observing Organs and Brain Function Researchers used the dye to observe blood vessels just beneath the skull, along with the mouse’s internal organs and muscle contractions in the …