Saturday, August 20, 2011

The Impact Of High-Density Reactive Materials (HDRM)

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High-Density Reactive Material (HDRM) missiles increase the chances of a "catastrophic kill," according to US military scientists....
Wednesday, August 17, 2011

NASA Moon Rocket Could Cost $38 Billion

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In this undated photo provided by NASA, the Orion space capsule is displayed at a Lockheed Martin test facility in Colorado. (Getty Images /...

Temporarily Reversing Aging In The Immune System?

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Researchers have discovered a new mechanism controlling aging in white blood cells. The research opens up the possibility of temporarily rev...

Earth's Gravity Is Being Altered By Melting Glaciers

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In this image, the location of the successive calving fronts of Greenland's Jakobshavn Isbrae glacier between 1851 and 2009 are overlain...
Tuesday, August 16, 2011

A One-Armed Personal Robot For The Rest Of Us

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PR2 SE Half the arms, nearly half the price. Willow Garage Willow Garage Introduces Discount PR2 SE, a One-Armed Personal Robot for the ...
Monday, August 15, 2011

Making Ships Efficient and Invisible

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U.S. Navy Ships at Sea Wikimedia Commons Anti-Wave Tech Tricks Ocean Water Into Standing Still, Making Ships Efficient and Invisible -- ...

Military's Maple-Seed-Inspired Drone

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Sneak Preview: Military's Maple-Seed-Inspired Drone, Plus More to Come at UAV Show Next Week -- Popular Science After years of d...

SETI Project Is Back Online

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Allen Telescope Array SETI Project: We're Listening Again, ET -- Mercury News E.T., you can phone home again. Forty-two rad...

The Blackest Planet

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Space spy: The team made their discovery while working through data from NASA's Kepler spacecraft, one of the world's most powerful ...
Thursday, August 11, 2011

Jodie Foster Helps Revive SETI Search

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A look at the SETI Institute's Allen Telescope Array at Hat Creek Observatory about 290 miles northeast of San Francisco, Calif. CREDIT:...

U.S. Science Funding Will Soon Be Cut Because Of The Debt Deal

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U.S. Debt Deal Could Dramatically Slash Science Funding In 2013 -- Scientific American US science agencies avoid immediate pain but coul...
Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Mars Rover Nears End Of Road

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An artist's impression of one of the two Mars rovers, which have been studying geological samples on the planet. Reuters Eight Years...

Sun Unleashes Largest Solar Flare In Five Years

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Sun Unleashes Largest Solar Flare In Five Years, Sending 10Billion Ton Storm Cloud Hurtling Through Space At 5Million MPH -- Daily Mail ...
Monday, August 8, 2011

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Image : The antiprotons lie sandwiched between the inner and outer Van Allen belts (in red) around the Earth. Antimatter Belt Around Ear...

How Wine Pollutes

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Vineyards in Napa Valley, Calif. Many winemakers use sulfur on their vines and the chemical poses environmental problems. Getty Images How...

Three Solar Flares Spark Power Grid Concerns

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Solar Flare Aug. 4 This still from a video shows the CME lifting off from sunspot 1261. NASA/SDO Video: Three Solar Flares Spark Power Gri...
Sunday, August 7, 2011

Are Office Environment's Bad For Your Brain?

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Working in an office is bad for your brain researchers say Photo: ALAMY Working In An Office Is Bad For Your Brain -- The Telegraph Working ...

World Wide Web Celebrates Its 20th Birthday

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Basic: Sir Tim Berners-Lee's first web site was simply a page of links to allow scientists to share data and news Many Happy Returns! Wo...
Saturday, August 6, 2011

Is Music A Powerful Antidepressant?

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Making Music Proves To Be Powerful Antidepressant -- Live Science Making music might help lift more depressed people out of the dumps than c...

Nigeria's Oil Pollution Will Take Decades To Clean-Up

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Nigeria Ogoniland Oil Clean-Up 'Could Take 30 Years -- BBC Nigeria's Ogoniland region could take 30 years to recover fully from the ...