Cost of next-generation Mars rover soars to $2.5B
NASA's next-generation rover mission to the surface of Mars needs more money - again.
Space Exploration
Feb 1, 2011
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BigBOSS receives favorable review from the National Optical Astronomy Observatory
The National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO), the National Science Foundation's (NSF's) research and development center for ground-based astronomy, has announced its conditional approval of the BigBOSS Collaboration's ...
Astronomy
Feb 1, 2011
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Lithium-air batteries' high energy density could extend range of electric vehicles
(PhysOrg.com) -- For today's electric vehicles that run on lithium-ion batteries, one of the biggest downsides is the limited range between recharging. Over the past several years, researchers have been working on an alternative ...
NASA satellites capture data on monster winter storm affecting 30 states (w/ Video)
It has already been called one of the largest winter storms since the 1950s and it is affecting 30 U.S. states today with snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain. NASA satellites have gathering data on the storm that stretches ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 1, 2011
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Want more efficient muscles? Eat your spinach
(PhysOrg.com) -- After taking a small dose of inorganic nitrate for three days, healthy people consume less oxygen while riding an exercise bike. A new study in the February issue of Cell Metabolism traces that improved performance ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 1, 2011
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February launch scheduled for Robonaut 2
NASA's Robonaut 2 is primed and ready for launch aboard space shuttle Discovery in February. R2 is so ready, in fact, that it's going up ahead of its legs, which will follow on a later launch.
Space Exploration
Feb 1, 2011
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Technology protects cotton from caterpillar's appetite
The furry-looking insects start their development smaller than the head of a pin, but the caterpillars soon develop an appetite for cotton as big as the crop.
Ecology
Feb 1, 2011
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Standard & Poor's considers downgrading Nokia credit rating
Rating agency Standard & Poor's said Tuesday it will be scrutinising the world's leading mobile phone maker Nokia over the next three months to decide whether to downgrade its short and long-term corporate credit ratings.
Business
Feb 1, 2011
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Murdoch's iPad newspaper launches Wednesday
News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch is to unveil "The Daily" on Wednesday, a digital newspaper for the iPad, the tablet computer the media tycoon has said may be the savior of the struggling news industry.
Internet
Feb 1, 2011
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MEADS radar completes rotation tests, prepares to move to test range
The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) program has successfully completed milestone tests as the first Multifunction Fire Control Radar (MFCR) advances toward system tests this year at Pratica di Mare air force base ...
Engineering
Feb 1, 2011
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