NASA astronaut Scott Carpenter honored
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration plans to honor Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter with its Ambassador of Exploration Award.
Space Exploration
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NASA technology helps predict and prevent future pandemic outbreaks
With the help of 14 satellites currently in orbit and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Applied Sciences Program, scientists have been able to observe the Earth’s environment to help predict and ...
Space Exploration
Nov 6, 2007
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Record 5th planet found around nearby star
A team of American astronomers announced today (Tuesday, Nov. 6) the discovery of a record-breaking fifth planet around the nearby star 55 Cancri, making it the only star aside from the sun known to have five planets.
Astronomy
Nov 6, 2007
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Discovery Set To Land Wednesday
The space shuttle Discovery crew is scheduled to complete a 15-day mission to the International Space Station with a landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on Wednesday, Nov. 7.
Space Exploration
Nov 6, 2007
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Discovering new properties in carbon nanotubes
The trend in science is moving toward smaller devices. Indeed, single electron devices are considered one way for computing and other electronic applications to become ever smaller in size, while still providing large operating ...
See the ISS and Discovery in the morning sky over Europe
Early tomorrow morning there is a rare opportunity to see the Space Station flying in formation with Space Shuttle Discovery, homeward bound and due to land in Florida tomorrow evening.
Space Exploration
Nov 6, 2007
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Pushing the limits of chip miniaturisation
Over the last four decades, computer chips have found their way into virtually every electronic device in the world. During that time they have become smaller, cheaper and more powerful, but, for a team of European researchers, ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Nov 6, 2007
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Bringing all-optical networks closer to home
Converting between electronic and optical signals is one of the main costs in high-speed data networks and telecommunications applications, even more so when looking at future applications. The solution, say the experts, ...
Telecom
Nov 6, 2007
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Scientists find high-fat diet disrupts body clock
Our body’s 24-hour internal clock, or circadian clock, regulates the time we go to sleep, wake up and become hungry as well as the daily rhythms of many metabolic functions. The clock -- an ancient molecular machine found ...
Nov 6, 2007
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UCI Innovation for Developers: Cut to the Action CodeGenie
A brilliant innovation by graduate students of the University of California, Irvine. The CodeGenie will cut down on hours of painstaking search and filter. It is an Eclipse plugin that searches Open Source code and its results ...
