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NASA Space Network to begin new design phase for ground segment

The Space Network Ground Segment Sustainment effort successfully completed its Key Decision Point - B review at NASA allowing the project to proceed into Phase B of its lifecycle, the Mission Definition Phase. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NASA Mission Gets Closer to Solving Magnetic Reconnection Mystery (w/ Videos)

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA is designing a mission to investigate one of the most fundamental and explosive physical processes in the universe - magnetic reconnection. Known as the Magnetospheric MultiScale (MMS) ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1




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Medicare auction will face severe difficulties, research shows

Medicare's new method for buying medical supplies and equipment -- everything from wheelchairs and hospital beds to insulin shots and oxygen tanks -- is doomed to face severe difficulties, according to a new ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Nanoscale protein containers could aid drug, vaccine delivery

UCLA biochemists have designed specialized proteins that assemble themselves to form tiny molecular cages hundreds of times smaller than a single cell. The creation of these miniature structures may be the ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ariane 5 booster roars into life

An Ariane 5 solid-propellant booster was test-fired yesterday at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana to help improve the reliability of Europe’s heavy launcher.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Much to gain by optimizing delousing

New research shows that the efficacy of delousing efforts is greatly affected by the materials used in constructing a well boat’s tank for mixing the delousing agent. This knowledge has now led to improvements ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists announce coalition to develop the world's cleanest passenger locomotive

Plans to create the world's first carbon-neutral higher-speed locomotive were announced today by the Coalition for Sustainable Rail (CSR), a collaboration of the University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment (IonE) ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

ZTE scrambles to get at root of phone flaw

(Phys.org) -- Rattling phone security news surfaced this week for those owning ZTE Score M phones after an anonymous post to Pastebin.com reported a backdoor hole where others can gain control over a user& ...

Technology / Software

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

New Paleolithic remains found near the Liuhuaishan site in Bose Basin, Guangxi

The Liuhuaishan site is an important early Paleolithic site found in the Bose Basin. In December 2008, Scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Whirr, click, hum: Robots go at it in 2.007 finale

MIT’s Johnson Athletic Center took on the aura of an old-fashioned county fair on Thursday night, complete with popcorn, balloons, jugglers, cotton candy and pitchmen wearing brightly colored jackets and bowties. But ...

Electronics / Robotics

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Solar-panel-like retinal prosthesis could better restore sight to blind

(Phys.org) -- Using tiny solar-panel-like cells surgically placed underneath the retina, scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have devised a system that may someday restore sight to people ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created May 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Student-devised process would prep Chinese shale gas for sale

A team of Rice University students accepted a challenge to turn shale gas produced in China into a range of useful, profitable and environmentally friendly products and did so in a cost-effective manner.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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