NASA gets new countdown clock just in time
NASA has a new state-of-the-art space capsule on the launch pad and a new high-tech countdown clock to go with it.
Space Exploration
Dec 2, 2014
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NASA sees Tropical Storm Hagupit as Micronesia posts warnings
NASA's Aqua satellite captured a visible picture of Tropical Storm Hagupit in the western North Pacific Ocean on December 2, when several warnings were in effect for islands in Micronesia.
Earth Sciences
Dec 2, 2014
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Fear and caring are what's at the core of divisive wolf debate
To hunt or not hunt wolves can't be quantified as simply as men vs. women, hunters vs. anti-hunters, Democrats vs. Republicans or city vs. rural.
Ecology
Dec 2, 2014
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Logging destabilizes forest soil carbon over time, study finds
Logging doesn't immediately jettison carbon stored in a forest's mineral soils into the atmosphere but triggers a gradual release that may contribute to climate change over decades, a Dartmouth College study finds.
Environment
Dec 2, 2014
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Re-focusing investors' attention away from losses can reduce negative emotional response
According to a recent report from the Federal Reserve Board, 31 percent of Americans surveyed said they had no retirement savings, and almost half were not actively thinking about planning for retirement. Studies show that ...
Economics & Business
Dec 2, 2014
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Lengthening the life of high capacity silicon electrodes in rechargeable lithium batteries
A new study will help researchers create longer-lasting, higher-capacity lithium rechargeable batteries, which are commonly used in consumer electronics. In a study published in the journal ACS Nano, researchers showed how ...
Nanomaterials
Dec 2, 2014
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Fiery risk? Air shipments of batteries questioned
Dramatic U.S. government test results raise new concern that bulk shipments of rechargeable lithium batteries carried as cargo on passenger planes are susceptible to fires or explosions that could destroy the airliners.
Other
Dec 2, 2014
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Cutting F-35 manufacturing costs, time earns ONR top award
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) today received one of the nation's top manufacturing awards for an innovative, cost-saving method for making advanced cockpit enclosures, or canopies, for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike ...
Engineering
Dec 2, 2014
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Missing ingredient in energy-efficient buildings: People
More than one-third of new commercial building space includes energy-saving features, but without training or an operator's manual many occupants are in the dark about how to use them.
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 2, 2014
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Atmospheric carbon dioxide used for energy storage products
Chemists and engineers at Oregon State University have discovered a fascinating new way to take some of the atmospheric carbon dioxide that's causing the greenhouse effect and use it to make an advanced, high-value material ...
Nanomaterials
Dec 2, 2014
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