NASA conducted a test fire Friday of the liquid-fuel AJ26 engine that will power the first stage of Orbital Sciences Corp.'s Taurus II space launch vehicle. The test at the agency's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi supports ...
Space Exploration
Dec 20, 2010
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Australian researchers have identified a way to measure the structure of membrane proteins despite being damaged when using X-ray Free-Electron Lasers (XFELs), a discovery that will help fast track the development of targeted ...
General Physics
Dec 20, 2010
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Scientists at DOE's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory report new experimental constraints on a theoretical model that tries to explain the origin of dark energy, the mysterious force that accelerates the expansion of ...
General Physics
Dec 20, 2010
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Scientists and conservation groups filed a formal request today asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to determine if little brown bats, once the most common bat species in the Northeast, need protection under the Endangered ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 20, 2010
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released the 2010 Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) Progress Report highlighting current research on this still mysterious disease affecting the nation's honey bees.
Ecology
Dec 20, 2010
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A research group at the Japan's National Institute for Materials Science have successfully developed a novel nanoferroelectric by a solution-based bottom-up nanotechnology.
Nanophysics
Dec 20, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine yourself driving along an interstate highway, with about a thousand lanes of traffic zipping by. You notice that there are only a few cars in the outside lane, and you'd like to move over there.
Telecom
Dec 20, 2010
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Online advertising spending in the United States will overtake spending on newspaper ads this year for the first time, digital research firm eMarketer said Monday.
Internet
Dec 20, 2010
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From match fixing, to doping allegations, to contract disputes, a new book by a Queen's University law expert analyses the relationship between modern sport and the law.
Social Sciences
Dec 20, 2010
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"As a child in Hawaii, I grew up exploring. Those experiences shaped my direction and interest in science," recalls molecular biologist Scott Santos. He remembers playing along the shore and swimming in the ponds imbedded ...
Ecology
Dec 20, 2010
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