NASA and NOAA satellites provided information and imagery to forecasters that showed Hurricane Maria weakened to a tropical storm on Sept. 28.
Earth Sciences
Sep 28, 2017
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Hawaii's land board on Thursday granted a construction permit for a giant telescope on a mountain that Native Hawaiians consider sacred, a project that has divided the state.
Space Exploration
Sep 28, 2017
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A Russian Proton-M booster rocket carrying a U.S.-built commercial satellite has had a successful liftoff from Kazakhstan.
Space Exploration
Sep 28, 2017
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has photographed the farthest active inbound comet ever seen, at a whopping distance of 1.5 billion miles from the Sun (beyond Saturn's orbit). Slightly warmed by the remote Sun, it has already ...
Space Exploration
Sep 28, 2017
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A team of researchers from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and Janssen Research & Development (Janssen) has devised artificial peptide molecules that neutralize a broad range of influenza virus strains. Peptides are ...
Biochemistry
Sep 28, 2017
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Scientists taking a new look at older data from NASA's longest-operating Mars orbiter have discovered evidence of significant hydration near the Martian equator—a mysterious signature in a region of the Red Planet where ...
Space Exploration
Sep 28, 2017
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In an industrial space tucked off a side street in Seattle's Sodo District, Microsoft is trying to reinvent the data center.
Hardware
Sep 28, 2017
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The day he introduced himself to his Microsoft co-workers as their new chief executive, Satya Nadella knew he faced a skeptical audience.
Business
Sep 28, 2017
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Mosquitoes harbor gut bacteria just like people do—and the bugs inside the bugs may hold a key to fighting malaria.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 28, 2017
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Shares of Roku, an early player in streaming-video gadgets, soared Thursday after its initial public offering of stock raised $219 million.
Business
Sep 28, 2017
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