A new research facility at Colorado State University – the only one of its kind in the world – will be established with a $9 million grant from NASA to help reveal the effects of long-term exposure to space radiation ...
Space Exploration
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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured these images of a significant solar flare – as seen in the bright flash on the left – peaking at 6:11 p.m. EDT on May 5, 2015.
Space Exploration
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A project aimed at sampling pristine sediments from deep beneath an ancient Indonesian lake is in full swing.
Earth Sciences
May 7, 2015
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River scientists and marine geophysicists from the US and UK have teamed up for a unique collaboration that could help protect the lives of thousands of people who live close to the banks of some of South Asia's biggest rivers.
Earth Sciences
May 7, 2015
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A novel analytical method has enabled Whitehead Institute scientists to identify a regulatory gene required for breast stem cells to differentiate. Inhibition of this gene, known as RUNX1, prevents cells from exiting the ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 7, 2015
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Lack of quality demographic data is a major obstacle to infrastructure planning in the developing world. In a recent study, a team of researchers from the Santa Fe Institute in the U.S., the University of Manchester in the ...
Energy & Green Tech
May 7, 2015
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For the last decade, scientists have deployed increasingly capable underwater robots to map and monitor pockets of the ocean to track the health of fisheries, and survey marine habitats and species. In general, such robots ...
Robotics
May 7, 2015
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Easterners are more inclined than Westerners to search too long online for the best deals because they are more sensitive to the 'sunk cost' of their previous search efforts, according to a study from Cambridge Judge Business ...
Social Sciences
May 7, 2015
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Four men trapped under as much as 10 feet of bricks, mud and other debris have been rescued in Nepal thanks to a new search-and-rescue technology developed in partnership by the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science ...
Earth Sciences
May 7, 2015
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Once a day, a wave as tall as the Empire State Building and as much as a hundred miles wide forms in the waters between Taiwan and the Philippines and rolls across the South China Sea – but on the surface, it is hardly ...
Earth Sciences
May 7, 2015
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