NASA Conducts Second Test of Main Parachute for Ares Rockets
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 16, 2007 |
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NASA and industry engineers successfully tested the main parachute for Constellation Program rockets during a drop test Thursday at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground near Yuma, Ariz.
The Moon and Europe -- Rosetta OSIRIS images
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Nov 16, 2007 |
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As Rosetta closed in on Earth, swung by and then left on its course again, several instruments on the spacecraft were busy taking snaps. As it swung away, the OSIRIS camera also caught glimpses of the Moon.
Midwest governors endorse renewable energy
Nov 16, 2007 |
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Governors from nine Midwest states meeting in Wisconsin have signed a pact to cut greenhouse gas emissions and promote renewable energy.
Portable electricity, life-like prosthetics on the way
Nov 16, 2007 |
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The technology that makes a cell phone vibrate is the same technology that provides more natural movements to prosthetic limbs. A University of Houston research team is working on recreating and enhancing this technological ...
Local sources major cause of US near-ground aerosol pollution
Nov 16, 2007 |
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A new NASA study estimates that most ground-level particulate pollution in the United States stems from regional sources in North America and only a small amount is brought to the country from other parts ...
Spacewalkers to Hook Up Harmony at its New Location
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 16, 2007 |
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A 6-hour, 40-minute spacewalk by International Space Station Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Dan Tani will begin the external outfitting of the Harmony node in its new position in front of the ...
Pilot program helps boost seniors' activity levels, quality of life
Nov 16, 2007 |
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Older adults often carry a deeply ingrained belief that inactive, sedentary lives are an inevitable part of aging. But this mindset is not just wrong, it can be changed — with positive physical and mental health results.
Blood clotting protein linked to rheumatoid arthritis
Nov 16, 2007 |
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Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s have issued the first study showing that a protein normally involved in blood clotting (fibrin), also plays an important role in the inflammatory response and development of rheumatoid ...
Should the UK lower the age for prostate cancer detection?
Nov 16, 2007 |
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Should the UK lower the age for prostate cancer detection in line with the USA?
Tamiflu touted for child use
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 16, 2007 |
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The maker of the anti-viral Tamiflu said the drug is effective for treatment and prevention of influenza in young children.
Drive Safely or Give Up the Keys?
Nov 16, 2007 |
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How does an aging driver know when it’s time to give up the keys? What can be done to maximize the safety of older drivers? These are just two of the questions to be studied by a team at the Trauma Epidemiology and Injury ...
Chronic HIV-1 infection frequently fails to protect against superinfection
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 16, 2007 |
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Natural HIV-1 infection does not always elicit a protective immune response, according to a new study published November 16 in PLoS Pathogens. The team of researchers from Washington University, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer ...
Report: Fewer women die in childbirth
Nov 16, 2007 |
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Pregnancy is getting safer for women in many parts of the world, with the exception of sub-Saharan Africa, researchers said.
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