Probing Question: What do astronauts eat in space?
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Freeze-dried cubes and unpleasant powders? Try shrimp cocktail and butterscotch pudding. These are only a couple of the items now on the galactic menu thanks to NASA's Food Technology Commercial Space Center (FTCSC), located ...
Scientists control super fast frequencies by using high temperature superconductors
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Imagine an imaging technology that could see deep into human tissue without the harmful side effects of radiation. Super-fast oscillations of radio waves, called terahertz (THz) have that promise, but so far, ...
Moon Water
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Come and get it? Some researchers believe there's water on the Moon in reach of human explorers The first object in the night sky most of us ever saw, the Moon remains a mystery. Haunted by poets, looked upon ...
Synergistic SuperGrid for transporting energy moves closer to reality
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The concept of a high-capacity superconducting energy pipeline, or SuperGrid, moved closer to reality when experts from industry, government and academia attended a recent workshop at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Evidence Suggests a Possible New Phase of Ice
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Researchers at the National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC) announced that they have obtained spectroscopic evidence suggesting that a possible new phase of ice may exist at temperatures between ...
Toshiba Achieves Breakthrough in Flatbed 3-D Display
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Toshiba Corporation announced a new display technology that allows 3-D images to be viewed on a flatbed display without any need for special glasses. Viewing the display from an angle allows the viewer to ...
NASA Seeks Public Input on Prometheus
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NASA's Prometheus program is looking for input on the possibility of developing a space nuclear reactor. Prometheus Nuclear Systems & Technology, along with Department of Energy's Office of Naval Reactors, is ...
Space debris mitigation: the case for a code of conduct
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There is a lot of junk orbiting the Earth and the problem will worsen unless there are changes in how spacecraft operators operate. But it is not all doom and gloom. The first steps toward a comprehensive ...
Research Reveals How Materials Direct Cell Response
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New Georgia Tech research indicates how cells “sense” differences in biomaterial surface chemistry. The findings explain how biomaterials influence cells and could be used to develop new classes of materials to improve device ...
Observations of distant galaxies show fundamental constant unchanged in 7 billion years
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Contrary to recent report, a fundamental number that affects the color of light emitted by atoms as well as all chemical interactions has not changed in more than 7 billion years, according to observation ...
HyperSonic Sound inventor earns Lemelson-MIT Prize
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The next time you think you hear voices in your head, you may be right, thanks to Elwood "Woody" Norris. Norris will receive the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize for his inventions - including HyperSonic Sound, which enables sou ...
Freescale introduces ultra-efficient, high-power LDMOS RF transistor for digital/analog TV broadcast amplifiers
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Low thermal resistance technology enhances heat dissipation, improves transistor reliability and reduces cooling costs Faced with rising energy prices, the broadcast industry seeks innovative ways to cut power and operati ...
New isotope gives a glimpse of the origins of precious metals
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The beginnings of precious metals like gold can be traced to the blink of an eye in an exploding star billions of years ago, and scientists at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University ...
Dual Core Era Begins
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Intel Corporation announced that computer manufacturers Alienware, Dell and Velocity Micro today started selling desktop PCs and workstations based on Intel's first dual-core processor-based platform. The dual-core processor-based ...
Signs of aging: Scientists evaluate genes associated with longevity
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Scientists at the BC Cancer Agency's Genome Sciences Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and at the University of Missouri-Columbia have collaborated on a detailed study to elucidate gene-expression patterns implicated ...
