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NJIT receives funding to improve Big Bear Telescope, study solar energy
GE Scientists Developing Wearable RFID Sensors to Detect Airborne Chemical Agents
Termite creates sustainable monoculture fungus-farming
Elpida Completes Development of 1-Gigabit GDDR5
Researcher says text proves Shroud of Turin real (AP)
Atomic-level Snapshot Catches Protein Motor in Action (w/ Video)
Smartphone app illuminates power consumption
Newspapers are displayed at a newsstand
Tapering a Free-Electron Laser to Extract More Juice
A view of a superconducting solenoid magnet at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) near Geneva
Possible link studied between childhood abuse and early cellular aging
Ultra-Powerful Laser Reproduces How Star's Jets Travel through Interstellar Space
More than 18 million cubic metres of sand are set to be poured onto the new coastal band of dunes until 2011
International expedition investigates climate change, alternative fuels in Arctic
We're off then: the evolution of bat migration
Screen of a computer featuring a search of the word "edition" on the home page of Google's website
Cisco has released a Web security app for iPhone
Astronauts await word of baby girl on Earth (AP)
Researchers discover antibody receptor identity, propose renaming immune-system gene
GE, Vivendi talks over NBC Universal stretch on (AP)
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Microwave Meter Measures Moisture and Density of In-Shell Peanuts
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Study uses brain scans to discover how children 'read' faces
UCSB physicists move one step closer to quantum computing
Flax and yellow flowers can produce bioethanol
Trust Linux!
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Cassini's Big Sky: The View from the Center of Our Solar System
Before Darkness Falls: Cassini to Scan Enceladus on Winter's Cusp
The court will now call its expert witness: the brain
Don't Blame Tryptophan for Thanksgiving Snooze
Sony hopes online service will build brand loyalty (AP)
Qualcomm's next e-book to use a mirasol display
Some 6,000 families were affected by the drought in the Chaco region of Paraguay, particularly indigenous populations
The LHC promises to unlock scientific mysteries about the creation of the Universe and the fundamental nature of matter
AP IMPACT: Gripes about swine flu vaccine abound (AP)
Dispensing prescription drugs in 3-month supplies reduces drug costs by a third
Formerly conjoined twins to need years of care (AP)
Military experiment seeks to predict PTSD (AP)
Astronauts get extra moving time at space station (AP)
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Active hearing process in mosquitoes
Twitter now wants to know "What's happening?"
IBM scientists create rapid disease diagnostic chip (w/ Video)
Hunting for Planets in the Dark
Dell's profit, stock drop on weak quarterly report (AP)
Mother's depression a risk factor in childhood asthma symptoms, study suggests
SOFIA Seeks Secrets of Planetary Birth
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Astronauts get extra work done in 1st spacewalk (AP)
Paleontologists find extinction rates higher in open-ocean settings during mass extinctions
NASA Provides Venerable Hubble Hardware to Smithsonian
Mystery of the Solar Tsunami -- Solved
Scientists synthesize graphene-like material: Polymer with honeycomb structure
plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
Highlight: Damping of acoustic vibrations in gold nanoparticles
Web page from www.youtube.com displayed on a computer screen
New research into the mechanisms of gene regulation
Like humans, ants use bacteria to make their gardens grow
Microorganism may provide key to combating giant salvinia throughout Louisiana
Nanotube defects equal better energy and storage systems
After mastodons and mammoths, a transformed landscape
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Researchers Begin to Decipher Metabolism of Sexual Assault Drug
Probing Question: What is a heritage turkey?
Smithsonian scientists find the frog legs trade may facilitate spread of pathogens
Unknowlingly consuming endangered tuna
Drug studied as possible treatment for spinal injuries
FAA glitch causes widespread US air travel delays (AP)