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NASA Engineers Complete Engine Test Series For Ares I Rocket
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 19, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., have completed a series of tests on a key component of the J-2X engine. The J-2X powers the upper stage of the Ares I rocket, which will ...
Photoluminescence in nano-needles
Apr 22, 2008 |
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Silicon is the workhorse among semiconductors in electronics. But in opto-electronics, where light signals are processed along with electronic signals, a semiconductor that is capable of emitting light is needed, which silicon ...
EPA enters partnership with BorgWarner
Apr 18, 2006 |
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it has formed a partnership with BorgWarner to develop cleaner, more fuel efficient engines and vehicles.
First discovery of life's building block in comet made
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA scientists have discovered glycine, a fundamental building block of life, in samples of comet Wild 2 returned by NASA's Stardust spacecraft.
Watching Catalytic Reactions from Within
Jan 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Utrecht University, in The Netherlands, have demonstrated a new way to get a real-time, microscopic view of the inner workings of catalytic reactions.
Lexar boosts photo management card to 133X
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 19, 2006 |
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Lexar Media said Tuesday is popular Professional 8GB CompactFlash memory cards had been increased to a 133X rating, or about 20 megabits per second.
Researchers Find Tools Needed To Build a Cellular Shredder
May 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Yale University researchers have discovered a set of cellular chaperones needed to assemble a proteasome, the cellular workhorse that recycles proteins and is crucial for the existence of all eukaryotic cells.
India launches first commercial rocket
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 23, 2007 |
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India's first commercial rocket was fired into space Monday, carrying a 776-pound Italian satellite that will collect data on the origins of the universe.
Opening up a colorful cosmic jewel box
Oct 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Star clusters are among the most visually alluring and astrophysically fascinating objects in the sky. One of the most spectacular nestles deep in the southern skies near the Southern Cross ...
Delays seen for Soyuz, Vega launches at Europe's space base
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 16, 2009 |
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The first launches by the veteran Russian rocket Soyuz and a new light rocket called Vega from Europe's space base will be postponed to 2010, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Monday.
Bacterial genome sheds light on synthesizing cancer-fighting compounds
May 10, 2005 |
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Sea squirts around the world are breathing a sigh of relief, as they no longer run the risk of being harvested for their natural disease-fighting substances. Scientists recently discovered that the bacterium ...
A budding role for a cellular dynamo
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Feb 18, 2009 |
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Actin, a globular protein found in all eukaryotic cells, is a workhorse that varies remarkably little from baker's yeast to the human body. Part of the cytoskeleton, actin assembles into networks of filaments that give the ...
Phoenix Mars Mission Faces Survival Challenges
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 29, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a race against time and the elements, engineers with NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander mission hope to extend the lander's survival by gradually shutting down some of its instruments and heaters, ...
Benchmark cyanobacterium sequenced could be cheap renewable energy source
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Sep 17, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers headed by biologists at Washington University in St. Louis has sequenced the genome of a unique bacterium that manages two disparate operations — photosynthesis and nitrogen ...
Microsoft to kick off Office 2010 in June
Dec 04, 2009 |
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When Microsoft starts selling Office 2010 next year, the company will take its workhorse software suite and move it one step closer to its vision of cloud computing.
