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Pieces Coming Together for First Test Launch of NASA's New Spacecraft

Pieces Coming Together for First Test Launch of NASA's New Spacecraft

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA is using powerful computers and software programs to design the rocket that will carry crew and cargo to space after the space shuttle retires. But those computers will have their work ...





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NASA gets ready for another space mission

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 31, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Now that the latest space shuttle Endeavour mission is completed, the U.S. space agency said it's preparing for the May launch of space shuttle Discovery.


Iron-sulfur Custer Molecule

Researchers witness assembly of molecules critical to protein function

Chemistry /

created Jun 16, 2008 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

A Virginia Tech research group lead by two biochemistry graduate students has isolated proteins responsible for the iron-sulfur cluster assembly process and witnessed the necessary protein interactions in ...


Double success for Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia scientists working on chromosome segregation

Portuguese scientists working on chromosome segregation

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lars Jansen's work on the formation of the centromere, a key cellular structure in powering and controlling chromosome segregation and accurate cell division, has just earned him a paper in Nature Cell Bi ...


Scientists visualize assembly line gears in ribosomes, cell's protein factory

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Even as research on the ribosome, one of the cell's most basic machines, is recognized with a Nobel Prize, scientists continue to achieve new insights on the way ribosomes work.


Researchers Develop Revolutionary Technology for Nanoscale Assembly at Wafer Level

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 20, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (17) | comments 1

Researchers at the NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN) at Northeastern University, with partners UMass Lowell and University of New Hampshire, have discovered an innovative technology ...


Expedition 21 to Launch to Station Wednesday Morning

Light-Duty Day for ISS Crew, Expedition 21 to Launch Wednesday Morning

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Expedition 20 crew members had a light-duty work day and performed a variety of maintenance and science-related tasks Monday as they prepare for a busy week aboard the International Space ...


New insight into human ciliopathy

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In the September 1st issue of G&D, Dr. Karen Oegema (UCSD) and colleagues identify the molecular basis of the lethal developmental disorder, hydrolethalus syndrome, and reveal that hydrolethalus syndrome actually belongs to the ...


DNA-Based Assembly Line for Nano-Construction of New Biosensors, Solar Cells

DNA-Based Assembly Line for Nano-Construction of New Biosensors, Solar Cells (w/Video)

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Building on the idea of using DNA to link up nanoparticles — particles measuring mere billionths of a meter — scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have ...


Dell cuts NC, Tenn. jobs; further details scarce

Technology / Business

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Dell Inc., the world's second-largest computer maker, said Wednesday it is laying off workers around the world but would not say how many or where.


NASA Completes Assembly of Ares I-X Test Rocket

NASA Completes Assembly of Ares I-X Test Rocket

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time in more than a quarter-century a new space vehicle stands ready in NASA's Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building. The Ares I-X rocket, its simulated crew module ...



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