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Space station gets new research module

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A cargo ship has delivered a Russian research module to the International Space Station.


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 NIST trace explosives standard slated for homeland security duty

New NIST trace explosives standard slated for homeland security duty

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Security personnel need to be able to find explosive materials and persons who have been in contact with them. To aid such searches, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, with support from the ...


Six astronauts are currently on board the ISS

Russian cargo ship docks with ISS

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

A Russian cargo ship, launched Friday from the Baikonur space station in Kazakhstan, docked Wednesday with the International Space Station, the Russian news agency Interfax said.


Russian cargo ship blasts off for International Space Station

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A Russian cargo ship blasted off Friday from the Baikonur space station in Kazakhstan on a mission to resupply the International Space Station (ISS), Russia's space agency said.


Revolutionary sensor system protects ports, bridges and distribution centres

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Özlem Durmaz Incel, researcher at the University of Twente, the Netherlands, has developed a spectacular new method that enables wireless sensor networks to function up to ten times more efficiently. Networks ...


Researchers show small robots can prepare lunar surface for NASA outpost

Researchers show small robots can prepare lunar surface for NASA outpost

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (13) | comments 13

(PhysOrg.com) -- Small robots the size of riding mowers could prepare a safe landing site for NASA's Moon outpost, according to a NASA-sponsored study prepared by Astrobotic Technology Inc. with technical ...


Self-regulating molecular 'transformers' control intracellular protein delivery

Biology /

created Feb 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have uncovered the Transformer like properties of molecules responsible for carrying and depositing proteins to their correct locations within cells. The research ...