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Wake up and smell the coffee -- on the Moon!

Wake up and smell the coffee -- on the Moon!

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Have you ever wondered how you'd make your morning cup of java if you lived on another planet, or perhaps the moon? That steaming beverage would be a must on a cold lunar morning.


Notional Lunar Fission Surface Power System

NASA Developing Fission Surface Power Technology

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 11, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (18) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA astronauts will need power sources when they return to the moon and establish a lunar outpost. NASA engineers are exploring the possibility of nuclear fission to provide the necessary ...





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Important Tests for Lunar Habitat Power System Began

Important Tests for Lunar Habitat Power System Began

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 20, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA today begins testing elements of a power system that is a potential candidate to provide the energy needed to support a human outpost on the moon.


Andes Mountains are older than previously believed

Andes Mountains Are Older Than Previously Believed

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 15, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The geologic faults responsible for the rise of the eastern Andes mountains in Colombia became active 25 million years ago—18 million years before the previously accepted start date for the ...


Scientists explore new window on the origins of life

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created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- The remarkable behaviour of bacteria that have been forced to live without their protective wall has allowed Newcastle University scientists to open a new window on the origins of life on earth.


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5 Feasible Renewable Energy Sources

Technology / Energy

created May 08, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (42) | comments 24 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- President Barack Obama has made no secret of his desire to develop a "green economy" that includes renewable energy projects meant to benefit the environment. He has said that part of the economic recovery in ...


Mimicry at the molecular level protects genome integrity

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The new study, which was published on April 12, 2009, in an advanced online edition of the journal Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, draws new parallels between the Rad60 DNA repair factor and SUMO, a small ubiquitin-like modifi ...


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How a Solar-Hydrogen Economy Could Supply the World's Energy Needs

Technology / Energy

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (48) | comments 67 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- As the world's oil supply continues to dry out every day, the question of what will replace oil and other fossil fuels is becoming more and more urgent. According to the World Coal Institute, ...


Purdue engineers create safer, more efficient nuclear fuel, model its performance

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created Sep 28, 2005 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Purdue University nuclear engineers have developed an advanced nuclear fuel that could save millions of dollars annually by lasting longer and burning more efficiently than conventional fuels, and researchers also have created ...


Older dental fillings contain form of mercury unlikely to be toxic

Older dental fillings contain form of mercury unlikely to be toxic

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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

A new study on the surface chemistry of silver-colored, mercury-based dental fillings suggests that the surface forms of mercury may be less toxic than previously thought. It appears online in ACS' journal ...


New discoveries could improve climate projections

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New discoveries about the deep ocean's temperature variability and circulation system could help improve projections of future climate conditions.


Partial lunar eclipse will take place on 31st December

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a lunar eclipse, the Earth, Sun and Moon are almost exactly in line and the Moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun.



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