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European-built Node 3 starts its journey to the ISS

European-built Node 3 starts its journey to the ISS

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The European-built Node 3 module for the International Space Station will be shipped to NASA's Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, on 17 May.





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NASA helps space crews breathe easier

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 17, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration successfully tested a new oxygen generating system aboard the International Space Station.


NASA Engineers Complete Engine Test Series For Ares I Rocket

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 19, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(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 ...


Key process for space outpost proved on 'vomit comet' ride

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Flying high over the Gulf of Mexico, researchers from NASA and Case Western Reserve University found a key to unlocking oxygen from the surface of the moon.


Pediatric carbon monoxide poisoning linked to video games after Hurricane Ike

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hours after Hurricane Ike roared ashore in Texas, more than two million homes were without power, which left some scrambling to preserve food and others looking for ways to entertain children, a move that proved to be, in ...


Tiny fuel cell might replace batteries in laptop computers, portable electronics

Chemistry /

created Sep 12, 2006 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (55) | comments 0

If you're frustrated by frequently losing battery power in your laptop computer, digital camera or portable music player, then take heart: A better source of "juice" is in the works. Chemists at Arizona State University in ...


Scientists develop portable generator that turns trash into electricity

Scientists develop portable generator that turns trash into electricity

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 01, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (53) | comments 0

A group of scientists have created a portable refinery that efficiently converts food, paper and plastic trash into electricity. The machine, designed for the U.S. military, would allow soldiers in the field ...


Europa Has Enough Oxygen For Life

Jupiter's Moon Europa Has Enough Oxygen For Life

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (94) | comments 42

New research suggests that there is plenty of oxygen available in the subsurface ocean of Europa to support oxygen-based metabolic processes for life similar to that on Earth. In fact, there may be enough ...


Why some prostate cancer returns

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The majority of men who receive one of the standard treatments for localized prostate cancer - surgery or radiation therapy - have an excellent outcome.


Biologists discover bacterial defense mechanism against aggressive oxygen

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bacteria possess an ingenious mechanism for preventing oxygen from harming the building blocks of the cell. This is the new finding of a team of biologists that includes Joris Messens of VIB, a life sciences research institute ...


By manipulating oxygen, scientists coax bacteria into a wave

By manipulating oxygen, scientists coax bacteria into a wave

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Bacteria know that they are too small to make an impact individually. So they wait, they multiply, and then they engage in behaviors that are only successful when all cells participate in ...



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