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Test in Development of NASA's New Crew Rocket is Successful

(PhysOrg.com) -- The development of NASA's next-generation crew launch vehicle, the Ares I rocket, took another step forward Thursday as Alliant Techsystems, or ATK, successfully tested a critical piece. ATK ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Mars Express puts craters on a pedestal

(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA's Mars Express has returned new views of pedestal craters in the Red Planet's eastern Arabia Terra.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 04, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Botanical Garden braces for blooming corpse plant

The University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley, nestled in Strawberry Canyon just above the central campus, features a mind-boggling 12,000 kinds of plants and breathtaking views of the Bay Area. ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 21, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Rodents pose new health threat in Zimbabwe's towns

A stray cat paws through a heap of refuse between blocks of flats in Harare's upmarket Avenues area, sending rats squealing and scurrying for cover among the rubbish.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The internet of cars

(PhysOrg.com) -- An internet of cars promises a road system designed around cooperative technology enabling each element of the traffic system -- cars, drivers, traffic lights, signs -- to cooperate proactively ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 22, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Scientists identify potential new class of drugs to combat hepatitis C

Stanford University School of Medicine scientists have discovered a novel class of compounds that, in experiments in vitro, inhibit replication of the virus responsible for hepatitis C. If these compounds prove effective ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 20, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Apollo 12 and Surveyor 3

Four months after the success of Apollo 11, NASA launched Apollo 12 in November 1969. Almost exactly 40 years later, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has seen the landing site.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 2

New leukemia signal could point way to better treatment

Cancer researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered a promising new chemotherapy target for a deadly form of leukemia. Their discovery hinges on a novel "double agent" role for a molecular signal ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 17, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers grow human blood vessels in mice from adult progenitor cells

For the first time, researchers have successfully grown functional human blood vessels in mice using cells from adult human donors — an important step in developing clinical strategies to grow tissue, researchers report in ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 19, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Vikings did not dress the way we thought

Vivid colors, flowing silk ribbons, and glittering bits of mirrors - the Vikings dressed with considerably more panache than we previously thought. The men were especially vain, and the women dressed provocatively, ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 25, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (45) | comments 0

By creating molecular 'bridge,' scientists change function of a protein

By designing a molecular bridge, scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have forged a successful pathway through a complex ocean of barriers: They’ve changed the function of a protein using a co-evolution ...

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