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NASA to Explore 'Secret Layer' of the Sun

NASA to Explore 'Secret Layer' of the Sun

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 08, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (29) | comments 0

Next April, for a grand total of 8 minutes, NASA astronomers are going to glimpse a secret layer of the sun.





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Cave study links climate change to California droughts

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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California experienced centuries-long droughts in the past 20,000 years that coincided with the thawing of ice caps in the Arctic, according to a new study by UC Davis doctoral student Jessica Oster and geology professor ...


NASA sees high thunderstorms in newly formed Tropical Cyclone 4A near India

NASA sees high thunderstorms in newly formed Tropical Cyclone 4A near India

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Tropical Cyclone 4A formed yesterday, November 10 off the western coast of India in the Arabian Sea, and NASA's infrared imagery captured some high, powerful thunderstorms developing in the storm's center.


GOES satellite sees bulk of Ida's clouds and rain inland while center making landfall

GOES satellite sees bulk of Ida's clouds and rain inland while center making landfall

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Tropical Storm Ida made landfall around 6:40 a.m. ET this morning on Dauphin Island, along the Alabama coastline. NASA's GOES Project created the latest image from Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite ...


Switching Gears to Greener Transportation

Switching Gears to Greener Transportation

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Automakers around the world continue to slowly infuse their cars and trucks with greener, more efficient technology, but researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute contend that technology alone will not ...


Scanning invisible damage of PTSD, brain blasts

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(AP) -- Powerful scans are letting doctors watch just how the brain changes in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and concussion-like brain injuries - signature damage of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.


Stem cells restore cognitive abilities impaired by brain tumor treatment, study finds

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Human embryonic stem cells could help people with learning and memory deficits after radiation treatment for brain tumors, suggests a new UC Irvine study.


Scientists explain binding action of 2 key HIV antibodies; could lead to new vaccine design

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A very close and detailed study of how the most robust antibodies work to block the HIV virus as it seeks entry into healthy cells has revealed a new direction for researchers hoping to design an effective vaccine.


Words, gestures are translated by same brain regions, says new research

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created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Your ability to make sense of Groucho's words and Harpo's pantomimes in an old Marx Brothers movie takes place in the same regions of your brain, says new research funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication ...


NASA satellites make a movie and get rainfall, wind info on Ida

NASA satellites make a movie and get rainfall, wind info on Ida (w/ Video)

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

NASA satellites are amazing examples of technology. The TRMM satellite peers into tropical cyclones and can tell how much rain is falling per hour and where. QuikScat uses microwave technology to measure Ida's ...


What computer science can teach economics

What computer science can teach economics

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer scientists have spent decades developing techniques for answering a single question: How long does a given calculation take to perform? Constantinos Daskalakis, an assistant professor ...



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