 | Scientists Give a Hand(edness) to the Search for Alien Life
Source: NIST Posted: 4/24/2009
Visiting aliens may be the stuff of legend, but if a scientific team working at the NIST is right, we may be able to find extraterrestrial life even before it leaves its home planet—by looking for left- (or right-) handed light.
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 | Mysterious Space Blob Discovered at Cosmic Dawn
Source: CIW Posted: 4/24/2009
Using information from a suite of telescopes, astronomers have discovered a mysterious, giant object that existed at a time when the universe was only about 800 million years old.
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 | Discovery of an Unexpected Boost for Solar Water-Splitting Cells
Source: NIST Posted: 4/24/2009
A researchers have discovered, that a residue of a process used to build arrays of titania nanotube plays an important role in improving the performance of the nanotubes in solar cells that produce hydrogen gas from water.
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 | Continent-sized Radio Telescope Takes Close-ups of Fermi Active Galaxies
Source: NASA Posted: 4/24/2009
An international team of astronomers has used the world’s biggest radio telescope to look deep into the brightest galaxies that NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope can see.
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 | Physicists Discover Surprising Variation in Superconductors
Source: MIT Posted: 1/28/2009
MIT physicists have discovered that several high-temperature superconductors display patchwork quilt-like variations at the atomic scale, a surprising finding that could help scientists understand a new class of unconventional materials.
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 | New Study Resolves Mystery of How Massive Stars Form
Source: UCSC Posted: 1/28/2009
A study published this week by Science shows how the growth of a massive star can proceed despite outward-flowing radiation pressure that exceeds the gravitational force pulling material inward.
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 | International Year of Astronomy Kicks Off
Source: NSF Posted: 1/28/2009
The grand opening ceremony of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA 2009) was held at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) headquarters in Paris, France, on Jan. 15 and 16, 2009. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has devoted millions of dollars to underwrite IYA 2009 activities and initiatives.
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 | Do Seasons Arrive 2 Days Earlier?
Source: Berkeley Posted: 1/28/2009
Not only has the average global temperature increased in the past 50 years, but the hottest day of the year has shifted nearly two days earlier, according to a new study by scientists from the University of California, Berkeley, and Harvard University.
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 | Sharper Jupiter Images From Next-Generation Adaptive Optics
Source: Berkeley Posted: 10/12/2008
A two-hour observation of Jupiter using an improved technique to remove atmospheric blur has produced the sharpest whole-planet picture ever taken from the ground.
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 | Mars Odyssey Shifting Orbit for Extended Mission
Source: NASA Posted: 10/12/2008
The longest-serving of six spacecraft now studying Mars is up to new tricks for a third two-year extension of its mission to examine the most Earthlike of known foreign planets.
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