NASA funds search for past life on Mars
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has awarded a $750,000 grant to a U.S. researcher for help in searching for evidence of past life on Mars.
Space Exploration
Jan 18, 2007
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UW Telescope Provides Critical Wide-Field Images
A low-powered amateur telescope is helping student researchers at the University of Wyoming to provide data essential to understanding fundamental properties of stellar objects. They reported their work at the recent American ...
Astronomy
Jan 18, 2007
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Spacecraft to Pluto Prepares for Jupiter Encounter
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is on the doorstep of the solar system's largest planet. The spacecraft will study and swing past Jupiter, increasing speed on its voyage toward Pluto, the Kuiper Belt and beyond.
Astronomy
Jan 18, 2007
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Recently discovered species gain protection
The chestnut-capped piha is an unassuming robin-sized bird restricted to a few tiny remnant forest patches in the Antioquia Department of Colombia, in the Central Cordillera of the Andes. It is so restricted in its distribution ...
Jan 18, 2007
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Recently discovered species gain protection
The chestnut-capped piha is an unassuming robin-sized bird restricted to a few tiny remnant forest patches in the Antioquia Department of Colombia, in the Central Cordillera of the Andes. It is so restricted in its distribution ...
Jan 18, 2007
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Rotting leaf litter study could lead to more accurate climate models
Over the past decade, in numerous field sites throughout the world, mesh bags of leaf and root litter sat exposed to the elements, day and night, throughout the four seasons, gradually rotting away.
Earth Sciences
Jan 18, 2007
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Walking molecule now carries packages
A research team, led by UC Riverside's Ludwig Bartels, was the first to design a molecule that can move in a straight line on a flat surface. Now this team has found a way to attach cargo: two CO2 molecules, making the nano-walker ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 18, 2007
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Bright white beetle dazzles scientists
An obscure species of beetle could teach us how to produce brilliant white ultra-thin materials, according to a research team led by the University of Exeter.
Condensed Matter
Jan 18, 2007
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Whitefly spreads emerging plant viruses
A tiny whitefly is responsible for spreading a group of plant viruses that cause devastating disease on food, fiber, and ornamental crops, say plant pathologists with The American Phytopathological Society (APS).
Jan 18, 2007
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Bumblebee house warming -- It takes a village
All bumblebees always aren't as busy as, well, a bee. It all depends on what their job is.
Jan 18, 2007
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