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  From Cassini for the Holidays: Backlit View of Saturn and Its Rings

  December 18, 2012 — Just in time for the holidays, NASA's Cassini spacecraft, in orbit around Saturn for more than eight years now, has delivered another glorious, backlit view of the planet Saturn and its ... > full story
• Nebulae
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  A Cosmic Holiday Ornament, Hubble-Style

  December 18, 2012 — Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have photographed a festive-looking nearby planetary nebula called NGC 5189. The intricate structure of this bright gaseous nebula resembles a ... > full story
• Nature
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  From Mobile Phone to Alien Plant Hunter

  December 17, 2012 — Mobile phone users are being urged to help fight the spread of invasive plants across the UK – by downloading PlantTracker. The new app has already attracted 7,000 downloads and alerted ... > full story
• Space Missions
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  NASA's GRAIL Lunar Impact Site Named for Astronaut Sally Ride

  December 17, 2012 — NASA has named the site where twin agency spacecraft impacted the moon Monday in honor of the late astronaut Sally K. Ride, who was America's first woman in space and a member of the probes' mission ... > full story
• Technology
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  Fitting 'Smart' Mobile Phone With Magnifying Optics Creates 'Real' Cell Phone

  December 17, 2012 — By fitting a "smart" mobile phone with magnifying optics, researchers created a real "cell" phone. a diagnostic-quality microscope for clinics in developing countries as well as American biology ... > full story
• Global Warming
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  'House Hunters Walrus': Novel Camera System to Map Arctic Sea Ice Surface Topography

  December 14, 2012 — Scientists have developed a novel camera system to map the surface topography of Arctic sea ice to assess walrus ... > full story
• Immune System
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  The End of a Dogma: Bipolar Cells Generate Action Potentials

  December 14, 2012 — To make information transmission to the brain reliable, the retina first has to “digitize” the image. Until now, it was widely believed that this step takes place in the retinal ganglion ... > full story
• Mars
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  Mars Rover Curiosity Can Be Positioned With Eclipses

  December 13, 2012 — Observations from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity when Mars' moon Phobos crosses in front of the sun, like in September, help us to understand exactly where the rover is on the red planet. Researchers in ... > full story
• Allergy
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  Got Food Allergies? You Can Now Test Your Meal on the Spot Using a Cell Phone

  December 12, 2012 — Scientists have developed a lightweight device called the iTube, which attaches to a common cell phone to detect allergens in food samples. The iTube attachment uses the cell phone's built-in camera, ... > full story
• Mars
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  Mars Rover Self-Portrait Shoot Uses Arm Choreography

  December 11, 2012 — The robotic arm on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity held the rover's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera in more than 50 positions in one day to generate a single scene combining all the images, creating ... > full story

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