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  Cold Weather Increases Carbon Monoxide Dangers

  November 12, 2012 — With temperatures dropping and cold weather settling in, people will turn to gas furnaces, space heaters and fireplaces for warmth. Not so fast, caution pulmonologists from Harris Health System, who ... > full story
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  CERN Collider to Become the World's Fastest Stopwatch?

  November 12, 2012 — Heavy ion collisions at CERN should be able to produce the shortest light pulses ever created, computer simulations demonstrate. The pulses are so short that they cannot even be measured by today's ... > full story
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  First 'Snapshots' of Electronic Structure of a Manganese Complex Related to Water-Splitting in Photosynthesis

  November 9, 2012 — Scientists have taken another step toward an understanding of photosynthesis and developing artificial photosynthesis. With a combination of a x-ray free-electron laser and spectroscopy, the team has ... > full story
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  Firestation: Getting Ready for Launch

  November 8, 2012 — An experiment to study the effects of lightning flashes on Earth's atmosphere has taken its first steps on its journey to space. The Firestation experiment has undergone numerous tests to make sure ... > full story
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  New Technique to Protect Astronauts from Space Radiation

  November 8, 2012 — The complexities of traveling to and working in space present challenges to astronauts that NASA scientists and engineers have been working on since Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first stepped on ... > full story
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  Assessing Drop-Off to Mars Rover's Observation Tray

  October 26, 2012 — NASA's Mars rover Curiosity used its Mast Camera (Mastcam) during the mission's 78th sol (Oct. 24, 2012) to view soil material on the rover's observation tray. The observations will help assess ... > full story
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  Curiosity Rover Collects Fourth Scoop of Martian Soil

  October 22, 2012 — NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shook a scoopful of dusty sand inside its sample-handling mechanism on Sol 75 (Oct. 21, 2012) as the third scrubbing of interior surfaces of the mechanism. The rover team ... > full story
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  NASA Pursues Atom Optics to Detect the Imperceptible

  October 18, 2012 — A pioneering technology capable of atomic-level precision is now being developed to detect what so far has remained imperceptible: gravitational waves or ripples in space-time caused by cataclysmic ... > full story
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  Developing the Next Generation of Microsensors: Microscale Optical Accelerometer Created

  October 17, 2012 — Setting the stage for a new class of motional sensors, researchers have developed a new ultrasensitive, microchip-scale accelerometer that uses laser light to measure displacement. Beyond consumer ... > full story
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  European Space Agency Deploys First Orbital Debris Test Radar in Spain

  October 15, 2012 — A new radar designed to test methods for finding orbital debris that can be hazardous to space navigation has been installed in Spain. The radar will be used to develop future debris warning ... > full story

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