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• Extrasolar Planets
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  Lightest Exoplanet to Be Directly Observed So Far? Faint Object Moves Near Bright Star

  June 3, 2013 — A team of astronomers using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope has imaged a faint object moving near a bright star. With an estimated mass of four to five times that of Jupiter, ... > full story
• Materials Science
  Electronics
  Chemistry
  Engineering and Construction
  Nature of Water
  Graphene
   
  

  Printing Innovations Provide 10-Fold Improvement in Organic Electronics

  June 2, 2013 — Researchers have developed a new, printing process for organic thin-film electronics that results in films of strikingly higher ... > full story
• Water
  Hazardous Waste
  Pollution
  Environmental Issues
  Sustainability
  Drought Research
   

  Is Enough Being Done to Make Drinking Water Safe?

  May 31, 2013 — There is a lack of evidence regarding the effectiveness of technologies used to reduce arsenic contamination finds new research. More studies assessing the technologies themselves and how they are ... > full story
• Geography
  Oceanography
  Weather
  Satellites
  Global Warming
  Water
   
  

  Mapping Sea Salt from Orbit: Building Better Ocean and Climate Models

  May 31, 2013 — Climate is greatly influenced by the flow of heat energy carried by ocean currents. But precisely quantifying the mixing between the ocean and the atmosphere is hampered by a lack of detail in models ... > full story
• Geography
  Oceanography
  Acoustics
  Ecosystems
  Ecology
  Water
   
  

  New Maps Show How Shipping Noise Spans the Globe

  May 30, 2013 — Scientists have modeled shipping noise on a global ... > full story
• Mars
  NASA
  Space Exploration
  Space Missions
  Solar System
  Astronomy
   
  

  Pebbly Rocks Testify to Old Streambed on Mars

  May 30, 2013 — Detailed analysis and review have borne out researchers' initial interpretation of pebble-containing slabs that NASA's Mars rover Curiosity investigated last year: They are part of an ancient ... > full story

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  • Ancient Streambed Found on Surface of Mars
  • Rounded Stones on Mars Evidence of Flowing Water
• Astrophysics
  Origin of Life
  Galaxies
  Moon
  Space Exploration
  Space Missions
   
  

  Water-Rock Reaction May Provide Enough Hydrogen 'Food' to Sustain Life in Ocean's Crust or on Mars

  May 30, 2013 — A chemical reaction between iron-containing minerals and water may produce enough hydrogen "food" to sustain microbial communities living in pores and cracks within the enormous volume of rock below ... > full story
• Saturn
  Solar System
  Astronomy
  Space Exploration
  NASA
  Space Missions
   
  

  Cassini Finds Hints of Activity at Saturn Moon Dione

  May 29, 2013 — From a distance, most of the Saturnian moon Dione resembles a bland cueball. Thanks to close-up images of a 500-mile-long (800-kilometer-long) mountain on the moon from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, ... > full story
• Water
  Agriculture and Food
  Food and Agriculture
  Environmental Issues
  Drought
  Drought Research
   

  Improving 'Crop Per Drop' Could Boost Global Food Security and Water Sustainability

  May 29, 2013 — Improvements in crop water productivity -- the amount of food produced per unit of water consumed -- have the potential to improve both food security and water sustainability in many parts of the ... > full story
• Civil Engineering
  Materials Science
  Space Station
  Engineering and Construction
  Nature of Water
  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
   
  

  Weightlessness of Space Used to Design Better Materials for Earth

  May 29, 2013 — Scientists are using the weightlessness of space to design stronger materials here on ... > full story

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