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  Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Optimizing Processes in the Aeronautics Industry

  January 11, 2013 — A computer engineer has been working to apply artificial intelligence techniques, data mining and machine learning to problems linked to the aeronautics ... > full story
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  NASA Researchers Studying Advanced Nuclear Rocket Technologies

  January 10, 2013 — Advanced propulsion researchers at NASA are a step closer to solving the challenge of safely sending human explorers to Mars and other solar system destinations. By using an innovative test facility ... > full story
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  Drug Resistance in E. Coli: 'Baby Steps' Can Pay Off Big

  January 9, 2013 — Scientists have found that mutations of seemingly small consequence can turn out to be game changers in the bacterial fight against antibiotic drugs. The discovery came during an exhaustive, ... > full story
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  Scientists Use Marine Robots to Detect Endangered Whales

  January 9, 2013 — Two robots equipped with instruments designed to "listen" for the calls of baleen whales detected nine endangered North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of Maine last month. The robots reported the ... > full story
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  Pilot Fatigue Is Threat to Safety: Expert Criticizes European Proposals to Relax Flight-Time Limits

  January 3, 2013 — This year the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) will agree new flight-time limitations (FTLs) for pilots. Many consider EASA's proposal to relax FTLs a threat to ... > full story
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  NASA'S Space Launch System Core Stage Passes Major Milestone, Ready to Start Construction

  December 28, 2012 — The team designing America's new flagship rocket has completed successfully a major technical review of the vehicle's core stage. NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) will take the agency's Orion ... > full story
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  NASA Puts Orion Backup Parachutes to the Test

  December 20, 2012 — NASA completed the latest in a series of parachute tests for its Orion spacecraft Thursday at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in southwestern Arizona, marking another step toward a first flight ... > full story
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  Chemical Engineers Working Toward Better Batteries for Transportation

  December 20, 2012 — Chemical engineers are researching how to make better, cheaper and lighter batteries for the transportation ... > full story
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  'Easy Does It' Gets You Further in Electric Vehicles

  December 20, 2012 — Drivers of gas and diesel cars are usually aware that driving at high speed, harsh acceleration and hard braking all contribute to lowering their fuel economy. Scientists can readily explain in terms ... > full story
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  Beating Heart of J-2x Engine Finishes Year of Successful NASA Tests

  December 14, 2012 — NASA has taken another step toward human exploration of new destinations in the solar system. At the agency's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, engineers conducted the final test-firing of the ... > full story

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