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  New Record for Cosmic X-Ray Sightings: Exploring Extreme Universe With Rich New Resource

  July 23, 2013 — Scientists have set a new record for cosmic X-ray sources ever sighted -- creating an unprecedented cosmic X-ray catalog that will provide a valuable resource allowing astronomers to explore the ... > full story
• Energy Technology
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  Thin, Flexible Glass for Energy Storage

  July 22, 2013 — A new use for glass could make future hybrid-electric and plug-in electric vehicles more affordable and ... > full story
• Solar Flare
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  Large Coronal Hole Near the Sun's North Pole

  July 19, 2013 — Astronomers captured an image of a gigantic coronal hole hovering over the sun's north pole on July 18, 2013, at 9:06 a.m. EDT. Coronal holes are dark, low density regions of the sun's outermost ... > full story
• Optics
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  Purple Sunlight Eaters: Microorganisms Found in Salt Flats Could Offer New Path to Green Hydrogen Fuel

  July 19, 2013 — A protein found in the membranes of ancient microorganisms that live in desert salt flats could offer a new way of using sunlight to generate environmentally friendly hydrogen fuel according to a new ... > full story
• Quantum Physics
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  New Large Hadron Collider Discovery: Measurement of Predicted Particle Decay With Implications for Dark Matter Search

  July 19, 2013 — Scientists have now observed B-sub-s meson decay as predicted by the Standard Model of Particle Physics. The discovery at the Large Hadron Collider will impact scientists' search for dark matter in ... > full story
• Extrasolar Planets
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  A Warmer Planetary Haven Around Cool Stars, as Ice Warms Rather Than Cools

  July 19, 2013 — In a bit of cosmic irony, planets orbiting cooler stars may be more likely to remain ice-free than planets around hotter stars. This is due to the interaction of a star’s light with ice and ... > full story
• Graphene
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  Graphene 'Onion Rings' Have Delicious Potential

  July 18, 2013 — Hexagonal graphene "onion rings" are the product of growing two-dimensional carbon in a high-pressure, hydrogen-rich ... > full story
• Stars
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  Hubble Shows Link Between Stars' Ages and Their Orbits in Dense Cluster

  July 18, 2013 — Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have determined the orbital motion of two distinct populations of stars in an ancient globular star cluster, offering proof they formed at different ... > full story
• Astrophysics
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  Slow Bow Shock Ahead of the Sun's Heliosphere Predicted

  July 18, 2013 — A new study indicates that a bow shock (a dynamic boundary between sun’s heliosphere and the interstellar medium) is highly likely. These findings challenge recent predictions that no such bow ... > full story
• Graphene
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  Milestone in Quest to Advance Emerging Super-Black Nanotechnology

  July 17, 2013 — A NASA engineer has achieved yet another milestone in his quest to advance an emerging super-black nanotechnology that promises to make spacecraft instruments more sensitive without enlarging their ... > full story

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