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  Chandra X-Ray Observatory Images Gas Flowing Toward Black Hole

  July 27, 2011 — The flow of hot gas toward a black hole has been clearly imaged for the first time in X-rays. The observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory will help tackle two of the most fundamental ... > full story
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  Wave Power Can Drive Sun's Intense Heat

  July 27, 2011 — A new study sheds light on why the sun's outer atmosphere, or corona, is more than 20 times hotter than its surface. The research may bring scientists a step closer to understanding the solar cycle ... > full story

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  • NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory Spots Extra Energy in the Sun's Corona
  • Discovery of Alfvén Waves in the Corona of the Sun
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  New X-Ray Camera Will Reveal Big Secrets About How Chemistry Works

  July 27, 2011 — Designed to record bursts of images at an unprecedented speed of 4.5 million frames per second, an innovative X-ray camera being built by engineers in the UK will help a major new research facility ... > full story
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  3-D Atomic Structure of Popular Drug Target Determined

  July 26, 2011 — Scientists have revealed the complete three-dimensional atomic structure of an activated GPCR (beta-2AR) in a complex with its G protein. G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are popular drug targets, ... > full story
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  Cosmological Evolution of Dark Matter Is Similar to That of Visible Matter

  July 21, 2011 — Large cosmic structures made up of dark and normal matter evolve along the same lines -- this is one of the most important conclusions emerging from the latest computer ... > full story
• Quantum Physics
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  Heavy Relative of the Neutron Discovered

  July 20, 2011 — Scientists have observed a new particle, the neutral Xi-sub-b. This particle contains three quarks: a strange quark, an up quark and a bottom quark (s-u-b). While its existence was predicted by the ... > full story
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  New Ways to Measure Magnetism Around the Sun

  July 14, 2011 — NASA researchers have made use of old mathematical techniques and new insights on how coronal mass ejections travel to devise a fresh way to measure this magnetic environment in the sun's upper ... > full story
• Nature of Water
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  Cat Litter to Become an Edible Product?

  July 12, 2011 — Sepiolite is a porous clay material used for example in cat litter that absorbs more liquid than any other known mineral. A Franco-Spanish team of scientists has analyzed twenty different sepiolites ... > full story
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  Sounding Rockets Study How Winds in Space Drive Currents in the Upper Atmosphere

  July 5, 2011 — This July, scientists will launch four rockets for a five-minute journey some 100 miles up into the atmosphere. The rockets will collect data on the charged particles as well as winds of neutral ... > full story
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  Radiation Protection in Pediatric Radiology

  July 4, 2011 — The risk to children’s health from X-ray radiation is easy to reduce without compromising diagnostic accuracy, according to new ... > full story

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