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Month: May 2012
DC3: Chemistry of thunderstorms
NASA researchers are about to fly off on a campaign that will take them into…
NASA conducts tests on Orion service module
Engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center are testing parts of the Orion service module…
NASA spacecraft detects changes in Martian sand dunes
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed that movement in sand dune fields on the Red…
Opportunity rolling again after fifth Mars winter
With its daily supply of solar energy increasing, NASA’s durable Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has…
Response to first drug treatment may signal likelihood of future seizures in people with epilepsy
How well people with newly diagnosed epilepsy respond to their first drug treatment may signal…
Chronic cocaine use triggers changes in brain’s neuron structure
Chronic exposure to cocaine reduces the expression of a protein known to regulate brain plasticity,…
Gene-modified stem cell transplant protects patients from toxic side effects of chemotherapy, study suggests
For the first time, scientists have transplanted brain cancer patients’ own gene-modified blood stem cells…
Genomics used to identify a molecular-based treatment for a viral skin cancer
Four years after they discovered the viral roots of a rare skin cancer, researchers have…
One-quarter of grouper species being fished to extinction
Groupers, a family of fishes often found in coral reefs and prized for their quality…