NASA’s first-ever deep space craft, Orion, has been powered on for the first time, marking…
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Watching Earth’s winds, on a shoestring
Built with spare parts and without a moment to spare, the International Space Station (ISS)-RapidScat…
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A ghostly trio from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope
In the spirit of Halloween, scientists are releasing a trio of stellar ghosts caught in…
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Thawing permafrost: The speed of coastal erosion in Eastern Siberia has nearly doubled
The high cliffs of Eastern Siberia — which mainly consist of permafrost — continue to…
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Scientists gain new insights into dolphin’s evolutionary history and conversation
Researchers report their original genomic research on Baiji, also known as Yangtze River dolphin (Lipotes…
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Obesity: A new appetite-increasing mechanism discovered
Despite their efforts, many morbidly obese people continue to consume too much food (hyperphagia) compared…
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Coral reefs may be able to adapt to moderate climate change
Coral reefs may be able to adapt to moderate climate warming, improving their chance of…
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Plasmonic crystal alters to match light-frequency source: Device is like a photonic crystal, but smaller and tunable
A plasma-containing crystal, tunable by varying a voltage, could increase the bandwidth of high-speed communication…
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Pregnant rats exposed to obesity hormone lose birth’s protective effect on breast cancer
Like humans, young rats that give birth have a reduced risk of breast cancer later…
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Canadian discoveries pivotal to science of toxins, illness associated with E. coli
Many Canadian scientists and clinicians were unsung heroes during the early years (1977–1983) of research…