Astronomers have identified a completely new line of planets in the solar system. These planets, according to astronomers, are far apart from each other, which could mean that they are not part of the same solar system, or are somehow..
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“Endeavour”, which is the newest and most youthful orbiter of NASA, was launched on the morning of Monday in order to initiate the last mission of a career worth a little less than 2 decades (19 years). The space shuttle..
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At only 20 light years from here researchers have discovered a planet, called Gliese 581 d, which has a stable atmosphere, comfortable temperatures and the surface covered by water. Gliese 581 d is a planet orbiting a red star, small,..
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The celebrated scientist Stephen Hawking is reported to have commented that “Heaven is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark”. That is bound to get the religious right talking. Atheism is on the rise in western countries and..
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The Solar Impulse took off from an airfield in western Switzerland on Friday morning and landed at Brussels airport in the afternoon. The Solar Impulse project started in 2003, with a 90 million Euros budget over ten years. Schindler, the..
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A University of Delaware chemist, Joel Rosenthal, is hoping to pull the next source of fuel out of the thin air – literally. He’s working to turn carbon dioxide into gas for your car, as well as other clean-energy fuels...
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A 4.5 billion year old meteorite found in northwest Africa contains Krotite, a mineral that hasn’t been identified in nature before. It is, however, created by humans for use in some varieties of high-temperature concrete. Anthony Kampf, Mineral Science curator..
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Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy, also known as VERT, is the work of Willem-Paul Brinkman, a TU Delft researcher. In the science magazine, Delft Outlook, Brinkman reports that VERT may be used to as a solution for many common phobias and..
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With two-thirds of Americans overweight and another third obese, researchers are rushing to find a medical alternative for weight loss that doesn’t involve surgery. A new Johns Hopkins study just published in Cell Metabolism, a medical journal, reports that the..
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Anyone familiar with how solar power works knows the term “photovoltaic.” This is how sunlight is converted into electricity. However, there’s a new way to garner energy from the sun – thermoelectric and it directly converts the sun’s heat or..
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