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Helping the brain's messengers get from A to B
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09/09/2010 01:44 AM
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In what has been hailed as a breakthrough, scientists from Columbia University Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medical College have outlined the molecular mechanism of membrane transport. (2010-06-11)
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Texas A&M-led research finds ancient city of 'modern' galaxies
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09/09/2010 01:44 AM
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Using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, a Texas A&M University-led team of astronomers has uncovered what may be the earliest, most distant cluster of galaxies ever detected. (2010-05-12)
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New 'alien' invaders found in the Milky Way: Queen's University astronomer
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09/09/2010 01:44 AM
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As many as one quarter of the star clusters in our Milky Way - many more than previously thought - are invaders from other galaxies, according to a new study. (2010-03-01)
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Astronomers find coldest, driest, calmest place on Earth
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09/09/2010 01:44 AM
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The search for the best observatory site in the world has lead to the discovery of what is thought to be the coldest, driest, calmest place on Earth. (2009-08-31)
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Largest collection of anomalous white dwarfs observed in new Hubble images
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09/09/2010 01:44 AM
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Twenty-four unusual stars, 18 of them newly discovered, have been observed in new Hubble telescope images. The stars are white dwarfs, a common type of dead star, but they are odd because they are made of helium rather than the usual carbon and oxygen. This is the first extensive sequence of helium-core white dwarfs to be observed in a globular cluster, a dense swarm of some of the oldest stars in our galaxy. (2009-04-23)
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McMaster University unveils world's most advanced microscope
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09/09/2010 01:44 AM
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The most advanced and powerful electron microscope on the planet-capable of unprecedented resolution-has been installed in the new Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy at McMaster University. (2008-10-21)
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Hubble, Keck images show continued turbulence in Jupiter's atmosphere
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09/09/2010 01:44 AM
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Increased turbulence and storms first observed on Jupiter more than two years ago are still raging, according to astronomers from the University of California, Berkeley, and the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii, who snapped high-resolution pictures of the planet earlier this month. (2008-05-23)
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Physicists uncover new solution for cosmic collisions
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09/09/2010 01:44 AM
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It turns out that our math teachers were right: being able to solve problems without a calculator does come in handy in the "real" world. (2008-01-11)
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The secret life of galaxies
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09/09/2010 01:44 AM
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Looking up at the night sky you could be forgiven for believing that the sedate progress of the stars across the firmament belies the serene nature of galaxies. But a closer look at our celestial neighbours reveals that the reality is very different. (2008-01-11)
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UBC astronomers discover how white dwarf stars get their 'kicks'
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09/09/2010 01:44 AM
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University of British Columbia astronomer Harvey Richer and UBC graduate student Saul Davis have discovered that white dwarf stars are born with a natal kick, explaining why these smoldering embers of Sun-like stars are found on the edge rather than at the centre of globular star clusters. (2007-12-05)
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Astronomers get first look at Uranus's rings as they swing edge-on to Earth
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09/09/2010 01:44 AM
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As the rings of Uranus swing edge-on to Earth - a short-lived view we get only once every 42 years - astronomers observing the event are getting an unprecedented, glare-free view of the rings and the fine dust that permeates them. (2007-08-24)
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NASA's largest space telescope mirror will see deeper into space
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09/09/2010 01:44 AM
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When scientists are looking into space, the more they can see, the easier it is to piece together the puzzle of the cosmos. The James Webb Space Telescope's mirror blanks have now been constructed. When polished and assembled, together they will form a mirror whose area is over seven times larger than the Hubble Telescope's mirror. (2007-02-07)
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Two new dusty planetary disks may be astrophysical mirrors of our Kuiper Belt
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09/09/2010 01:44 AM
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A survey by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope of 22 nearby stars has turned up two with bright debris disks that appear to be the equivalent of our own solar system's Kuiper Belt, a ring of icy rocks outside the orbit of Neptune and the source of short-period comets. (2006-01-20)
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Monster black holes grow after galactic mergers
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09/09/2010 01:44 AM
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An analysis of the Hubble Space Telescope's deepest view of the universe offers compelling evidence that monster black holes in the centers of galaxies were not born big but grew over time through repeated galactic mergers. (2006-01-11)
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More Hubble Telescope Current Events and Hubble Telescope News
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09/09/2010 01:44 AM
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More Hubble Telescope current events and Hubble Telescope science news articles, research and discoveries from Brightsurf
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