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Shrinking atmospheric layer linked to low levels of solar radiation
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09/09/2010 01:58 AM
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Large changes in the sun's energy output may drive unexpectedly dramatic fluctuations in Earth's outer atmosphere. (2010-08-27)
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Storm elves and sprites recorded on video
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09/09/2010 01:58 AM
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A team of Spanish researchers has made a high-speed recording of elves and sprites in storms, fleeting and luminous electric phenomena produced in the upper layers of the atmosphere. Their analysis of these observations has been published in the Journal of Geophysical Research. (2010-06-11)
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Researchers To Send Bacteria Into Orbit Aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis
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09/09/2010 01:58 AM
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A team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will send an army of microorganisms into space this week, to investigate new ways of preventing the formation and spread of biofilms, or clusters of bacteria, that could pose a threat to the health of astronauts. (2010-05-11)
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As butterflies journey north, Monarch Watch opens doors and encourages gardens
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09/09/2010 01:58 AM
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It has been a hard winter for Monarch butterflies, according to Chip Taylor, director of Monarch Watch at the University of Kansas. Taylor said that low temperatures, storms and habitat destruction have all threatened the butterflies' overwintering population in Mexico. (2010-05-11)
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To sleep or not to sleep? Math software to help plan astronaut, shift worker schedules
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09/09/2010 01:58 AM
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Shifting work schedules can wreak havoc on a person's ability to get enough sleep, resulting in poor performance on the job. (2010-04-15)
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Cell phones that protect against deadly chemicals? Why not?
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09/09/2010 01:58 AM
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Do you carry a cell phone? Today, chances are it's called a "smartphone" and it came with a three-to-five megapixel lens built-in-not to mention an MP3 player, GPS or even a bar code scanner. This 'Swiss-Army-knife' trend represents the natural progression of technology-as chips become smaller/more advanced, cell phones absorb new functions. (2010-04-12)
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Cell phones that protect against deadly chemicals? Why not?
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09/09/2010 01:58 AM
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Do you carry a cell phone? Today, chances are it's called a "smartphone" and it came with a three-to-five megapixel lens built-in-not to mention an MP3 player, GPS or even a bar code scanner. This 'Swiss-Army-knife' trend represents the natural progression of technology-as chips become smaller/more advanced, cell phones absorb new functions. (2010-04-12)
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Astronaut balancing act: Training to help explorers adapt to a return to gravity
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09/09/2010 01:58 AM
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Astronauts returning from challenging long-duration missions face one more challenge when they get back to Earth - standing up and walking. (2009-12-10)
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Goddard team develops new carriers for space station
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09/09/2010 01:58 AM
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In a partnership that exemplifies One NASA, engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. teamed up with engineers at NASA's Johnson and Kennedy Space Centers to design, build, and test five new ExPRESS Logistics Carriers, or ELCs, which will be delivered to the International Space Station. (2009-11-16)
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Nanotech in Space: Rensselaer Experiment To Weather the Trials of Orbit
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09/09/2010 01:58 AM
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Novel nanomaterials developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are scheduled to blast off into orbit on November 16 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis. (2009-11-13)
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CU-Boulder Butterfly Payload to Launch Nov. 16 on Space Shuttle
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09/09/2010 01:58 AM
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When NASA's space shuttle Atlantis launches for the International Space Station on Nov. 16 it will carry a University of Colorado at Boulder butterfly experiment that will be monitored by thousands of K-12 students across the nation. (2009-11-11)
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ORMatE returns to NRL after nearly 2 years in Earth orbit
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09/09/2010 01:58 AM
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Completing an 18-month mission orbiting the Earth more than 6,000 times on-orbit the International Space Station (ISS), the Optical Reflector Material Experiment (ORMatE-1) returns to Washington, D.C., to NRL's Electronics Science and Technology Division to begin experiment testing and analysis. (2009-09-30)
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Solar Cycle Driven by More than Sunspots; Sun Also Bombards Earth with High-Speed Streams of Wind
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09/09/2010 01:58 AM
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Challenging conventional wisdom, new research finds that the number of sunspots provides an incomplete measure of changes in the Sun's impact on Earth over the course of the 11-year solar cycle. (2009-09-18)
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Water quality in orbit
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09/09/2010 01:58 AM
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Space is not a fun place to get a stomach bug. To ensure drinking water is adequately disinfected, University of Utah chemists developed a two-minute water quality monitoring method that just started six months of tests aboard the International Space Station. (2009-09-14)
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More International Space Station Current Events and International Space Station News
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09/09/2010 01:58 AM
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More International Space Station current events and International Space Station science news articles, research and discoveries from Brightsurf
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