Hope for more effective treatment of
nearsightedness

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Research by an optometrist at the University of Houston (UH) supports the continued investigation of optical treatments that attempt to slow the progression of nearsightedness in children.

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Bees hold the key to flower colour evolution

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Plants separated by vast oceans and 34 million years evolved to produce the same coloured flower petals because of their reliance on bees for pollination, according to new research.

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Steel-strength plastics -- and green, too!

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As landfills overflow with discarded plastics, scientists have been working to produce a biodegradable alternative that will reduce pollution.

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Home-cooked meals add to life expectancy

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Tucking into a home-cooked meal up to five times a week could add years to your life, according to new research.

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XCOR Appoints Space Expedition Corp As General
Sales Agent For Space Tourism Flights

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With the Tom Sachs space-themed art exhibit, "Space Program: Mars" as a backdrop, XCOR Aerospace named Space Expedition Corporation (SXC) as the new General Sales Agent (GSA) for the XCOR owned Lynx Suborbital vehicle flying from the Mojave Air and Spaceport. SXC was previously announced as the first wet lease customer for a Lynx production vehicle with planned flights from Curacao. The GS

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Strange Geometry - Yes, It's All About the Math

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Houston TX (SPX) Jun 08, 2012
Moving liquids without gravity aboard the International Space Station can be tricky - if there's no "down" then water won't flow downhill. Capillary Flow Experiments-2, or CFE-2, a physical science investigation looking at fluid physics, is a set of experiments exploring how fluids move up surfaces in microgravity. Scientists and engineers will use the results of this research to improve c

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Smooth moves: how space animates Hollywood

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Paris (ESA) Jun 08, 2012
If you've been to see Wrath of the Titans, then you've watched it in action. A computer programmer is using software he developed to control spacecraft to help animators make more realistic computer games and movies. Originally designed to help guide satellites, the software now helps computers to render human movements smoothly and realistically. It turns out that movements controlled eff

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Rocket Sled Tests Are Technology Pathway to
Safely Land Humans, Habitats and Cargo on Mars

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Traveling 300 million miles through deep space to reach the planet Mars is difficult; successfully landing there is even harder. The process of entering the Red Planet's atmosphere and slowing down to land has been described as "six minutes of terror." During the first four minutes of entry, friction with the atmosphere slows a spacecraft considerably. But at the end of this phase, the veh

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Mars crater shows evidence for climate evolution

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Paris (ESA) Jun 08, 2012
ESA's Mars Express has provided images of a remarkable crater on Mars that may show evidence that the planet underwent significant periodic fluctuations in its climate due to changes in its rotation axis. On 19 June 2011, Mars Express pointed its high-resolution stereo camera at the Arabia Terra region of Mars, imaging the Danielson and Kalocsa craters.Danielson crater is named after the

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