Rover eyes 'man-made' objects in Martian dirt

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Los Angeles (AFP) Oct 18, 2012
NASA's Mars rover has swallowed its first scoopful of dirt from the Red Planet's surface - and found some bright-colored objects that experts briefly thought might be man-made, the US space agency said Thursday. In an update on Curiosity's two-and-a-half month old mission, NASA said its Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin) instrument, deep in the car-sized rover's belly, will analyze the soil

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New small satellite will study super-Earths for
ESA

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Paris (ESA) Oct 22, 2012
Studying planets around other stars will be the focus of the new small Science Programme mission, Cheops, ESA announced Friday. Its launch is expected in 2017. Cheops - for CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite - will target nearby, bright stars already known to have planets orbiting around them.Through high-precision monitoring of the star's brightness, scientists will search for the tell

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Advances slow brain aging

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John Q. Trojanowski, MD, PhD, and Virginia M.-Y. Lee, PhD, MBA, discuss transformative advances Penn Medicine has made toward the ability to diagnose, delay the onset of, and effectively treat age-related brain diseases such as Alzheimer's.

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Dreaming Of Torsional Building Oscillations
During An Earthquake

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From Science 2.0:I had a dream. So what, we all do. Well, this was particular, because I remember all of it well, and because it involved a very interesting situation. I was at Fermilab, in an office on a top-level floor of a tall building, when a powerful earthquake hit.This was suppose

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Scientist Develops Water-Resistant Solar Panel
Coatings Inspired by Iridescent Butterfly Wings

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From INHABITAT:Butterflies are beautiful, delicate marvels of nature. While their lovely appearance may be inspiring, there's nothing a butterfly can teach us about renewable energy - or is there? An ambitious University of Pennsylvania professor named Shu Yang recently used holographic

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Built To Last: Computer Systems That Simply
Cannot Fail

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From ExtremeTech:A failing computer system can be a problem in some settings, but it's catastrophic in others. No one likes when their computer crashes out while in the middle of an overnight render, but the cost of that delay is nothing compared to a failure in a mission-critical environm

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Caltech Laser Accelerometer Research May Bring
Fine-Tuned Position Tracking

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From engadget: One way that sensors can track your position without using an array of satellites is by measuring your acceleration as you move around -- but unless you're piloting a jumbo jet, current devices aren't very accurate. Researchers at Caltech hope to change all that with a new,

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Painter Robot Turns Your Sleep Into
'Art'

From CNET News:Last time I stayed at an Ibis hotel, I had a good experience. Quick service, decent decor, and a great location in central Busan, South Korea. Sadly, it lacked a robot.The international chain is making up for this shortcoming by offering something no guest can do without: a

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HAL Robot Suit Modified To Take On Nuclear Plants

From CNET News:You're sweating in your bulky radiation suit, your dosimeter is freaking you out, and you're trying to close a valve that might just save a large portion of the population from some very nasty fallout.Wouldn't it be nice to have some robotic help?Japan's robot start-up Cyb

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Orionid Meteor Shower Promises A Weekend Treat

From CNET News:Looking for something stellar to do this weekend? Wander outside of the city early Sunday morning and observe the Orionid meteor shower.Around this time of year, the Earth passes through a trail of space debris left over from Halley's Comet's 76-year orbit around the sun, gi

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