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How NASA Keeps Earth’s Germs Out of Space
In 1967, the United States joined the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union in signing the Treaty on Principles...
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Is There Enough Wind to Power Global Energy Demand?
There is enough energy available in winds to meet all of the world’s demand. Atmospheric turbines that convert steadier...
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Ship Aims to Sample Deepest-Ever Life
A Japanese deep sea drilling vessel, Chikyu, recently set a new world record, by drilling down over 2,111 meters...
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Physicists Quantum Teleport Photons Over 88 Miles
An international team of researchers has published their paper demonstrating quantum teleportation between two Canary Islands. While quantum teleportation...
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After 35 Years, Voyager Nears Edge Of Solar System
The Voyager 1 spacecraft’s 35th anniversary is proving to be unexpectedly exciting, as scientists gathered to examine new hints...
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Creativity Crucial to Engineering Innovation
For a researcher who builds robots, Maurizio Porfiri credits his success to an unexpected source — literature. Paul Auster’s...
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Record Laser Pulse the Key to Hidden Quantum World
The most significant breakthrough in the laser pulse field in four years provides scientists with a new tool to...
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Former NASA Engineer Designs App to Chart Water Quality
When environmental engineer John Feighery got a job testing well water in Bangladesh for the National Institutes of Health,...
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Nuclear-Powered LEDs Could Provide Food for Future Space Colonies
With the successful landing and deployment of the Mars Curiosity Rover, humanity has been treated to a sneak peek...
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Five Obstacles to Landing People on Mars
Getting a six-wheeled car-size rover safely onto the surface of the red planet? Daunting, sure. But NASA did it...