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  Multi-Center NASA Social: Preview Orion’s First Flight Test Launch at a Location Nearest You

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  • November 3, 2014
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  The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has revealed that its latest Orion spacecraft is complete. Orion is expected to assist human travel into deep space such as Mars.
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  Atomic trigger shatters mystery of how glass deforms

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  • October 19, 2014
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  A new study has cracked one mystery of glass to shed light on the mechanism that triggers its deformation before shattering. Glass hangs in a metastable state in which the energy of the system is higher than the lowest-energy state the system could...  moreA new study has cracked one mystery of glass to shed light on the mechanism that triggers its deformation before shattering. Glass hangs in a metastable state in which the energy of the system is higher than the lowest-energy state the system could assume, a crystalline state. But its state is stable enough at room temperature to last a human lifetime.  
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  Surpassing the limitations of the light microscope

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  • October 8, 2014
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  For a long time optical microscopy was held back by a presumed limitation: that it would never obtain a better resolution than half the wavelength of light. Helped by fluorescent molecules the Nobel Laureates in Chemistry 2014 ingeniously circumvented...  moreFor a long time optical microscopy was held back by a presumed limitation: that it would never obtain a better resolution than half the wavelength of light. Helped by fluorescent molecules the Nobel Laureates in Chemistry 2014 ingeniously circumvented this limitation. Their ground-breaking work has brought optical microscopy into the nanodimension.  
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  New light to illuminate the world

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  • October 7, 2014
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  The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Isamu Akasaki, of Meijo University in Nagoya and Nagoya University, Japan; Hiroshi Amano, of Nagoya University, Japan; and Shuji Nakamura of the University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA "for the...  moreThe 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Isamu Akasaki, of Meijo University in Nagoya and Nagoya University, Japan; Hiroshi Amano, of Nagoya University, Japan; and Shuji Nakamura of the University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA "for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources."  
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  Study finds that dolphins may be able to detect magnetic fields

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  • October 1, 2014
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  By: Meghan DeMaria
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  A new study suggests that dolphins are attracted to magnets and can detect magnetic fields in objects.
  Researchers at the University of Rennes 1 and the University Institute of France observed how six bottleneck dolphi...
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  The water on Earth existed even before the Sun existence, says scientists

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  • September 28, 2014
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  By: Smita Bishop
  The Earth’s water is older than the sun.Scientists say that main parts of Earth’s water produced by Interstellar-ice are much older than the...  more"
  By: Smita Bishop
  The Earth’s water is older than the sun.Scientists say that main parts of Earth’s water produced by Interstellar-ice are much older than the Sun.
  
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  New study and researchers proves that the ...  
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  Merck drug extends immune system fight to stomach cancer

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  • September 28, 2014
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  "By Ben Hirschler
   
  MADRID (Reuters) - Merck & Co's drug Keytruda, the first in a new wave of immune-boosting medicines to be approved for treating melanomas in the United States, also has potential in stomach cancer, new research shows.
  Ea...
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  Escape Velocity

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  • September 20, 2014
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  The following image is given by Marian Tesla from http://tesla4.blogspot.com/ for publication on Geazle STEM Web-based Network. Should you have any question, feel free to contact him. Feel free to comment, and share your STEM knowledge.
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  Strong Solar Flare Is Headed Toward Earth This Weekend

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  • September 11, 2014
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  A strong solar flare is headed toward Earth at 2.5 million miles per hour, but scientists say its worst effects will likely bypass the planet when it arrives by the weekend.
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  Meteorology researchers help decision-makers better understand, evaluate tropical cyclone risk

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  • August 29, 2014
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  Researchers at Florida Tech have been evaluating the NHC’s Tropical Cyclone Wind Probability Forecast Product and developing a tool that helps decision-makers better understand and evaluate weather risks, which will help them better prepare for...  moreResearchers at Florida Tech have been evaluating the NHC’s Tropical Cyclone Wind Probability Forecast Product and developing a tool that helps decision-makers better understand and evaluate weather risks, which will help them better prepare for dangerous weather and, ultimately, save lives.