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Video: DARPA Rubs a Flame With an Electric Wand to Extinguish It

Deflecting Fire DARPA A recently-concluded DARPA program sought to extinguish fires using unusual methods. Continue reading

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Survey Establishes What Kids Want From Robots: Homework Help and Friendship

Larry the Robot This submission is from an 11-year-old girl in Australia, who offers the following description of her hypothetical robot pal. Continue reading

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National Science Foundation Is Studying Grecian Urns To Make Better Spacecraft

Discovery’s Heat Shield In this file image, space shuttle Discovery does a belly flip for the ISS, so astronauts on the station can examine its heat tiles for damage. Continue reading

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Video: MIT Constructs Old-Age-Simulator Suit to Make Young People Feel Elderly

Young Made Old MIT I have a vague memory of an exercise in elementary school in which, among other contrivances, the students smeared Vaseline on a pair of non-prescription glasses in order to simulate the effects of old age. Continue reading

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Looking to Commercialize Particle Acceleration, Fermilab Breaks Ground On New Research Center

Now that our European friends are oh-so-close to finding the elusive Higgs boson, what’s an American accelerator facility to do? Continue reading

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SPANISH4KIDDOS – THE SPANISH SCIENCE CORNER: SANTA …

Easy and fun way to teach Spanish and science to kids. Continue reading

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SPANISH4KIDDOS – THE SPANISH SCIENCE CORNER: SANTA …

Easy and fun way to teach Spanish and science to kids. Continue reading

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[News & Analysis] Genetics: China Bets on the Variome to Uncover Hereditary Diseases

China is contributing 3 billion yuan ($470 million) to the Human Variome Project, an international effort to catalog gene variations affecting human health. Continue reading

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Modelo para la definicion de rutas de recogido de aceite usado de …

Title, Modelo para la definicion de rutas de recogido de aceite usado de cocina en Puerto Rico, para la elaboracion de biodiesel. Continue reading

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Gotthard Base Tunnel

Gotthard Base Tunnel Alp Transit Longest train tunnel The Swiss have solved one of Europe’s great problems: The Alps make shipping freight expensive. Continue reading

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