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Science and Technology
Oct 21, 2009
Wide-spread melt ponds observed by NOAA's North Pole Web cam. Photo courtesy NOAA Despite the fact that summer 2009 had more sea ice than in 2007 or 2008, scientists are seeing drastic changes in the region from just five years…
Oct 20, 2009
El Niño in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean is expected to be a dominant climate factor that will influence the December through February winter weather in the United States, according to the 2009 Winter Outlook released by NOAAs…
Oct 20, 2009
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the availability of a new online resource for local governments that assists community leaders and local stakeholders in building sustainable local solar markets. The online publication, Solar Powering Your Community: A Guide…
Oct 20, 2009
PASADENA, Calif. -- Using updated information, NASA scientists have recalculated the path of a large asteroid. The refined path indicates a significantly reduced likelihood of a hazardous encounter with Earth in 2036. The Apophis asteroid is approximately the size of…
Oct 20, 2009
WASHINGTON -- NASAs Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate is accepting scholarship applications for the 2010 academic year. The application deadline is Jan. 11, 2010. NASA expects to award 20 undergraduate and five graduate scholarships to students in aeronautics or related fields.…
Oct 20, 2009
Patent issued to Goal Zero, a subsidiary of Provo Craft and Novelty WASHINGTON Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) David Kappos was joined by Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah)…
Oct 20, 2009
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- Humans might not be walking on Earth today if not for the ancient fusing of two microscopic, single-celled organisms called prokaryotes, NASA-funded research has found. By comparing proteins present in more than 3000 different prokaryotes -…
Oct 6, 2009
An artists rendering of the asteroid impact that took place 65 million years ago and likely killed off nearly every large vertebrate species on the planet, including, many think, the dinosaurs. Photo courtesy Don Davis/NASA In 1980, Luis Alvarez and…
Oct 6, 2009
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA is inviting fifth through eighth grade students to participate in a waste limitation management and recycling design challenge. Participants in the competition will design and test water recycling systems that could be used for future…
Oct 6, 2009
Stimulating sight: A model of the retinal implant: The coil that surrounds the iris receives visual data from a camera mounted on a pair of glasses. The coil sends the images to a chip attached to the side of the…
Sep 23, 2009
USGS will Grant Universities $5 Million to Beef Up Public Safety Grants totaling $5 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are being awarded to 13 universities nationwide to upgrade critical earthquake monitoring networks and increase public safety. These…
Sep 16, 2009
Image Credit: NASA Disney's space ranger Buzz Lightyear returned from space on Sept. 11, aboard space shuttle Discovery's STS-128 mission after 15 months aboard the International Space Station. His time on the orbiting laboratory will celebrated in a ticker-tape parade…