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June 17, 2014

Hubble Begins Search Beyond Pluto For Potential Flyby Targets
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 17, 2014
After careful consideration and analysis, the Hubble Space Telescope Time Allocation Committee has recommended using Hubble to search for an object the Pluto-bound NASA New Horizons mission could visit after its flyby of Pluto in July 2015. The planned search will involve targeting a small area of sky in search of a Kuiper Belt object (KBO) for the outbound spacecraft to visit. The Kuiper Belt is a vast debris field of icy bodies left over from the solar system's formation 4.6 billion years ago. A ... read more

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Webb's Fully Integrated 'Heart' Lowered into the Chamber Engineer Jack Marshall held his breath. The "heart" of the James Webb Space Telescope hung from a cable 30 feet in the air as it was lowered slowly into the massive thermal vacuum chamber at NASA's ... more		Discovery of Earth's Northernmost Perennial Spring A Canadian team lead by Stephen Grasby reports the discovery of the highest latitude perennial spring known in the world. This high-volume spring demonstrates that deep groundwater circulation throu ... more		US expects to continue partnership with Russia on ISS after 2020 Roskosmos has received a request from NASA for extension of the ISS' usage until 2024, TASS reports. The actual agreement on the International Space Station (ISS) will be enforeced until 2020. ... more
				Coffee for cosmonauts! First 'ISSpresso' machine to arrive in space The International Space Station is set to welcome the first coffee machine in space in November. Until now, sleepy astronauts have been surviving only on dry powdered pouch-based products. The coffe ... more		Messenger Spots Giant Space Weather Effects at Mercury The solar wind of particles streaming off the sun helps drive flows and swirls in space as complicated as any terrestrial weather pattern. Scientists have now spotted at planet Mercury, for the firs ... more

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Hydrothermal Vents Could Explain Chemical Precursors to Life Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 17, 2014 Roy Price first heard about the hydrothermal vents in New Caledonia's Bay of Prony a decade ago. Being a scuba diver and a geologist, he was fascinated by the pi ... more		Week Begins With Spacesuit Checks Before Thursday Spacewalk The International Space Station's six residents were preparing for Thursday's spacewalk while continuing more science and maintenance aboard the orbital laboratory. Cosmonauts Alexander Skvort ... more		Trump to U.N.: 'Your countries are going to hell' Taiwan running out of time for satellite communications, space chief tells AFP US lawmaker warns of military 'misunderstanding' risk with China		Manipulating and Detecting Ultrahigh Frequency Sound Waves An advance has been achieved towards next generation ultrasonic imaging with potentially 1,000 times higher resolution than today's medical ultrasounds. Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energ ... more
				Magnetic cooling enables efficient, 'green' refrigeration Magnetic cooling is a promising new refrigeration technology boasting several advantages - ranging from lower energy consumption to eliminating the use of hazardous fluids - that combine to make it ... more		Researchers find weird magic ingredient for quantum computing A form of quantum weirdness is a key ingredient for building quantum computers according to new research from a team at the University of Waterloo's Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC). In a new s ... more

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Contextuality puts the 'magic' in quantum computing A new theoretical advance explains where the power of quantum computation comes from, and will help researchers design and build better computers and algorithms. The strange properties of quantum me ... more		DNA-Linked Nanoparticles Form Switchable "Thin Films" on a Liquid Surface Scientists seeking ways to engineer the assembly of tiny particles measuring just billionths of a meter have achieved a new first-the formation of a single layer of nanoparticles on a liquid surface ... more		Toxic homes a lasting legacy of Los Angeles fires 'Greatest con job ever': Trump trashes climate science at UN Turkey facing worst drought in over 50 years		Active particles may enhance phase separation Systems containing self-propelling particles, such as bacteria or artificial colloidal particles, are always out of equilibrium but may show interesting transitions between different states, reminis ... more
Funky ferroelectric properties probed with X-rays Ferroelectric materials like barium titanate, a ceramic used in capacitors, are essential to many electronic devices. Typical ferroelectric materials develop features called domain walls with unusua ... more		International Space Station to feature first coffee maker Italians can't live without their espresso. That's why they're bringing a coffee maker with them on their next mission to the International Space Station. ... more		Chemical Sensor on a Chip They are invisible, but perfectly suited for analysing liquids and gases; infrared laser beams are absorbed differently by different molecules. This effect can for instance be used to measure the ox ... more		NASA's abandoned ISEE-3 craft to return to Earth's orbit NASA's so-called zombie probe, or ISEE-3, has been tumbling aimlessly through space for nearly 20 years. But structure is about to be reintroduced to the daily routine of the International Sun-Earth Explorer spacecraft, all thanks to a ragtag group of citizen astronomers and aerospace engineers. ... more

	Quantum computation: Fragile yet error-free Even computers are error-prone. The slightest disturbances may alter saved information and falsify the results of calculations. To overcome these problems, computers use specific routines to continu ... more		How ENSO leads to a cascade of global impacts ENSO arises from changes across the tropical Pacific Ocean. So why does ENSO affect the climate over sizable portions of the globe, including some regions far removed from the tropical Pacific Ocean ... more

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