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December 25, 2014

Tales from a Martian Rock
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A new analysis of a Martian rock that meteorite hunters plucked from an Antarctic ice field 30 years ago this month reveals a record of the planet's climate billions of years ago, back when water likely washed across its surface and any life that ever formed there might have emerged. Scientists from the University of California, San Diego, NASA and the Smithsonian Institution report detailed measurements of minerals within the meteorite in the early online edition of the Proceedings of the Nationa ... read more

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Sun Sizzles in High-Energy X-Rays For the first time, a mission designed to set its eyes on black holes and other objects far from our solar system has turned its gaze back closer to home, capturing images of our sun. NASA's Nuclear ... more		Preparing NASA's Gigantic Space Simulation Chamber for Massive Test "This is what space science is all about," said NASA photographer Chris Gunn, who captured a photo from outside the enormous mouth of NASA's giant thermal vacuum chamber called Chamber A at Johnson ... more		Small CubeSat Provides Big Space Experience Any way you slice it, space exploration - done right - requires an inordinate range of technical expertise. From designing the spacecraft, the mission proposal and the circuit boards to testing th ... more
				Hubble Sees the Beautiful side of IC 335 This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the galaxy IC 335 in front of a backdrop of distant galaxies. IC 335 is part of a galaxy group containing three other galaxies, and located in th ... more		Russia's Glonass to Provide Brazil With Alternative to GPS The Russian Global Navigation Satellite System (Glonass) will provide Brazilians with an alternative to the American Global Positioning System (GPS), giving them more localized data and stability, t ... more

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LATAM Telco Selects Gilat's High-Throughput Satellite Platform Gilat Satellite Networks reports that a Telecommunications Service Provider (TSP) in Latin America selected Gilat's High-Throughput Satellite (HTS) Multi-Spot Beam solution to provide Ka-band broadb ... more		FFD signs Space Act Agreement with NASA for Space Suit Development Final Frontier Design (FFD) is proud to announce the signing of a Space Act Agreement (SAA) with NASA to collaborate on the development, design review, and testing of its launch and re-entry space s ... more		Russia offers to extend nuclear arms limits with US Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defense pact Brazil, Chile sign defense agreement		UK Politicians Keeping 'Options Open' Over Trident Renewal UK politicians are keeping their options open on whether to renew the UK's nuclear weapons system known as Trident, Peter Burt, Research Manager with the Nuclear Information Service has told Sputnik ... more
				Russia Not to Deploy Units of Strategic Missile Forces in Crimea Russia has no plans to deploy units of its Strategic Missile Forces on the Crimean Peninsula, Strategic Missile Forces Commander Col.Gen. Sergei Karakayev said. "There are no plans to deploy m ... more		QinetiQ North America refurbishing, modernizing Talon robots used by the military Robots used by U.S. military forces in Iraq and Afghanistan are being refurbished and modernized by QinetiQ North America under U.S. Army and Navy contracts. ... more

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US Ballistic Missile Defense Needs More Testing The proposed placement of ballistic missile interceptors on the US East Coast has the advantage of providing more time and distance to shoot down an enemy missile, but still has a lot of shortfalls ... more		Lead islands in a sea of graphene magnetize the material of the future Researchers in Spain have discovered that if lead atoms are intercalated on a graphene sheet, a powerful magnetic field is generated by the interaction of the electrons' spin with their orbital move ... more		Ex-US climate envoy: Trump threatening 'consensus science' worldwide How did an Indian zoo get the world's most endangered great ape? Australian scientists grapple with 'despicable' butterfly heist		Scientists create human primordial cells in the lab The first time in history, researchers have successfully used human embryonic stem cells to create primordial germ cells, cells that divide and mature into egg and sperm. Previously, the feat had been accomplished using rodent stem cells - not those from a human embryo. ... more
Does the peer review process stifle scientific innovation? Peer review is the quality control process designed to ensure scientific journals publish only the most sound research. Each review board is tasked with protecting a journal's integrity and reputation, and with confirming each submitted paper's scientific bonafides. ... more		Computational clues into the structure of a promising energy conversion catalyst Hydrogen fuel is a promising source of clean energy that can be produced by splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen gas. The reaction is difficult but achievable with the help of a catalyst, a mate ... more		Pitt team publishes new findings from mind-controlled robot arm project In another demonstration that brain-computer interface technology has the potential to improve the function and quality of life of those unable to use their own arms, a woman with quadriplegia shape ... more		Penn Researchers Show Commonalities in How Different Glassy Materials Fail Glass is mysterious. It is a broad class of materials that extends well beyond the everyday window pane, but one thing that these disparate glasses seem to have in common is that they have nothing i ... more

	Dartmouth researchers create 'green' process to reduce molecular switching waste Dartmouth researchers have found a solution using visible light to reduce waste produced in chemically activated molecular switches, opening the way for industrial applications of nanotechnology ran ... more		Theory details how 'hot' monomers affect thin-film formation Like a baseball player sliding into third, a hot monomer skids in a straight line along a cold surface until it's safely among its fellow molecules. This is not what usually happens when scientists ... more

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