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November 03, 2015

Traveling through space? Don't forget your sleeping pills and skin cream
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 03, 2015
If you are planning to take the long trip to Mars, don't forget to pack sleeping pills and skin cream. A new study published in the November 2015 issue of The FASEB Journal, is the first-ever examination of the medications used by astronauts on long-duration missions to the International Space Station. As one might expect, the study shows that much of the medicine taken by astronauts in space relates to the unusual and confined microgravity environment in which they work or to the actual work that ... read more

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				Track Ocean Currents from Space A team of NASA and university scientists has developed a new way to use satellite measurements to track changes in Atlantic Ocean currents, which are a driving force in global climate. The finding o ... more		Galileo pair preparing for December launch The next Galileo launch campaign has begun with the arrival of the latest pair of navigation satellites at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Their arrival is the start of a busy schedule th ... more

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Could Sino-U.S. cooperation bring the Martian home? In the new Hollywood blockbuster, The Martian, U.S. astronaut Mark Watney is stranded on Mars. At a critical moment, China offers to help NASA bring him back to Earth. But can these two countries co ... more		OGC and ASPRS to collaborate on geospatial standards The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) have agreed to work together more closely in the application and promotion of standards an ... more		U.S. defense in free fall U.S. and Saudis conduct Middle East's largest counter-drone exercise Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defense pact		Upgraded Hobby-Eberly Telescope Sees First Light After several years and a massive team effort, one of the world's largest telescopes has opened its giant eye again. The Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET) at The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald ... more
				Northern Light secrets uncovered thanks to social networking tools New research led by physicists at the University of Warwick has used tools designed to study social networks to gain significant new insights into the Northern Lights, and space weather - particular ... more		Full-Scale Drills at Russia's Vostochny Cosmodrome to Start in Two Weeks Russia will launch full-scale testing in the coming two weeks at the Vostochny Cosmodrome that is currently being constructed in the country's Far East, head of Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosm ... more

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Cassini images dunelands on Saturn's moon Titan Cassini's documentation of Saturn and its myriad satellites continues. On Monday, NASA shared a new Cassini image showcasing the dunelands of Titan, the largest of Saturn's moons. ... more		Calcium-48's 'neutron skin' thinner than previously thought An international team led by Gaute Hagen of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory used America's most powerful supercomputer, Titan, to compute the neutron distribution and relate ... more		Fossil fuels harm health from 'cradle to grave': report Trash, mulch and security: All jobs for troops in Washington Rising oceans to threaten 1.5 million Australians by 2050: report		Satellites shed light on Greenland Ice Sheet response to warming Parts of Greenland's ice sheet have been found to be less vulnerable to climate warming than was thought - a discovery that could have a small but beneficial impact on sea level forecasts. Sat ... more
'Spring-mass' technology heralds the future of walking robots A study by engineers at Oregon State University suggests that they have achieved the most realistic robotic implementation of human walking dynamics that has ever been done, which may ultimately all ... more		Nanoquakes probe new 2-dimensional material In a step towards a post-graphene era of new materials for electronic applications, an international team of researchers, including scientists at the University of California, Riverside, has found a ... more		Researchers observe surprising phase transition An ultrapure material taken to pressures greater than that in the depths of the ocean and chilled to temperatures colder than outer space has revealed an unexpected phase transition that crosses two ... more		Film in 4-D with ultrashort electron pulses Physicists of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat (LMU) in Munich shorten electron pulses down to 30 femtoseconds duration. This enables them to gain detailed insight into atomic motions in molecules ... more

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Capacitor breakthrough

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