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Curiosity Mars Rover Prepares for Fourth Rock Drilling

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In this image from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover looking up the ramp at the northeastern end of "Hidden Valley," a pale outcrop including drilling target "Bonanza King" is at the center of the scene.

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As Seen by Rosetta: Comet Surface Variations

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Image of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko shows the diversity of surface structures on the comet's nucleus.

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China To Industrialize Moon; Realize Promise of Thermonuclear Fusion

While the economy of the United States stands at the verge of collapse, hobbling along under the dead weight of the London-Wall Street money system, China is on a trajectory upward, propelled by its orientation toward an "American System"-style, science-driver economic policy, and a defense of national sovereignty. China's dedication to the future development of mankind is exemplified by its commitment to elevate and upgrade its space program, to a mission of exploring, developing, and mining the Moon, with a special emphasis placed upon the ultimate use of the chemical isotope helium-3, which is found in relative abundance in the Moon's regolith (lunar soil), as a fuel for thermonuclear fusion-powered energy production—the next frontier in technology revolutions.

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Scientists use lasers to control mouse brain switchboard

NIH-funded study explores how information flow in the brain is centrally regulated for sleep and wakefulness

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Scientists used mice to study how nerve cells in thalamic reticular nucleus work during sleep and how they help the brain concentrate.

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Next-generation Microshutter Array Technology

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This image shows a close-up view of the next-generation microshutter arrays — designed to accommodate the needs of future observatories — during the fabrication process.

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Molecular engineers record an electron's quantum behavior

A team of researchers led by the University of Chicago has developed a technique to record the quantum mechanical behavior of an individual electron contained within a nanoscale defect in diamond. Their technique uses ultrafast pulses of laser light both to control the defect's entire quantum state and observe how that single electron state changes over time.

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These images show a diamond sample with a hemispherical lens (right and lower left), and the location of a single electron spin/quantum state visible through its light emission (upper left). The scale bar on the image at upper left measures five microns, the approximate diameter of a red blood cell.

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Hubble Revisits a Globular Cluster’s Age

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Tall Boulder Rolls Down Martian Hill, Lands Upright

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Watching the Winds Where Sea Meets Sky

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The SeaWinds scatterometer on NASA's QuikScat satellite stares into the eye of 1999's Hurricane Floyd as it hits the U.S. coast. The arrows indicate wind direction, while the colors represent wind speed, with orange and yellow being the fastest.

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NASA's Chandra Observatory Searches for Trigger of Nearby Supernova

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