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Wireless, wearable toxic-gas detector: Inexpensive sensors could be worn by soldiers to detect hazardous chemical agents

Using the sensors, the researchers hope to design lightweight, inexpensive radio-frequency identification (RFID) badges to be used for personal safety and security. Such badges could be worn by soldiers on the battlefield to rapidly detect the...

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Hubble Captures Vivid Auroras in Jupiter's Atmosphere

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Astronomers are using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to study auroras — stunning light shows in a...

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ALMA discovers dew drops surrounding dusty spider’s web

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No need in supercomputers: Russian scientists suggest a PC to solve complex problems tens of times faster than with massive supercomputers

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JUGENE (Jülich Blue Gene) -- a supercomputer built by IBM for Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany.

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NASA's Juno Spacecraft Getting Close to Jupiter

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This illustration depicts NASA's Juno spacecraft at Jupiter, with its solar arrays and main antenna pointed toward the...

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CAVES: exploring inner space for outer space

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Ultrathin, flat lens resolves chirality and color: Multifunctional lens could replace bulky, expensive machines

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Imaging with the multispectral chiral lens forms two images of the beetle, Chrysina gloriosa, on the color camera. The left image was...

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NASA Technology Applied in Breast Cancer Study

Getting spacecraft ready for launch may have more to do with medical research than you think. For a new study on microbes that may be associated with a history of breast cancer, researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California,...

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