Science

NASA Turns Over Next-Generation Air Traffic Management Tool to Federal Aviation Administration

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As seen in this image, Terminal Sequencing and Spacing technology enables air traffic controllers to better manage the spacing...

Looking Back at the Jupiter Crash 20 Years Later

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NASA's Galileo spacecraft captured these four views of Jupiter as the last of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9's large fragments...

NASA Rover's Images Show Laser Flash on Martian Rock

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Adopting the euro: criteria, decision-making and the next countries in line

The euro zone could get bigger next year. After the European Commission said Lithuania was ready to adopt the common currency, the Parliament will vote on its opinion on 16 July. The final decision will be made by the Council at the end of July. Read...

Researchers discover boron 'buckyball'

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The carbon buckyball has a boron cousin. A cluster for 40 boron atoms forms a hollow cage-like molecule.

Labs characterize carbon for batteries: Rice, Lawrence Livermore scientists calculate materials’ potential for use as electrodes

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New work by scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Rice University details the binding properties of lithium ions to...

Sun-like Stars Reveal Their Ages

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Researchers Use Various Zinc Oxide Nanostructures to Boost Efficiency of Water Purification Process

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