Science

Space Observatory Provides Clues to Creation of Earth's Oceans

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New measurements from the Herschel Space Observatory have discovered water with the same chemical signature as our...

Fossils Help Rev Hard-Hit Newfoundland Fishing Area

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Guy Narbonne, a paleontologist at Queen's University in Ontario, inspects a fossil at the Mistaken Point Ecological...

Three Scientists Share Nobel Prize In Medicine

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NASA Space Telescope Finds Fewer Asteroids Near Earth

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NEOWISE observations indicate that there are at least 40 percent fewer near-Earth asteroids in total that are...

NIH to make a mightier mouse resource for understanding disease

Over the next five years, National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded researchers will extensively test and generate data about mice with disrupted genes to gain clues about human diseases. NIH today awarded a set of cooperative agreements totaling...

World's Largest Academic Cloud

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The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) Cloud is connected to 10 other supercomputer sites nationwide on the high-speed TeraGrid...

3D Pico Projectors Grow at Double Digits

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The thumb-size pico-projector's micro mirror is fabricated in the center of a thumbnail-size MEMS chip

His Honor, Watson

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In trials of the future, IBM’s Watson could appear on witness stands and in judges’ chambers.