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Computers Made Out of DNA, Slime and Other Strange Stuff

Wired Medical - Tue, 04/02/2013 - 10:30
Everybody knows a computer is a machine made of metal and plastic, with microchip cores turning streams of electrons into digital reality. A century from now, though, computers could look quite different. They might be made from neurons and chemical ...
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Computers Made Out of DNA, Slime and Other Strange Stuff

Wired Science - Tue, 04/02/2013 - 10:30
Everybody knows a computer is a machine made of metal and plastic, with microchip cores turning streams of electrons into digital reality. A century from now, though, computers could look quite different. They might be made from neurons and chemical ...
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NASA TV Briefing Discusses Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Results

NASA Breaking News - Tue, 04/02/2013 - 04:00
NASA will hold a news conference at 1:30 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 3, to discuss the first results of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) experiment. AMS is a state-of-the-art cosmic ray particle physics detector located on the exterior of the International Space Station.
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NASA Asks Universities For Early Stage Innovation Tech Proposals

NASA Breaking News - Tue, 04/02/2013 - 04:00
NASA is seeking innovative, early-stage space technology proposals from accredited U.S. universities that will enable NASA's future missions and America's leadership in space.
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NASA Seeks Academic Partners for Smallsat Technology Collaboration

NASA Breaking News - Tue, 04/02/2013 - 04:00
NASA is seeking small spacecraft technology project proposals from U.S. colleges and universities that would like to collaborate with agency researchers.
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NASA Announces 17th Screening of Space Program Artifacts

NASA Breaking News - Tue, 04/02/2013 - 04:00
NASA is inviting eligible educational institutions, museums and other organizations to screen and request historical space artifacts.
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Planck Mission Brings Universe into Sharp Focus

NASA Breaking News - Tue, 04/02/2013 - 04:00
The Planck space mission has released the most accurate and detailed map ever made of the oldest light in the universe, revealing new information about its age, contents and origins.
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Head-Bobbing Sea Lion May Keep the Beat Better Than You

Wired Medical - Mon, 04/01/2013 - 23:00
A sea lion trained to bob her head in time to music not only appears to have better rhythm than many people, but she is also challenging researchers' notions about beat-keeping in animals.
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Head-Bobbing Sea Lion May Keep the Beat Better Than You

Wired Science - Mon, 04/01/2013 - 23:00
A sea lion trained to bob her head in time to music not only appears to have better rhythm than many people, but she is also challenging researchers' notions about beat-keeping in animals.
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Wired Space Photo of the Day: Star Birth in Cephus

Wired Medical - Mon, 04/01/2013 - 19:05
Cep OB 3b is rich young cluster located in the northern constellation of Cepheus. This image was created by combining individual images observed through four different filters on the 0.9 meter telescope at Kitt Peak: blue, visual (cyan), near infrared ...
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Wired Space Photo of the Day: Star Birth in Cephus

Wired Science - Mon, 04/01/2013 - 19:05
Cep OB 3b is rich young cluster located in the northern constellation of Cepheus. This image was created by combining individual images observed through four different filters on the 0.9 meter telescope at Kitt Peak: blue, visual (cyan), near infrared ...
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How to 3-D Print the Skeleton of a Living Animal

Wired Medical - Mon, 04/01/2013 - 17:00
By taking a CT scan of an anesthetized rat and sending the data to a 3-D printer, researchers have created a life-size model of the rat's skeleton and lungs. Similar models of body parts from other animals or human patients ...
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How to 3-D Print the Skeleton of a Living Animal

Wired Science - Mon, 04/01/2013 - 17:00
By taking a CT scan of an anesthetized rat and sending the data to a 3-D printer, researchers have created a life-size model of the rat's skeleton and lungs. Similar models of body parts from other animals or human patients ...
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Wired Space Photo of the Day: Groovy False-Color Red Spot

Wired Medical - Sun, 03/31/2013 - 10:30
This Voyager 1 picture of the great red spot shows a white oval with its "wake" of counter-rotating vortices. North is at the top and the distance from top to bottom is about 24,000 km. This enhanced color view emphasizes ...
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Wired Space Photo of the Day: Groovy False-Color Red Spot

Wired Science - Sun, 03/31/2013 - 10:30
This Voyager 1 picture of the great red spot shows a white oval with its "wake" of counter-rotating vortices. North is at the top and the distance from top to bottom is about 24,000 km. This enhanced color view emphasizes ...
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Wired Space Photo of the Day: High-Mass Star Formation

Wired Medical - Sat, 03/30/2013 - 10:30
In this new view of a vast star-forming cloud called W3, ESA’s Herschel space observatory tells the story of how massive stars are born. W3 is a giant molecular cloud containing an enormous stellar nursery, some 6,200 light-years away in ...
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Wired Space Photo of the Day: High-Mass Star Formation

Wired Science - Sat, 03/30/2013 - 10:30
In this new view of a vast star-forming cloud called W3, ESA’s Herschel space observatory tells the story of how massive stars are born. W3 is a giant molecular cloud containing an enormous stellar nursery, some 6,200 light-years away in ...
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GoT Beer? A Crafty Blonde Attempts to Ascend the Iron Throne

Wired Medical - Fri, 03/29/2013 - 19:00
It was only a matter of time before serious Game of Thrones fans decided they needed a horn of ale with which to toast the show. Now Brewery Ommegang has partnered with HBO to oblige this thirst with a beer ...
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GoT Beer? A Crafty Blonde Attempts to Ascend the Iron Throne

Wired Science - Fri, 03/29/2013 - 19:00
It was only a matter of time before serious Game of Thrones fans decided they needed a horn of ale with which to toast the show. Now Brewery Ommegang has partnered with HBO to oblige this thirst with a beer ...
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Wired Space Photo of the Day: Not Actually a Double Star

Wired Medical - Fri, 03/29/2013 - 18:18
The object in this image is Jonckheere 900 or J 900, a planetary nebula — glowing shells of ionised gas pushed out by a dying star. Discovered in the early 1900s by astronomer Robert Jonckheere, the dusty nebula is small ...
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