Monday 27 May 2013

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NASA Discusses Curiosity Radiation Findings

NASA will host a media teleconference at 2:30 p.m. EDT Thursday, May 30, to present new findings from the Mars Science Laboratory Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) aboard the rover Curiosity.

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http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2013/may/HQ_M13-085_Curiosity_RAD_Findings.html

Space tourism industry faces safety concerns

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Space-industry watchers expressed concern that the emerging space tourism sector is not being candid enough about the safety risks for travellers. They voiced some concerns during a conference of the International Association for the Advancement of ...

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Virgin Galactic: A Space Flight Veteran's View

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A couple of news stories this week about Virgin Galactic's progress in putting tourists into space raises the perennial question: Can it made safe? Flying in space will never be truly safe, but then again, flying in the atmosphere is not completely ...

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D-Wave Twoโข quantum computer selected for new Quantum Artificial ...

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BURNABY, British Columbia and PALO ALTO, Calif., May 16, 2013 /CNW/ - D-Wave Systems Inc., the world's first commercial quantum computing company, today announced that its new 512-qubit quantum computer, the D-Wave Two, will be installed at the new ...

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Call for Media: Celebrating 10 years of Mars Express discoveries



Media representatives are invited to a briefing at ESA’s operations centre in Darmstadt, Germany on Monday 3 June, marking the tenth anniversary of the launch of ESA’s Mars Express. The event will highlight the key scientific discoveries of the mission and will unveil a new mineral atlas that charts the geological history of Mars.




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http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Mars_Express/Call_for_Media_Celebrating_10_years_of_Mars_Express_discoveries

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Space science image of the week: Hubble presents the most detailed observations ever of the Ring Nebula

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http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/New_view_of_the_Ring_Nebula

A flexible, transparent electrode material based on graphene ...

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The electrode is made of silver nanowires covered with a material called graphene, an extremely thin layer of carbon. The hybrid material shows promise as a ...

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