Graphene sees growing investor opportunities

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Known as graphene, the material comprises just a single layer of atoms bonded together in a honeycomb lattice, and possesses near miraculous properties. Almost weightless, it is tougher than steel, more flexible than rubber and more conductive than ...

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Media Accreditation Open For Launch Of NASA's Next Mission To Mars

International and U.S. media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission.

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NASA Curiosity Rover Team Selects Second Drilling Target on Mars

The team operating NASA's Curiosity Mars rover on Mars has selected a second target rock for drilling and sampling. The rover will set course to the drilling location in coming days.

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NASA Wins Prestigious Aerospace Industry Awards

Two prominent aerospace industry organizations are recognizing the contributions of NASA, especially the achievements of the team that landed NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars in August, with coveted awards.

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NASA Commercial Partner Sierra Nevada Completes Safety Review

Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) Space Systems of Louisville, Colo., has completed its first major, comprehensive safety review of its Dream Chaser Space System.

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NASA Statement on New Manufacturing Innovation Institutes

The following is a statement from NASA Associate Administrator for Space Technology Michael Gazarik about Thursday's announcement from the Obama Administration that it is launching competitions to create three new manufacturing innovation institutes supported by five federal agencies -- NASA, the National Science Foundation and the departments of Defense, Energy, and Commerce.

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NASA Administrator Tours Advanced Aviation Technology At Langley, Meets Media Friday

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will see technologies NASA is developing to make flying and the national air transportation system safer, cleaner and more efficient during a trip to NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., Friday, May 10.

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NASA Partners With Ohio Non-Profit on Unmanned Air Challenge

NASA has selected Development Projects Inc. of Dayton, Ohio, to manage a new Centennial Challenge prize competition involving unmanned aircraft systems in 2014.

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New magnetic graphene may revolutionize electronics

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Scientists were already aware that graphene, an incredible material formed of a mesh of hexagonal carbon atoms, has extraordinary conductivity, mechanical and optical properties. Now it is possible to give it yet one more property: magnetism, implying ... See all stories on this topic »

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Quantum Computing Speeds Resolution To Problem

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An experimental quantum computer developed by D-Wave Systems was able to solve a problem 3,600 times faster than a conventional computer, the New York Times reports. Catherine McGeoch, the Beitzel Professor in Technology and Society in the computer ... See all stories on this topic »

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Graphene quantum dots may someday tell if it will rain on Mars - RSS

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The first part involves producing the graphene quantum dots, which are ... Quantum mechanics suggests that electrons have a finite probability to tunnel from an ...

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Commercial quantum computer leaves PC in the dust - New Scientist

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For the first time, a commercially available quantum computer has been pitted ... their chips were actually harnessing the spooky action of quantum mechanics.

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Mysterious hydrogen clouds may have come from dark matter ...

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Mysterious hydrogen clouds may have come from dark matter ... Science Recorder | Rick Docksai | Thursday May 09 2013 ...

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On April 29, Virgin Galactic “completed the first rocket-powered flight of its space vehicle, SpaceShipTwo.” Richard Branson, the company's founder, said, “Now ...

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Possible Quantum Computer Is "Really, Really Fast" Compared To Conventional ...

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D-Wave's self-proclaimed quantum computer is, in the words of Amherst College's Catherine McGeogh, "in some cases, really, really fast." McGeoch, a computer science professor, recently devised and conducted experiments to test the speed of the possible ... See all stories on this topic »

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What is the diff between dark matter and gravity? - Yahoo! Answers

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Dark matter is a hypothetical form of matter and gravity is a force acting between matter. ... Gravity is a force. Dark matter like visible matter creates gravity ...

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Quantum computer passes speed test

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In short: the D-Wave quantum computer is thousands of times faster than other commercial computers at the very specific problem it was designed to solve. The computer is above-average or slower on other types of problems, and, importantly, it is still ...

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Infographic What is known about the mysterious dark matter that fills the universe ... Space Warps is affiliated with the Zooniverse a broad citizenscience ...

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