Better batteries? Going beyond the surface of oxide films

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Better batteries, catalysts, electronic information storage and processing devices are among potential benefits of an unexpected discovery made by scientists using samples isolated from the atmosphere.

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NASA Exercises Expendable Launch Vehicle Contract Option

NASA has exercised the first option on a contract providing integrated services for the preparation and launch of the next generation of the agency's scientific and exploration spacecraft.

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NASA Invites Media to Preview Pollution-Climate Science Flights Aug. 22

NASA has changed the day for a behind-the-scenes look at the agency's airborne campaign to study how storm systems combine with air pollution from wildfires and other sources to affect our climate.

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NASA Selects Innovative Technology Proposals for Suborbital Flights

NASA has selected for possible flight demonstration 10 proposals from six U.S. states for reusable, suborbital technology payloads and vehicle capability enhancements with the potential to revolutionize future space missions.

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Desiderata - Stellar Nursery in Tarantula Nebula Print

Desiderata - Stellar Nursery in Tarantula Nebula Print

Inspirational Guidance series The full Desiderata by Max Ehrmann: Go placidly amidst the noise and haste... Hundreds of brilliant blue stars wreathed by warm, glowing clouds in appear in this the most detailed view of the largest stellar nursery in our local galactic neighborhood.
The poem has inspired young adults who are coming of age since the 1920's and is as popular today as it ever was. It's been given as a gift by loving parents, grandparents, godparents and aunts and uncles as essential life-wisdom ever since it was written.
They've found it to be one of the few ways for such wisdom to get past those raging hormones, giving support to the upcoming generation through their rebellious years and beyond...
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Pulsars make a GPS for the cosmos

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(Phys.org) —CSIRO scientists have written software that could guide spacecraft to Alpha Centauri, show that the planet Nibiru doesn't exist … and prove that the Earth goes around the Sun.



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Spaceflight alters bacterial social networks

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In two studies biofilms grown aboard the International Space Station bound space shuttle were compared with those grown on the ground. The study results show for the first time that spaceflight changes the behavior of bacterial communities.

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Graphene nanoscrolls are formed by decoration of magnetic nanoparticles

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Researchers show how nitrogen doped graphene can be rolled into perfect Archimedean nano scrolls by adhering magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles on the surface of the graphene sheets. The new material may have very good properties for application as electrodes in for example Li-ion batteries.

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Desiderata Poem - A Starburst Galaxy - Messier 82 Poster

Desiderata Poem - A Starburst Galaxy - Messier 82 Poster

Inspirational Guidance series A gorgeous poster print featuring the full Desiderata by Max Ehrmann: Go placidly amidst the noise and haste... accompanied by a really sharp wide-angle view of a starburst galaxy, M82. It's remarkable for its webs of shredded clouds and flame-like plumes of glowing hydrogen blasting out from its central regions where young stars are being born 10 times faster than they are inside in our Milky Way Galaxy.
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