Scramjet Engine Operation - YouTube - 0 views
Mars Rover to Test Rock-Zapping Laser, 1st Drive Set | Space.com - 0 views
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Scientists plan to blast a Martian rock called N165 with Curiosity's laser
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The 3-inch-wide (7.6 centimeters) stone sits just 9 feet (2.7 meters) from Curiosity, well within ChemCam's 25-foot (7.6 m) range
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didn't pick it for its science value
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Common Lab Dye Found to Interrupt Formation of Huntington's Disease Proteins: Scientifi... - 0 views
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methylene blue, gets a mention in medical literature as early as 1897 and was used to treat, at one time or another, ailments ranging from malaria to cyanide poisoning
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never formally approved it as a therapy for any illnesses.
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Because of existing knowledge of methylene blue and the fact that it’s not harmful to humans, I would hope that progress toward clinical trials could go relatively quickly," says
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Biggest Burmese Python Found in Florida-17.7 Feet, 87 Eggs - 0 views
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Captured in Everglades National Park, the "monstrous" constrictor will eventually be displayed at the Florida Museum of Natural History,
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Florida
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a 17.7-foot-long (5.4-meter-long) Burmese python, the biggest snake of that species ever found in the southeastern U.S. state,
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X-51 Waverider 'Scramjet' Test Flight Fails - 0 views
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flight of the X-51A Waverider scramjet ended abruptly after the experimental aircraft suffered a control failure and broke apart during an attempt to fly at six times the speed of sound
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test flight took place off the coast of California and the X-51A was dropped from a B-52 bomber
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faulty control fin prevented it from starting its unique “airbreathing” scramjet engine
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'The Pill' for Men Is Closer to Reality - ScienceNOW - 0 views
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A compound called JQ1, which was originally developed as a cancer therapy, can also cause reversible infertility in male mice without apparent side effects for the rodents or their offspring
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male contraceptive that would be more effective than condoms and more easily reversible than a vasectomy
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compound isn’t ready for testing in healthy men
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1st Laser Firing and 1st Motion Imminent for Curiosity - 0 views
Curiosity Blasts 1st Mars Rock with Powerful Laser Zapper - 0 views
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Mars Science Laboratory: Raw Images - 0 views
Pioneering heart disease treatment - 0 views
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Researchers at King's College London have developed the first artificial functioning blood vessel outside of the body, made from reprogrammed stem cells from human skin
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could have real potential to treat patients with heart disease
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by either injecting the reprogrammed cells into the leg or heart to restore blood flow or grafting an artificially developed vessel into the body to replace blocked or damaged vessels
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