News Overload
Water. It keeps things cool
Space scientists looking for new ways to cool spacecraft on re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere are turning to one of the world’s oldest coolants: water.
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Prognosis, better
Doctors in Hong Kong have successfully treated some of the worst sufferers of the killer pneumonia virus using serum from recovered patients, a top doctor and public health expert said on Monday.
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Death from Extremely High Above
The U.S. Air Force has kick-started a major study on quick-to-launch boosters capable of enhancing the nation’s warfighting abilities, such as dropping munitions from space onto enemy targets here on Earth. The analysis is also delving into payloads that begin their on-orbit duties far more rapidly than satellites lofted today.
Given a Pentagon go-ahead and funding, the Air Force could first fly a multi-staged system by 2014. In addition, a low-cost expendable upper stage booster and an orbital transfer vehicle capable of handling spacecraft servicing would be developed.
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Clarity on more than one level
Clarity is what astronomers and the public have come to expect from the Hubble Space Telescope. But the sharpness with which Hubble photographs distant galaxies has scientists pondering why the pictures are not blurry, as some new calculations suggest they should be, and whether some basic assumptions about space, time and gravity might have to be rethought.
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A Second Good Skin
Tiny molecular daggers that latch onto fibres stab and destroy microbes have been created, meaning “killer clothes” may soon be available. Anti-fungal socks could take on athlete’s foot while, on a more serious note, military uniforms could kill anthrax.
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All stuff found on DPHthat I want to keep track of, so I dumped them all in one entry.
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