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- Herschel discovers some of the youngest stars ever seen
- Humanoid robot helps train children with autism
- Stem cells entering heart can be tracked with nano-hitchhikers
- Computers choose national basketball champion
- Voyager 1 has entered a new region of space, sudden changes in cosmic rays indicate
- Spiral beauty graced by fading supernova
| Herschel discovers some of the youngest stars ever seen Posted: 20 Mar 2013 04:28 PM PDT Astronomers have found some of the youngest stars ever seen, thanks to the Herschel space observatory. Dense envelopes of gas and dust surround the fledgling stars known as protostars, making their detection difficult. The 15 newly observed protostars turned up by surprise in a survey of the biggest site of star formation near our solar system, located in the constellation Orion. The discovery gives scientists a peek into one of the earliest and least understood phases of star formation. |
| Humanoid robot helps train children with autism Posted: 20 Mar 2013 12:52 PM PDT An interdisciplinary team of mechanical engineers and autism experts have developed an adaptive robotic system and used it to demonstrate that humanoid robots can be powerful tools for enhancing the basic social learning skills of children with autism. |
| Stem cells entering heart can be tracked with nano-hitchhikers Posted: 20 Mar 2013 11:27 AM PDT The promise of repairing damaged hearts through regenerative medicine -- infusing stem cells into the heart in the hope that these cells will replace worn out or damaged tissue -- has yet to meet with clinical success. But a highly sensitive visualization technique may help speed that promise's realization. |
| Computers choose national basketball champion Posted: 20 Mar 2013 11:25 AM PDT When Georgia Tech opens the doors to the Georgia Dome next month as the host institution for the 2013 Final Four, expect third-seeded Florida to walk out as the national champion. That's the prediction from of a new college basketball ranking system, a computerized model that has chosen the men's basketball national champ in three of the last five years. |
| Voyager 1 has entered a new region of space, sudden changes in cosmic rays indicate Posted: 20 Mar 2013 10:42 AM PDT Thirty-five years after its launch, Voyager 1 appears to have travelled beyond the influence of the Sun and exited the heliosphere, according to a new study. |
| Spiral beauty graced by fading supernova Posted: 20 Mar 2013 06:52 AM PDT About 35 million light-years from Earth, in the constellation of Eridanus (The River), lies the spiral galaxy NGC 1637. Back in 1999 the serene appearance of this galaxy was shattered by the appearance of a very bright supernova. Astronomers studying the aftermath of this explosion with ESO's Very Large Telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile have provided us with a stunning view of this relatively nearby galaxy. |
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