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• As smart electric grid evolves, engineers show how to include solar technologies
• NASA Curiosity team pinpoints site for first drive on Mars
• Writing the book in DNA: Geneticist encodes his book in life's language
• New 'microthrusters' could propel small satellites: As small as a penny, these thrusters run on jets of ion beams
• Computer-simulated knitting goes right down to the yarn
• Molecular 'movies' may accelerate anti-cancer drug discovery
• Taking the edge off a pipe bomb -- literally
• Aerospace materials used to build 'endless' pipeline
• Constructive conflict in the superconductor
• Hot solar wind: Magnetic turbulence trumps collisions to heat solar wind

As smart electric grid evolves, engineers show how to include solar technologies Posted: 17 Aug 2012 05:39 PM PDT Scientists have developed an economically feasible way to store solar energy in existing residential power networks.

NASA Curiosity team pinpoints site for first drive on Mars Posted: 17 Aug 2012 02:38 PM PDT The scientists and engineers of NASA's Curiosity rover mission have selected the first driving destination for their one-ton, six-wheeled mobile Mars laboratory. The target area, named Glenelg, is a natural intersection of three kinds of terrain. The choice was described by Curiosity Principal Investigator John Grotzinger of the California Institute of Technology during a media teleconference on Aug. 17.

Writing the book in DNA: Geneticist encodes his book in life's language Posted: 17 Aug 2012 10:56 AM PDT Using next-generation sequencing technology and a novel strategy to encode 1,000 times the largest data size previously achieved in DNA, a geneticist encodes his book in life's language.

New 'microthrusters' could propel small satellites: As small as a penny, these thrusters run on jets of ion beams Posted: 17 Aug 2012 10:55 AM PDT A penny-sized rocket thruster may soon power the smallest satellites in space. The device bears little resemblance to today's bulky satellite engines, which are laden with valves, pipes and heavy propellant tanks.

Computer-simulated knitting goes right down to the yarn Posted: 17 Aug 2012 10:53 AM PDT A new method for building computer-simulated knitted fabric out of an array of individual stitches has just been developed. The innovation creates a 3-D model of a single stitch and then combine multiple copies into a mesh, like tiles in a mosaic.

Molecular 'movies' may accelerate anti-cancer drug discovery Posted: 17 Aug 2012 06:30 AM PDT Using advanced computer simulations, researchers have produced moving images of a protein complex that is an important target for anti-cancer drugs.

Taking the edge off a pipe bomb -- literally Posted: 17 Aug 2012 06:30 AM PDT A new device for dismantling pipe bombs may look like a tinkerer's project, but it's sophisticated enough to do the job and preserve the forensic evidence.

Aerospace materials used to build 'endless' pipeline Posted: 17 Aug 2012 06:30 AM PDT Carbon fiber fabric and lightweight honeycomb materials, plus a mobile manufacturing platform, make infinite pipeline technology cheaper and greener while boosting local economies.

Constructive conflict in the superconductor Posted: 17 Aug 2012 05:40 AM PDT Charge density waves improve our understanding of the zero-resistance transport of electricity and could explain an unusual interplay of superconducting and magnetic materials.

Hot solar wind: Magnetic turbulence trumps collisions to heat solar wind Posted: 17 Aug 2012 05:40 AM PDT New research has provided significant insight into how the solar wind heats up when it should not.  The solar wind rushes outwards from the raging inferno that is our Sun, but from then on the wind should only get cooler as it expands beyond our solar system since there are no particle collisions to dissipate energy.  However, the solar wind is surprisingly hotter than it should be, which has puzzled scientists for decades.  Two new articles may have solved that puzzle.

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