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Thermal and Optical Characterization of Near-Earth Objects: Science Commissioning of the Recently Upgraded Mid-infrared Camera MIRSI on the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility
Mid-infrared (mid-IR) observations of near-Earth objects (NEOs) have historically been a valuable tool for understanding their physical properties. However, the current state of mid-IR instruments on ground-based telescopes places several…
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Binary Star Orbits. VI. The Interferometric-spectroscopic Binary 73 Leo
Discordances in radial-velocity measurements of 73 Leonis, made more than a century ago, gave rise to the first suggestion that this fifth-magnitude star was a binary system, but it was 40 yr before an accurate investigation of the object…
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Survey of Oxygen-rich AGB Stars Using the KVN 4 Receiving Bands—SMASTES. I.
Simultaneous observations of 19 H2O and SiO maser and thermal lines were performed toward 155 M-type oxygen-rich (O-rich) AGB stars. We used the upgraded four-band (22/43/86/129 GHz) wide receiving system of the Korean VLBI Network (KVN). The 155…
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Ancient Protein Analysis Sheds New Light on Rhino Family Tree
Paleontologists have retrieved ancient enamel protein sequences from a fossilized tooth of Epiaceratherium sp., a rhinocerotid that lived in Canada’s High Arctic between 24 and 21 million years ago (Early Miocene). The recovered sequences…
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8-year-old boy walks again after first CoQ10 experimental treatment
An eight-year-old boy’s sudden loss of mobility became the first real-world test of a biochemical discovery that may shape future treatments for rare mitochondrial diseases.
Diagnosed with a fatal condition called HPDL deficiency, the boy was…
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This Mineral Could Hold the Key to Earth’s Hidden Ocean
New research reveals that only the oldest and fastest-sinking oceanic plates can transport water deep into Earth’s mantle, due to the unique heat-transferring properties of the mineral olivine. Because of the way the mineral olivine conducts…
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Ancient proteins found in fossils up to 24 million years old – Reuters
- Ancient proteins found in fossils up to 24 million years old Reuters
- Eighteen million years of diverse enamel proteomes from the East African Rift Nature
- Ancient rhino tooth protein recovery illuminates family tree Phys.org
- First Rhinos, Next…
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Notes From Today’s Town Hall At NASA LaRC
Keith’s note: according to a LaRC participant: “The overall sentiment was one of transparency, sharing information as it comes, and empathy. The Center Director has been proactive communicating when information is available. And has shared…
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‘Page After Page After Page’
Science educator Bill Nye says he was forced to block Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after being bombarded with texts pushing debunked claims that vaccines cause autism.
In an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash,…
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