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Future space explorers tour JPL
Thirty-two students in aerospace, engineering and science programs in 11 different countries descended on the Jet Propulsion Laboratory last week as part of a Caltech competition to design a mission to one of Mars' two moons, Phobos or Deimos. "Watching...
Tags: Travel, Manufacturing and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Buzz Aldrin, Science and Technology
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Virginia Tech's College of Engineering unveils life-size robotic jellyfish
Researchers at Virginia Tech College of Engineering have unveiled a life-like, autonomous robotic jellyfish the size and weight of a grown man as part of a U.S. Navy-funded project. The jellyfish, nicknamed “Cyro,” is 5 foot 7 inches in...
Tags: Blacksburg, University of Texas at Dallas, Science and Technology, University of California, Los Angeles, U.S. Navy
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Stanford and edX to improve online learning platform
Stanford University and edX, the online education group that is providing free classes worldwide, are announcing a new collaboration to expand and improve edX’s underlying platform and allow open access to it. The move, to be formally announced...Tags: Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts), Harvard University, Colleges and Universities, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Education
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Student teams ace Mars plan at Caltech
It could take several months for aerospace experts to design a manned mission to a Martian moon. Students pulled off the feat in five days. Caltech hosted a competition on its Pasadena campus this week that divided 32 students from 21 different...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Buzz Aldrin, Science and Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Air pollution linked to birth defects in San Joaquin Valley, study says
Researchers have linked air pollution and birth defects among pregnant women in the San Joaquin Valley, according to a study by Stanford University School of Medicine. The study looked at women between 1997 and 2006, including 806 whose pregnancies were...
Tags: Environmental Pollution, Birth Defects, Air Pollution, Environmental Issues
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Robotic jellyfish named Cyro could one day work for the Navy [video]
Meet Cyro, the latest robotic jellyfish to emerge from the engineering labs at Virginia Tech. Cyro measures 5 feet, 7 inches across and weighs in at 170 pounds. Its design was based on the real-life species Cyanea capillata, one of the largest jellyfish...
Tags: University of Texas at Dallas, Energy Saving, Water Pollution, Science and Technology, University of California, Los Angeles
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Mother, son team up for study skills book
Justin Muchnick likes to challenge himself to get good grades. At age 14 and away at Phillips Academy Andover school in Massachusetts he needs to live up to the challenge. Muchnick, a straight-A student, is a scholar-athlete. He went through the...
Tags: Wrestling, Book, Authors
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Heart repair breakthroughs replace surgeon's knife
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Have a heart problem? If it's fixable, there's a good chance it can be done without surgery, using tiny tools and devices that are pushed through tubes into blood vessels. Heart care is in the midst of a transformation. Many...
Tags: St. Jude Medical, Inc., Cardiac Arrhythmia, Heart Problems, Medical Procedures and Tests, Cardiologists
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Limitless future awaits brilliant senior at Central High School
Matthew Guthmiller is a Golden Eagle that's flying high. The Aberdeen Central High School senior is working toward getting his commercial pilot license, pitching a business endeavor to investors and finishing up his final quarter of high school. He'...
Tags: Peter Thiel, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Science and Technology, PayPal, Inc.
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Wanna lose weight? Manage your stress.
HealthScientists are aware that stress can affect your immune system, raise your blood pressure and kill your brain cells. If this is not enough to catch your attention, consider this: stress can make you fat. Stress can not only cause you to eat more, it can... -
Penny Pritzker resigns from the Chicago school board
Billionaire Chicago businesswoman Penny Pritzker resigned from the Chicago Board of Education on Thursday. A spokeswoman for Pritzker declined to provide a reason for the resignation. Pritzker is being vetted as a potential candidate for U.S. Commerce...
Tags: Barack Obama, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Chicago Teachers Union, Hyatt Hotels Corp., Real Estate Sellers
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Meet Google's Sundar Pichai: The exec who now runs Android
SAN FRANCISCO -- The joke quickly made the rounds of Twitter: Top Google Inc. executive Sundar Pichai had been elected pope –- of Android. There were no puffs of white smoke as there were for Pope Francis, just a blog post Wednesday from Google...
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Applied Materials Incorporated, Software Industry, Science and Technology, Twitter, Inc.
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