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  Virgin Galactic announces LauncherOne, a cheaper way to take satellites to space

  By Evan Rodgers on July 11, 2012 02:08 pm + 13 comments

  At the Farnborough International Airshow this week, Virgin Galactic announced the LauncherOne — an Continue reading…

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  New telescope can spot planets orbiting stars outside our solar system

  By Andrew Webster on July 10, 2012 04:36 pm + 11 comments

  A new telescope imaging system has been developed that can detect planets orbiting around suns Continue reading…

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  UCLA-developed camera can detect cancer cells in real time

  By Andrew Webster on July 9, 2012 04:10 pm + 6 comments

  Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles have managed to turn the world's fastest Continue reading…

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  Researchers at Georgia Tech develop robot cameras that replicate eye movement

  By Chris Welch on July 8, 2012 12:49 am + 8 comments

  Scientists at Georgia Tech have successfully replicated muscle movement of the human eye in robots, Continue reading…

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  Watch this: NASA's 135 Space Shuttle launches played simultaneously

  By Chris Welch on July 7, 2012 07:32 pm + 25 comments

  McLean Fahnestock needed to wait until Atlantis took off for the bittersweet conclusion of NASA's S Continue reading…

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  Robot legs accurately mimic human movement

  By Aaron Souppouris on July 6, 2012 07:24 am + 16 comments

  Researchers from the University of Arizona has built a pair of robotic legs that mimics our own. Continue reading…

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  Mars Rover Opportunity returns amazing panorama from the Red Planet

  By Sam Byford on July 6, 2012 12:04 am + 56 comments

  Almost exactly nine years after first blasting off from Earth, the Mars rover Opportunity just keeps Continue reading…

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  How 3D printing is helping to change science for the better

  By Andrew Webster on July 5, 2012 10:10 am + 3 comments

  When it comes to 3D printers and science, the possibilities seem nearly endless — this week alone Continue reading…

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  What is the Higgs boson?

  By Louis Goddard on July 5, 2012 09:04 am + 33 comments

  Since the discovery of a particle consistent with the Higgs boson yesterday, a lot of people have Continue reading…

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  Stephen Hawking on how the Higgs boson discovery cost him $100

  By Bryan Bishop on July 4, 2012 08:30 pm + 61 comments

  This morning scientists at CERN announced that they had indeed discovered a new particle that Continue reading…