Three Chinese astronauts are set to visit an experimental orbiting space module this week for 15 days, in the latest step toward a Chinese space station. If the weather is on their side, a trio Chinese astronauts will lift off on Tuesday, bound for an experimental space station. Subscribe Today to the Monitor Click Here for your FREE 30 DAYS of The Christian Science Monitor Weekly Digital Edition Perched atop a Long March 2F rocket, the Shenzhou 10 spacecraft whose name means “sacred vessel” is set to transport the three astronauts from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi desert to the Tiangong 1, a prototype for a much larger space station scheduled to be launched in 2020 Continue reading
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More Sleep Reduces Suicide Risk in Those with Insomnia, According to Penn Medicine Study
PHILADELPHIA Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have found that more sleep is associated with lower suicide risk in those with insomnia. The findings showed that in those with some suicide risk as exemplified by self-reports of suicidal thoughts there was a 72 percent drop in the likelihood of moderate or high risk of suicide for every hour of sleep that persons reported getting at night. The research team from the Penn Behavioral Sleep Medicine Research Program merged and assessed data from two studies of insomnia that included 471 total subjects. Continue reading
NASA's Plan to Lasso an Asteroid is Making Progress
Quick update on NASA’s amazing plan to lasso an asteroid: they’re making progress on the ionpropulsion engine they’ll need for the mission, one month after president Obama proposed giving NASA $100 mission to get this thing going. Continue reading
10 Private Medical Schools With the Lowest Price Tags
The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. Be sure to explore The Short List: College and The Short List: Grad School to find data that matters to you in your college or grad school search Continue reading
Editorial Board: Damage to press freedom likely outweighs national security gain
WHEN THE Justice Department launched its investigation of alleged leaks of national security information by the Obama administration a year ago, we were skeptical. The history of such probes is mainly a tale of dead ends and unintended negative consequences. Continue reading
NASA astronauts fix leak on International Space Station (+video)
Astronauts Thomas Marshburn and Christopher Cassidy conducted a spacewalk Saturday to fix an ammonia leak. They replaced a suspected faulty pump on the International Space Station. UPDATED: 4:30 p.m., Saturday Continue reading
Marshall Islands Among Those Petitioning UN To Address Security Issues Of Climate Change
February 18, 2013 redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports Your Universe Online Speaking before the United Nations Security Council, an official from the Marshall Islands argued that climate change is a threat to international security, citing the impact that global warming has had on his own island nation to illustrate his point. Tony deBrum, a minister and assistant to the president of the Marshall Islands, petitioned the body on Friday to recognize the phenomenon as a potential hazard to the very survival of his country and of other low-lying island nations, Edith M. Lederer of the Associated Press (AP) said Continue reading
Structured Light and – Video
Structured Light and Buy from Amazon CA Site www.amazon.ca Product Description Structured Light and New possibilities have recently emerged for producing optical beams with complex and intricate structures, and for the non-contact optical manipulation of matter. This book fully describes the electromagnetic theory, optical properties, methods and applications associated with this new technology. Detailed discussions are given of unique beam characteristics, such as optical vortices and other wavefront structures, the associated phase properties and photonic aspects, along with applications ranging from cold atom manipulation to optically driven micromachines.Features include:* Comprehensive and authoritative treatments of the latest research in this area of nanophotonics, written by the leading researchers * Accounts of numerous microfluidics, nanofabrication, quantum informatics and optical manipulation applications* Coverage that fully spans the subject area, from fundamental theory and simulations to experimental methods and resultsGraduate students and established researchers in academia, national laboratories and industry will find this book an invaluable guide to the latest technologies in this rapidly developing field.*Comprehensive and definitive source of the latest research in nanotechnology written by the leading people in the field*From theory to applications – all is presented in detail*Editor is Chair of the SPIE Nanotechnology Technical Group and is leading the way in …From:Dimple EarlyViews:1 0ratingsTime:00:42More inScience Technology Continue reading
6/7 Preterism is Retarded, Dan 9 – Video
6/7 Preterism is Retarded, Dan 9 Daniel 9:27 bluntly says that SEVEN YEARS in the future for the JEWS, and in the middle of that seven years, the Temple FALLS. Um, there's no Temple now. Continue reading
News Summary: Amgen nabs deCODE Genetics for $415M
By By The Associated Press AMGEN DEAL: Biotech pioneer Amgen will pay $415 million for Iceland's deCODE Genetics, a leader in using genetic information to find disease risk factors and treatment… Continue reading
Life in AFRICA – TODAY IN HISTORY – Video
Life in AFRICA – TODAY IN HISTORY What Happened on December 4th This Day in History www.thepeoplehistory.com/december4th.htmlSpace 1998 Space International Space Station December 4th, 1998 : The first 6 astronauts are taken by Space Shuttle Endeavour to Attach the Unity Module to … 1872 – 1909 – 1920 – 1934 Today in History for December 4th – YouTube► 1:06► 1:06 www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMm6O9OufBM 12 hours ago – Uploaded by AssociatedPress Associated Press Correspondent Terry Anderson is released from captivity; American troops head to Somalia … Continue reading
Some NJ beaches now 50 percent smaller
Rich Schultz / AP Two women walk along the shore where new sand is in place at the beach in Seaside Heights, N.J., on Nov. Continue reading
Liberty University breaks ground on new medical school
By: Associated Press | WSLS-TV 10 Published: November 09, 2012 Updated: November 09, 2012 – 12:53 PM LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) – Liberty University has broken ground for a medical school Continue reading
Libertarian Gov. candidate says she's done
By: Associated Press | NBC-17 Published: November 09, 2012 Updated: November 09, 2012 – 4:24 PM Three-time Libertarian governor candidate Barbara Howe says she will not make another run at the office. The Daily Dispatch of Henderson reports that Howe said she shouldn’t run again. Continue reading
States get more time to work on health care plans
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR , The Associated Press Posted: Saturday, November 10, 2012, 9:09 AM WASHINGTON – Trying to show flexibility without slowing down President Barack Obama’s health care law, the administration said Friday states can have more time to work out their roles in providing health care to millions of uninsured Americans. In a letter to governors, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said she still wants to hear by the end of next week if states will be setting up health insurance markets under the law. But governors can now take another month, until mid-December, to submit detailed blueprints. Continue reading
Brown medical school dean to step down
The dean of Brown Universitys medical school is stepping down next year after less than five years on the job. Continue reading
Libertarian halts campaign for Del. insurance seat
By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) – The Libertarian Party candidate for Delaware insurance commissioner is suspending his campaign and endorsing the Republican challenger seeking to unseat a Democratic incumbent Continue reading
Libertarian Senate candidate hoping for 5% of vote
By Associated Press Nov. 3, 2012 4:36 p.m Continue reading
uniQure's Glybera® First Gene Therapy Approved by European Commission
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, November 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — uniQure announced today it has received approval from the European Commission for the gene therapy Glybera (alipogene tiparvovec), a treatment for patients with lipoprotein lipase deficiency (LPLD, also called familial hyperchylomicronemia) suffering from recurring acute pancreatitis. Continue reading
NASA Celebrates Cassini's 15 Year Anniversary
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com Your Universe Online As the Cassini spacecraft hurtles around Saturn along its continuing mission, NASA announced the fifteen-year anniversary of the probes launch this week. The $3.3-billion mission lifted off the launch pad on October 15, 1997 and has traveled over 3.8 billion miles since flying past Venus twice and Jupiter once en route to entering orbit around the ringed planet in 2004. Continue reading