Heinrich Rohrer dies - Father of Nanotechnology

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"Heinrich Rohrer, Father of Nanotechnology, Dies at 79"

by Rose Eveleth

Smithsonian.com

May 22, 2013

SK5417 - Heinrich Rohrer

Heinrich Rohrer (born 1933), Swiss physicist. Rohrer studied physics at the Swiss Federal Institute (ETH) in Zurich under Pauli. He gained his PhD, in superconductivity, in 1960. In 1963 he joined IBM's Zurich Research Laboratory where his research interests included phase transitions, critical phenomena and nanomechanics. While at IBM, Rohrer and his colleague Gerd Binnig designed the scanning tunneling microscope (STM). The STM uses a fine needle with an electric potential running through it to scan the surface of an object. It is able to obtain very high magnifications, even visualizing individual atoms. Rohrer and Binnig were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1986 for this work.

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Catch A Chill, Catch A Cold!

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"Like Your Mother Warned, Chilly Winter Air Does Indeed Promote Colds"

by Rachel Nuwer

Smithsonian.com

May 22, 2013

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Rhinovirus, one of several viruses responsible for the common cold, attacking epithelial tissue in the upper respiratory tract.

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Food Allergies

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Ladybirds...More Like Dis- Harmonia Axyridis!

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"Ladybird Bioterrorists"

by Ruth Williams

The Scientist

May 16, 2013

BM6758 Harlequin Ladybug (Harmonia axyridis)
The Harlequin Ladybug (Harmonia axyridis) was introduced to North America in 1988, where it is now the most widespread ladybird species on the continent. It has already invaded much of northwestern Europe, and arrived in Britain in summer 2004.

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Kepler Space Telescope Thwarted by Faulty....Wheel

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"NASA's Kepler space telescope malfunction may end hunt for planets"

by Joel Achenbach 

The Washington Post

May 15, 2013

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Kepler Mission's exoplanets, artwork. NASA's Kepler Mission (not shown) is a space telescope designed to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars. Examples of such planets are shown here, including Earth-like planets, Martian planets, Venusian planets, Jovian planets and Saturnian planets. Kepler's 0.95-meter diameter photometer will scan 100,000 stars in the Milky Way for evidence of Earth-sized terrestrial planets that transit the star's path. The mission was launched on March 7th, 2009, and is named in honor of German astronomer Johannes Kepler. As of February 2011, over 1000 candidate planets have been discovered.

Credit: Lynette Cook / Science Source

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Keeling Curve Keels Over as Atmospheric Levels of CO2 Rise Above 400ppm

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"LI-COR Analyzers Monitoring Carbon Dioxide Worldwide as Atmospheric Levels Reach 400 parts per million" (Press Release)

by D. Doc Chaves, Director of Marketing Communications, LI-COR

The Wall Street Journal

May 15, 2013

BE1195 - Professor Charles D. Keeling

Portrait of Professor Charles D Keeling (b.1928), the US oceanographer and climate scientist. Keeling was the first to confirm, by measurement, the gradual accumulation of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earth's atmosphere. The data set that shows this change is known as the "Keeling Curve". Previously, it had been thought that the excess CO2 would be absorbed by the oceans. This worldwide increase in CO2 concentration is thought to cause 'global warming', a rise in the Earth's mean temperature by the 'Greenhouse Effect'. This photograph was taken in March 1992 in Keeling's laboratory at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, USA.

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Skylab Took To the Sky - 40 Years Ago

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"Skylab's 40th anniversary reminds us of the danger from space debris"

by Stuart Clark

The Guardian

May 13, 2013

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The Skylab space station, as seen from the Skylab 3 Command Module, (CM), during station-keeping maneuvers before docking. The primary docking port at the foward end of the Multiple Docking Adapter, (center), is below the Apollo Telescope Mount (upper left). One solar array, (lower left), on the Orbital Workshop is seen after being successfully deployed during a spacewalk. Skylab 3 was alunched on July 28th, 1973, with three astronauts on board. The Ilha Grande do Gurupa area of the Amazon River valley of Brazil is seen.
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Dog Owners Have Happier Hearts. Obviously.

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"Owning a Dog Is Linked to Reduced Heart Risk"

by Anahad O'Connor

New York Times

May 9, 2013

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Yellow Labrador Retriever pup, 4 months old, pulling her sister's leash.
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Great Dane pup, Tia, 14 weeks old,
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Long-Tongued Bats (Glossophaga soricina) Designed for Drinking

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"This Bat Knows How To Drink"

by Rhitu Chatterjee

NPR

May 7, 2013

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Long-tongued Bat (Glossophaga soricina). Mexico.

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Sociable Weavers (Philetairus socius) Live Up To Their Name!

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"World's largest nests are socialist bird collectives"

by Rowan Hooper

New Scientist (blogs)

March 18, 2013  

Science Source Images socializes with Sociable Weavers, too!

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Sociable weaver (Philetairus socius) nest on a utility pole near Upington, South Africa.

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Sociable weaver bird (Philetairus socius) flying into a large communal nest, Namibia.

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Sociable weavers (Philetairus socius) flying in and out of their nest on a telephone pole in the Kalahari. Sociable weavers build large communal nests.

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Sociable weaver (Philetairus socius) in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa.

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