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May 10, 2012
A team of researchers led by a NASA Lunar Science Institute member based at Southwest Research Institute has discovered evidence that the giant impact crater Rheasilvia on Asteroid Vesta was created in a collision that occurred only about one billion years ago, much more recently than previously thought. This result is based on the analysis of high-resolution images obtained with the Dawn spacecraft, which entered orbit around Vesta in July 2011. Read more
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April 16, 2012
Craters made by asteroid impacts may be the best place to look for signs of life on other planets, a study suggests. Read more
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March 7, 2014
Asteroid P/2013 R3 is shattering into a cloud of debris in these images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. Read more
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October 3, 2014
The moon's vast flatland — called Oceanus Procellarum — may have been formed through tectonic-like activity billions of years ago, scientists say. Read more
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May 24, 2012
Scientists on NASA's asteroid sample return mission, Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx), have measured the orbit of their destination asteroid, 1999 RQ36, with such accuracy they were able to directly measure the drift resulting from a subtle but important force called the Yarkovsky effect -- the slight push created when the asteroid absorbs sunlight and re-emits that energy as heat. Read more
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February 5, 2014
The peanut-shaped space rock is more compact on one side than on the other. Read more
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April 4, 2012
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory and respiratory disease caused by an abnormal reactivity to allergens in the environment. Of the several avenues of exploration that are currently being developed, vaccination appears to be the most promising approach. In a publication soon to appear in the review Human Gene Therapy, the research scientists at Inserm and CNRS reveal an innovatory vaccine against one of the allergens most frequently encountered in asthma patients. Read more
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May 22, 2012
Use of inhaled anticholinergics (IACs) has been associated with an increased risk of potentially dangerous heart arrhythmias among young asthma patients, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The medications are commonly used to help control asthma flare-ups, and recent studies have shown that they may be an effective treatment option for routine asthma management. Read more
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January 25, 2012
A research team led by University of Massachusetts Amherst resource economist Sylvia Brandt, with colleagues in California and Switzerland, have revised the cost burden sharply upward for childhood asthma and for the first time include the number of cases attributable to air pollution. Read more
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May 3, 2022
Sustained temperatures above 110 Fahrenheit threaten people, wheat crops and power supplies Read more
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