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New mobile app identifies hummingbirds and blooms that feed them
The National Audubon Society has launched a new Citizen Science project to document hummingbird sightings across the country, using a free mobile app that identifies bird species as well as the plants that feed them.
April 18, 2013
Robot hands gain a gentler touch
Researchers have developed a very inexpensive tactile sensor for robotic hands that is sensitive enough to turn a brute machine into a dextrous manipulator.
April 18, 2013
Astronomers discover massive star factory in early universe
A team of astronomers has discovered a dust-filled, massive galaxy churning out stars when the cosmos was a mere 880 million years old -- making it the earliest starburst galaxy ever observed.
April 17, 2013
ALMA pinpoints early galaxies at record speed
A team of astronomers has used the new ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) telescope to pinpoint the locations of over 100 of the most fertile star-forming galaxies in the early universe.
April 17, 2013
Peel-and-stick solar cells for battery-powered products of the future
It may be possible soon to charge cell phones, change the tint on windows, or power small toys with peel-and-stick versions of solar cells.
April 16, 2013
A look at the world now explains 90 percent of changes in vegetation
In the last thirty years, vegetation has changed significantly the world over. Until recently, the extent to which the climate or humankind was responsible remained unclear.
April 16, 2013
Scientists organize groundbreaking Saturn observational campaign
Planetary scientists have collaborated with an international team of researchers to organize the largest ever observational campaign of Saturn’s auroras.
April 15, 2013
Marine algae show resilience to carbon dioxide emissions
A type of marine algae could become bigger as increasing carbon dioxide emissions are absorbed by the oceans, according to new research.
April 15, 2013
View from space: Fires in Central America
On April 11, 2013, NASA acquired this true-color image of dozens of fires burning across Mexico and Central America.
April 12, 2013
NASA Mars Orbiter images may show 1971 Soviet Lander
Hardware from a spacecraft that the Soviet Union landed on Mars in 1971 might appear in images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
April 12, 2013
