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February 2011

Stacey Bent, professor of chemical engineering, holds a quantum dot-based solar cell

A new method for making cheaper and more efficient solar cells

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Goddess of memory

About the goddess of memory and the blessing of forgetting

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Robot battle arena

The Nokia Hall will become an arena for dozens of robots that will compete with each other as part of the FIRST robotics competition

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The space shuttle Discovery docks at the space station for the last time, February 2011

Hard docking for Discovery at the International Space Station

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Pair

Relationship, time and happiness

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Neutron scattering analysis reveals a layered structure of a composite material that self-organizes and produces hydrogen

A new system for producing hydrogen fuel

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Blue and orange glow in response to purple lighting

A new family of light-emitting materials

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The 2008 Olympic torch race in the streets of Shenzhen, China. From the entry "Population explosion" in Wikipedia

A hungry world?

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Logo of the beautiful and nerdy program

The program "The Beautiful and the Nerd" is looking for candidates for the third season

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The launch of the shuttle Discovery for mission STS-133, on 25/2/2011

A smooth launch for the shuttle Discovery on its final journey to the International Space Station

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The Space Shuttle Discovery last launch eve. Photo: NASA

The countdown continues to the launch of the last mission of the shuttle Discovery tonight

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The Tik-Tok robot from The Wizard of Oz (not to be confused with the Tin Man!)

Robotics - exemplary robots / Michael Anderson and Susan Lee Anderson

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This image shows clusters of the type MnxCl2x+1 The purple and green represent manganese and chlorine respectively. Photo courtesy of Doctor Puru Jena/VCU and Doctor Anil Kandalam/McNeese State University

Superhalogens: a new family of magnetic materials

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A royal Danae. From Wikipedia

"Contagious" migration?

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Prof. Marcus Feldman

The evolution researcher and experts in the study of aging are among the winners of the 2011 Dan David Prize

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The Arrow missile test, February 22, 2010. Illustration: Israel Aerospace Industries

Success for the test of the upgraded 'Hats 2' - significant for the ability of Israel's defense systems against missiles

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German poster from 1935 showing a Jewish conspiracy with the Freemasons for world domination

The voice of the skeptic - the conspiracy detector / Michael Shermer

Diagram (left) and scanning electron microscope images of nanolasers grown directly on a silicon surface

Preparation of nanolasers attached to silicon

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Professor Alon Hoffman in the laboratory

Nano diamonds forever

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Illustration of a human expedition to Mars. Credit: NASA

interstellar travel

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Improved chemotherapy method

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Changes in clouds and amounts of rain over the equatorial Atlantic Ocean in the last sixty years, dark brown = 40 mm more rain per month, gray = 40 mm less rain per month, (note the increase on the West African coast)

Warming and winds

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Demonstrators climb a military vehicle in Tahrir Square, Cairo, during the January-February 2011 revolution. Photo: Rami Rauf, from WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Rising food prices in the world add to the instability

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A yellow patch that the Jews in the areas occupied by the Nazis in Europe and North Africa were forced to wear in order to be recognized

Does academic freedom protect covert holocaust deniers?

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Space shuttle Discovery on the launch pad, February 2011

After about four months of delay: Discovery will be launched on Thursday

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