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SpaceLowdown on the sun
The current solar minimum is the lowest — and one of the longest — recorded in the past 50 years, since modern measurements began.
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SpaceLarge Hadron Collider shuts down early for the winter
CERN announces that needed repairs, plus high fuel costs, will delay the first planned collisions until next spring.
By Ron Cowen -
Planetary ScienceSaturn’s rings may not be as young as they look
Saturn's rings might be more massive, and thus older, than researchers had believed.
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LifeNanoparticles: size and charge matter
Nanoparticles can be designed for targeted delivery of drugs or genes into the body.