Water on the moon? by Paola M.

Water have been detected on the moon as crystalline mineral. Samples from the lunar highland obtained during the Apollo missions, according to a University of Michigan researcher and his colleagues.

The lunar highlands are thought to represent the original crust, crystallized from a magma ocean on a mostly molten early moon. The new findings indicate that the early moon was wet and that water there was not substantially lost during the moon's formation.

Liquid water cannot persist at the Moon's surface, and water vapour is decomposed by sunlight, with hydrogen quickly lost to outer space. However, scientists have since the 1960s conjectured that water ice could survive in cold, permanently shadowed craters at the Moon's poles.

Water may have been delivered to the Moon over geological timescales by the regular bombardment of water-bearing comets, asteroids and meteoroids or continuously produced in situ by the hydrogen ions (protons) of the solar wind impacting oxygen-bearing minerals.

Modern Chemistry

Our modern world is blessed with a wide array of products and services, health care options and medical treatments, gadgets and indulgences, all of which arrive on the scene with a rapidity that few of us can absorb. We find ourselves surprised and amazed by these wonderful innovations, and then we come to depend on them. What did we do before we had GPS, camera phones, brain scans and laser eye surgery?

The things that give us comfort and convenience and that improve our safety and health are the fruits of basic discoveries made decades ago in materials, software, computation, biology, chemistry and information technology, among other fields. And the rate at which new discoveries emerge from academic and government laboratories shows no sign of slowing. By such measures as academic papers and patent filings, science output continues to run as strong as or stronger than at any previous point in history. Moreover, with China, India and other nations coming onto the research scene in a big way, there is every reason to anticipate more great science in the future.

Arctic Sea Ice Minimum in 2013 is Sixth Lowest on Record

Arctic Sea Ice Minimum in 2013 is Sixth Lowest on Record
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In September 20th 2013,an unusual cold summer happened in the Artic. The Artic sea ice appears to have reached its annual minimum summer extent in September 13 2013.The NASA supported the NSIDC in the University of Colorado. Analysis saw that the ice had shrunk 1.97 million square miles. This can mean many things like global warming or many other environments getting destroyed. I chose this article specifically for the global warming issues Earth is having right now.

Promiscus Amyloid

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Although genetic evidence puts the amyloid peptide (β-amyloid or Aβ) center stage in Alzheimer's disease (AD), it remains far from clear how this 4-kD protein fragment compromises neuronal function (1). On page 1399 of this issue, Kim et al. identify two new receptors for aggregated Aβ: the mouse paired immunoglobulin-like receptor B (PirB) and its human ortholog, leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor LilrB2 (2). The binding interaction triggers a signaling cascade that compromises the actin cytoskeleton of neurons and ultimately causes synaptic loss in a mouse model of AD.

  I chose this article because on Friday I saw this article on Multiple Sclerosis and I taught this article was related but as I discovered it is not. I still did this article about this because I have been always fascinated by genetics and germs.

I think this is an important piece of information because now that we know another possible cause for Alzheimer we can develop a cure for it. I think this is important news because we can study the Promiscus Amyloid's components to figure out if any of them contain a new thing. 


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The universe may be curved not flat! Yasmin A

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The Universe May Be Curved!

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Author: Ron Cowen

Website: http://www.nature.com/news/universe-may-be-curved-not-flat-1.13776

September 20th 2013 

Although numerous observations indicate that the cosmos is indeed flat, the deviations in the CMB data predicted by latest model — which the authors acknowledge is still speculative — could be small enough to fit within the limits imposed by measurements with the Planck satellite, says Liddle. Future experiments with measurements of improved precision however might determine who is right. 

I chose this article because it just instantly interested me, this could be a major discovery, just like discovering that the earth is round, and the best part, it was released the day before yesterday! My first thought was, "oh, cool!" but then i thought, "this could be revolutionary, and yet so few people know about this!" so I decided to write this article.

This is obviously important because this could be a piece basic logic that wasn't disposed to us before! Thousands of other important discoveries could be made thanks to this possible fact. 

Lily, a great Dane!

Lily, a Great Dane!!

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Lily is a great dane that lost his  sight  by cause of a rare desease. He was hopeless until he met Madison. They have been together for 5 years and Madison guides Lily by the leash. She touches him so Lily doesn´t stumble over anything.

I chose this topic because, Lily and Madison are a great example of true love. When I first read this article, I thought, ''Wow, this really touches me!'' And then, I couldn´t stop thinking about it. How would our lives be if we were all blind? Or how would I feel if I was blind?

This is important because, sometimes we get mad if we didn´t get the answers right on the test or even if we cant´t find something. This is more important and I bet Lily would absolutely prefer to lose something valuable and accept the punishment that will probably last for a couple of days, than to be blind for the rest of her life.
Inspiration, 6th, P6

NASA's Deep Space Comet Hunter Mission Comes to an End

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After 9 years in space NASA's deep space comet hunter mission comes to an end. This Comet Hunter has produced much more data than expected. It took 500,000 images of celestial objects. They have recently announced that the mission that the mission has ended after not being able to contact the space craft for over a month. It's main job in 2005 was to find out or investigate both the surface or interior composition of a comet and many other jobs!

I think this is important because who knows what other stuff we could of learned about if we would still be able to communicate with the space craft. We have learned a lot with this space craft and i'm sure that if it would still work we could learn more.

NASA's Deep Space Comet Hunter Mission Comes to an End, 6th, P.6