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More than 200 people work at the site supporting space exploration and military test programs, along with other defense, space and security activities.

Space shuttle Endeavour is set to begin a 13-day flight to the International Space Station with a Feb. 7 launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff is planned for 4:39 a.m. EST, making this the final scheduled space shuttle night launch.

After six years of unprecedented exploration of the Red Planet, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit no longer will be a fully mobile robot.

Already saving patients’ lives, the project has examined more than 15 million images from thousands of patients since the project began in early July. It uses technology that combines advanced imaging with analytics to highlight likely aneurysms for faster detection.

Blood flow in the brains of HIV patients is reduced to levels normally seen in uninfected patients 15 to 20 years older, scientists report online in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station received a special software upgrade this week – personal access to the Internet and the World Wide Web via the ultimate wireless connection.

HAART can reduce HIV levels to below detectable numbers. But, some small amounts of virus evade drug therapy and stay inactive in a so-called latent form, in immune system cells.

The new study, in the journal Cerebral Cortex, found that nearly a quarter of the variability in achievement seen among men and women trained on a new video game could be predicted by measuring the volume of parts of the striatum, a collection of brain structures tucked deep inside the cerebral cortex.

Scientists from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease (NCFAD) in Winnipeg, Canada, together with collaborators in the USA, injected the 2009 and 1918 H1N1 virus strains individually into chickens.

Hitachi Consulting will use SAP Carbon Impact to establish and report on its carbon emissions inventory, plan and manage strategic carbon reduction initiatives, and analyze and communicate results.

For the sixth consecutive year, Princeton University has set a record for students applying for admission, with 26,166 applications received for the class of 2014.

Dorazio, who previously helped launch London-based BP Alternative Energy’s wind power business, will lead the project development efforts of a rapidly expanding Duke Energy unit.

Smells are known to be critical to animal mating habits: Animal studies have shown that male testosterone levels are influenced by odor signals emitted by females, particularly when they are ovulating (that is, when they are the most fertile).

Interactive museum exhibits about climate change, Earth science, and missions beyond Earth are among the projects NASA has selected to receive agency funding.

The real story began 20 years ago at Duke University Medical Center when pediatric geneticist Y.T. Chen, M.D., Ph.D. began work on the first and only life-saving treatment for Pompe.

NASA has selected teams of middle school and high school students to test their science experiments in microgravity competitions that simulate the microgravity in space.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has awarded a contract to Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc. to develop a pilot of the FDA's Sentinel System, which will use automated health care data to evaluate medical product safety.

Planes that are quieter, less polluting and more fuel-efficient - talk about flying the friendly skies.

The researchers from the Mayo Clinic and the University of Iowa have new insight into an important "fuel gauge" in muscle. They've also uncovered evidence in mice that treatments designed to disrupt those so-called sarcolemmal ATP-sensitive K+ (KATP) channels specifically in muscles might allow us to control our weight by increasing the number of calories our muscles will burn with regular activity or exercise.

Belkin International, Inc. today announced its partnership with the World Resources Institute,an environmental think tank, which will bring financial support to WRI’s mission to find practical ways to protect the earth and improve people’s lives.