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Crowdsourcing ideas for future Mars missions
17.04.2012
While its tremendously succesful Mars exploration programme is still in full swing, NASA, suffering severe budget cuts, now turns to the public for inspiration for the next stage. The Mars Program Planning Group (MPPG) announced that it wants ideas from researchers, government and industry for how to reach Mars cheaply. The ideas will be presented at a workshop in June in Houston, Texas, 12-14 June 2012.
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Earthquakes still threaten Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant
17.02.2012
A new article in the open-access journal Solid Earth presents igh-resolution tomographic images of the crust and upper mantle in the area around the Fukushima nuclear power plant, which has been seriously damaged during the M7 earthquake of 11 April 2011.
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Conference: Catch the Next Wave - Oceanography of the future
15.02.2012
With the motto: "Tomorrow's solutions to today's ocean challenges", Oceanography International 2012 and New Scientist organise a one-day conference on 12 March 2012, the eve of Oceanology International 2012, the world’s leading ocean science and technology exhibition. Catch the Next Wave addresses technologies that promise to revolutionise marine science and engineering.
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