Science 360 News Update from NSF

E-Blast Thursday 12.26.13 Breaking Story Russian meteor recorded crossing the US Today's Video Cubelets: Small robots teach big science lessons Picture of the Day Brown dwarf star New Today on Science360 Radio Best of 2013: NSF-funded IceCube makes news with first sign of high-energy neutrinos from outside the solar system Latest News Researchers step closer to custom building new blood vessels Researchers have coaxed stem cells into forming networks of new blood vessels in the laboratory, then successfully transplanted them into mice. 10-year project redraws the map of bird brains A team of researchers has completed a mapping of the bird brain based on a 10-year exploration of the cerebrums of eight species of birds. Novel instrument probes close binary stars, may soon image exoplanets A new instrument that combines two high-resolution telescope techniques has distinguished and studied the individual stars in a nearby binary star system. New in the Journals & Magazines PNAS: Arctic copepod sensitivity to ocean acidification SCIENCE: Earth's orbit reshapes sea floor PHYSICS : Lumpy universe called into question NEW SCIENTIST: 2014 preview: First touchdown on a speeding comet NATURE: Charismatic mammals can help guide conservation What the Blogs Are Saying Today NOT EXACTLY ROCKET SCIENCE - Hidden gems of 2013 LAB RAT - The SOS response: how bacteria deal with damaged DNA EARTHSKY - Was the Christmas Star real? BAD ASTRONOMY - The best astronomy and space pictures of 2013 QUEST - Reconstructing a river for wildlife Science360 Network: News Radio Video iPad

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