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- Did an 8th century gamma ray burst irradiate Earth?
- New evidence indicates auroras occur outside our solar system
- Cotton with special coating collects water from fogs in desert
| Did an 8th century gamma ray burst irradiate Earth? Posted: 21 Jan 2013 05:32 AM PST A nearby short duration gamma-ray burst may be the cause of an intense blast of high-energy radiation that hit the Earth in the 8th century, according to new research.  |
| New evidence indicates auroras occur outside our solar system Posted: 21 Jan 2013 05:32 AM PST Planetary scientists have found new evidence suggesting auroras – similar to Earth's Aurora Borealis - occur on bodies outside our solar system.  |
| Cotton with special coating collects water from fogs in desert Posted: 21 Jan 2013 05:30 AM PST Researchers have developed a special treatment for cotton fabric that allows the cotton to absorb exceptional amounts of water from misty air: 340% of its own weight. What makes this 'coated cotton' so interesting is that the cotton releases the collected water by itself, as it gets warmer. This property makes of the coated cotton materials a potential solution to provide water to the desert regions, for example for agricultural purposes.  |
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