Panel recommends "a little bit of bitter medicine." (National Research Council recommends streamlining of National Optical Astronomy Observatories)

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The National Optical Astronomy Observatories is being urged to close down its small telescopes and concentrate its limited resources on a few areas where it can provide scientific leadership. These recommendations were made by a panel from the National Research Council tasked with streamlining the US astronomy sector.

Planning, Astronomical observatories, National Optical Astronomy Observatory

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Biology: there's honor outside Stockholm

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Physiologist Knut Schmidt-Nielsen won the 1992 International Prize for Biology, an award established by Japan to recognize areas of research not covered by the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology. Schmidt-Nielsen has made important discoveries in a diverse range of areas of study.

Achievements and awards, Physiologists, Schmidt-Nielsen, Knut

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Probing the cosmos in extreme ultraviolet

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Astrophysicist Roger Malina reported that NASA's Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer satellite has detected the ultraviolet emissions of hundreds of objects since its launch in Jun 1993. Many of the objects have not been identified before.

Research, Observations, Ultraviolet astronomy, Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (Artificial satellite)

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