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October 28, 2009
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Good Morning,
Researchers have found that monkeys have a similar response
as humans when looking at a slightly unrealistic image of
themselves. Read about this bizarre response system in the
second article.
Until Tomorrow,
Erin
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Ares I-X first test flight is scrubbed
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The first test flight of NASA's Ares
I-X rocket was scrubbed Tuesday because of unacceptable
weather conditions at the Kennedy Space Center. The U.S.
space agency's newest rocket, designed to replace NASA's
aging space shuttles, had been scheduled for an 8 a.m. EDT
launch. But the countdown was postponed numerous times be-
cause of various problems, including a ship that at one point
moved into the launch danger zone in the Atlantic Ocean off
Cape Canaveral. The decision to cancel the Tuesday launch was
made shortly before 11:30 a.m. EDT because of continually
unacceptable ground wind speeds at the space center and be-
cause of storm clouds in the launch area and resulting fears
of triboelectrification -- a condition in which cloud part-
icles or precipitation cause a buildup of static on a space
vehicle or aircraft, interfering with communications.
Officials said NASA's first test flight of the Ares I-X is
designed to determine its flight characteristics and test
hardware, facilities and ground operations. NASA officials
said another attempt to launch the rocket would be made
Wednesday at 8 a.m. when weather conditions are expected to
be at a 40 percent "no-go" level, compared with Tuesday's 60
percent "no-go" forecast. Weather officials said they also
expected diminished wind speeds Wednesday morning, both on
the ground and aloft, along with a decrease in cloudiness.
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Monkeys found to have human-like response
PRINCETON`, N.J. - U.S. scientists report evidence that
monkeys, like humans, experience an emotional response to
slightly unrealistic images of themselves. The emotional
response was named "the uncanny valley" in 1970 by Masahiro
Mori, a Japanese researcher of robotics. Mori found people
enjoy looking at human images that are highly realistic or
highly unrealistic. When examining human images that are
generally realistic, but also have unrealistic or distorted
features, Mori found people experience a feeling of revul-
sion. The "valley," scientists said, is a reference to the
drop in positive emotional responses when people view the
slightly unrealistic images of humans. In the new study,
Princeton University Assistant Professor Asif Ghazanfar and
researcher Shawn Steckenfinger studied the responses of
macaque monkeys as they viewed computer-generated images of
monkeys that were realistic, but less than perfect. The
scientists found the monkeys averted their gaze and became
fearful when shown the close-to-but-not realistic images.
The researchers say their results are the first such findings
in any animal, other than human, that show there is a bio-
logical basis for the phenomenon. The study appears in the
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Photovoltaic organic polymer advance made
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - U.S. scientists report a major ad-
vance in synthesizing photovoltaic organic polymers that
convert sunlight into electricity in non-silicon-based solar
cells. University of California-Santa Barbara Professor
Guillermo Bazan and colleagues said they've been able to
reduce reaction time by 99 percent, while more than tripling
the average molecular weight of the polymers. The scientists
said the reduced reaction time effectively cuts production
time for the organic polymers by nearly 50 percent, since
reaction time and purification time are approximately equal
in the production process, in both laboratory and commercial
environments. The higher molecular weight of the polymers
increases current density in plastic solar cells by as much
as a factor of more than four, a major benefit, the resear-
chers said. The methodology "will greatly accelerate research
in this area," Bazan said, "by making possible the rapid
production of different batches of polymers for evaluation.
"We plan to take advantage of this approach both to generate
new materials that will increase solar cell efficiencies and
operational lifetimes, and to reevaluate previously-consid-
ered polymer structures that should exhibit much higher
performance than they showed initially." The research appears
in the early online edition of the journal Nature Chemistry.
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