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1 year at Venus, and going strong

One year has passed since April 11, 2006, when Venus Express, Europe's first mission to Venus and the only spacecraft now in orbit around the planet, reached its destination. Since then, this advanced probe, born to explore one of the most mysterious planetary bodies in the Solar System, has been revealing planetary details never caught before.

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1. One year at <STRONG>VenusSTRONG>, and <STRONG>goingSTRONG> strong
   04-11-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)
   One year has passed since 11 April 2006, when Venus Express, Europe's first mission to Venus and the only spacecraft now in orbit around the planet, reached its destination. Since then, this advanced probe, born to explore one of the most mysterious planetary bodies in the Solar System, has been revealing planetary details never caught before.
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2. Envisat still <STRONG>goingSTRONG> strong after five successful years
   02-28-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)
   Launched from Kourou in French Guiana on the night of 28 February 2002, ESA's Envisat spacecraft marks its fifth year in space. Having orbited Earth more than 26 000 times, the world's largest and most complex environmental satellite ever launched has travelled a distance of more than 1 000 000 000 kilometres, nearly the equivalent of travelling to Jupiter and back.
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3. Molecular 'signature' protects cells from viruses
   10-12-2006 · EurekAlert!
   Viruses are cunning little parasites: they breed by forcing the affected cells to do what they want. By fake commands they get them to produce new viruses. However, the cell often notices that there is something fishy going on. Researchers at the University of Bonn and Munich's Ludwig Maximilian University have now discovered why: cells are in a position to attach their "signature" to their commands, whereas viruses cannot. Their findings are published on October 12 in the prestigious journal Science.
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4. Making operating rooms safer with open communication among equipment
   02-15-2007 · EurekAlert!
   New research at the University of New Hampshire aims to make hospital operating rooms safer by opening the lines of communication between computerized hospital beds and blood pressure monitors."We're trying to get pieces of equipment that don’t normally talk to each other to do so," says John LaCourse, professor of electrical and computer engineering at UNH. "We’re doing something that we feel is going to save peoples' lives."
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5. Salk researchers discover first gene that specifically links calorie restriction to longevity
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6. Global survey reveals significant gap in meeting world's mental health care needs
   09-06-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Mental disorders rank among the top 10 illnesses causing disability, according to the Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors published in 2006. Yet, the world's mental health care needs are largely going unmet, especially in less developed nations but also in high-income countries, according to results from a new survey of 17 countries conducted as part of the World Health Organization's World Mental Health Survey Initiative.
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7. Student residences compete to save energy
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8. New biologic treatment for tennis elbow may replace surgery for chronic sufferers
   10-23-2006 · EurekAlert!
   "Tennis elbow" isn't restricted to tennis players; it's a common, chronic problem for people whose activities require strong gripping or repetitive wrist motions. A novel biologic treatment of injecting the patient's own platelets into the affected tendon proves successful and gives patients another treatment option before undergoing surgery. The procedure has wide application for healing of other medical conditions, say researchers from Stanford University.
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9. Immigrants of a feather don't necessarily flock together
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10. Deep in arctic mud, geologists find strong evidence of climate change
    01-18-2007 · EurekAlert!
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