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• Astronomers report most 'outrageously' luminous galaxies ever observed
• Printing nanomaterials with plasma
• Single bacteria grows 60 percent better on the International Space Station than on Earth
• More ancient viruses lurk in our DNA than we thought

Astronomers report most 'outrageously' luminous galaxies ever observed Posted: 22 Mar 2016 01:16 PM PDT Astronomers report that they have observed the most luminous galaxies ever seen in the Universe, objects so bright that established descriptors such as 'ultra-' and 'hyper-luminous' used to describe previously brightest known galaxies don't even come close. The lead author says, 'We've taken to calling them 'outrageously luminous' among ourselves, because there is no scientific term to apply.'

Printing nanomaterials with plasma Posted: 22 Mar 2016 09:00 AM PDT Printing has come a long way since the days of Johannes Gutenberg. Now, researchers have developed a new method that uses plasma to print nanomaterials onto a 3-D object or flexible surface, such as paper or cloth. The technique could make it easier and cheaper to build devices like wearable chemical and biological sensors, flexible memory devices and batteries, and integrated circuits.

Single bacteria grows 60 percent better on the International Space Station than on Earth Posted: 22 Mar 2016 07:07 AM PDT Researchers grew microbes collected from sports teams, historical monuments, museums, spacecraft, and schools and sent them to the International Space Station (ISS) for growth in space. While most of the microbes looked similar on Earth and in space, one type of bacteria actually grew much better in space.

More ancient viruses lurk in our DNA than we thought Posted: 22 Mar 2016 07:07 AM PDT Think your DNA is all human? Think again. And a new discovery suggests it's even less human than scientists previously thought. Nineteen new pieces of non-human DNA -- left by viruses that first infected our ancestors hundreds of thousands of years ago -- have just been found, lurking between our own genes.

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