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<p>Volunteers from a variety of campus groups will be available to help new students move their belongings into ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ residence halls Aug. 16 and Aug. 18 as New Student Move-In begins next week.</p>

<p>A new ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ study shows that a small amount of physical exercise could profoundly protect the elderly from long-term memory loss that can happen suddenly following infection, illnesses or injury in old age.</p>

<p>The U.S. Senate has voted to confirm ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ Distinguished Professor Carl Lineberger as a member of the National Science Board. He was nominated for the position by President Barack Obama in April.</p>

<p>Several ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ faculty and students are participating in NASA's Juno Mission to Jupiter, now slated for launch Aug. 5 from Florida's Kennedy Space Center and which is expected to help steer scientists toward the right recipe for planet-making.</p>

<p>An international team of astronomers led by the California Institute of Technology and involving the ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ has discovered the largest and farthest reservoir of water ever detected in the universe.</p>

<p>A $670 million NASA orbiting mission to probe the past climate of Mars led by the ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ reached a major milestone last week when it successfully completed its Mission Critical Design Review by the space agency.</p>

<p>NIST news release</p>
<p>Showcasing new tools for widespread development of quantum circuits made of mechanical parts, scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ have demonstrated a flexible, broadly usable technique for steadily calming the vibrations of an engineered mechanical object down to the quantum "ground state," the lowest possible energy level.</p>

<p>A ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ research team has developed a new software program allowing neuroscientists to produce single brain images pulled from hundreds of individual studies, trimming weeks and even months from what can be a tedious, time-consuming research process.</p>

<p>ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ Provost Russell L. Moore today announced the formation of a five-member steering committee and eight campus discussion groups that will take the next key steps toward creating a school or college in the area of information, communication, journalism, media and technology, or ICJMT.</p>

<p>A novel ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ technique to shrink the size of circuitry used in nanotechnology devices like computer chips and solar cells by zapping a substrate with two separate colors of light beams has been optioned to Heidelberg Instruments headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany.</p>