July 12, 2005
- A window cover of the space shuttle Discovery falls off and damages heatshield tiles at the aft of the spacecraft. A few hours later, NASA announces the successful repair of the damage in time for the planned July 13 launch. (Reuters/YahooNews) (BBC)
- Purdue researchers support previous findings that an inexpensive "tabletop" device that uses sound waves on deuterated acetone water to produce nuclear fusion reactions with bubble fusion. (Purdue)
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