Adding to their unique information from previous tandem missions, ESA’s ERS-2 and Envisat satellites have been paired up again – for the last time. Data from this final duet are generating 3D models of glaciers ...
Space Exploration
Nov 2, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A steam locomotive has been X-rayed by an innovative new mobile X-ray unit used for scanning cargo and vehicles for criminal activity.
Other
Nov 2, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For bats any smooth, horizontal surface is water. Even so if vision, olfaction or touch tells them it is actually a metal, plastic or wooden plate. Bats therefore rely more on their ears than on any other ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 2, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The project team that built and operates the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity has become the first NASA space mission to use cloud computing for daily mission operations.
Space Exploration
Nov 2, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Penn State civil engineers has received one of the largest single-year allocations of supercomputing hours made for 2010.
Earth Sciences
Nov 2, 2010
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Professor Cliff Ricketts preferred the fuel efficiency of a 1994 Toyota Tercel when compared to other used cars. That's why he gutted its gas tank and fuel lines in favor of water tanks and solar cells.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 2, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Evidence of an intense warming period in the Universe’s early history, described as a form of "cosmic climate change", has been found by an international team of astronomers.
Astronomy
Nov 2, 2010
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Hardly any other textile is as versatile as nonwoven: it keeps babies’ bottoms dry and protects plants from the sun. In the Gulf of Mexico, special nonwovens soaked up the oil washed up on beaches like blotting paper. ...
Engineering
Nov 2, 2010
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(AP) -- The final launch of space shuttle Discovery has been delayed again, this time because of an electrical problem.
Space Exploration
Nov 2, 2010
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Caryn Bailey, a 32-year-old blogger and mother of two, is impressed with Microsoft's new Kinect game-control system. But she already owns the Wii from rival Nintendo, and she's not ready to shell out hundreds of dollars to ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 2, 2010
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