Project aims to remove space debris
(Phys.org) -- Low Earth Orbit is overcluttered with rogue objects and collision shrapnel that are a constant threat to spacecraft.
Space Exploration
Aug 10, 2012
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Patient Sucessfully Evacuated From Antarctica
A medical evacuation flight bringing a patient from the National Science Foundation's McMurdo Station in Antarctica arrived safely in Christchurch, New Zealand at approximately 3 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, Aug. 9.
Earth Sciences
Aug 10, 2012
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Electronic recording of truck drivers' hours-of-service evaluated
(Phys.org) -- Safe operation of commercial vehicles depends upon drivers receiving enough sleep. But how to monitor that drivers are complying with hours-of-service requirements? Electronic onboard recording may be the solution. ...
Engineering
Aug 10, 2012
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Back to the Future: Students digitize archeological artifacts in 3-D
What’s (really) old is new again. Thanks to cutting-edge equipment and techniques, researchers and the public alike will soon have access to an ever-expanding database of virtual, 3-D archeological artifacts that tell ...
Archaeology
Aug 10, 2012
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Mining ' and Minding ' Her Ps and Qs
(Phys.org) -- Each time you connect to a secure website (say a bank’s website), you begin by downloading a certificate published by the site, which asserts that its Web address is legitimate. It also contains a public ...
Computer Sciences
Aug 10, 2012
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Security researchers in force at USENIX Security
Everybody who's anybody in the no-longer-arcane field of computer security is out in force in Bellevue, Wash., this week at the 21st USENIX Security Symposium, the leading computer systems and networking security conference. ...
Computer Sciences
Aug 10, 2012
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Computer scientists explore secure browser design
(Phys.org) -- University of California, San Diego computer scientists explored a new approach to secure browser design in a paper presented in August 2012 at the 21st USENIX Security Symposium, the foremost research conference ...
Computer Sciences
Aug 10, 2012
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Team develops new method for sequencing dark matter of life from a single cell
(Phys.org) -- An international team of researchers led by computer scientist Pavel Pevzner, from the University of California, San Diego, have developed a new algorithm to sequence organisms’ genomes from a single cell ...
Biotechnology
Aug 10, 2012
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Research provides new insights into actinide
(Phys.org) -- A team of DOE researchers from the Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley and Los Alamos national laboratories and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, studying the fundamental properties of the actinide elements, has ...
Condensed Matter
Aug 10, 2012
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Hidden galactic nuclei
(Phys.org) -- At the core of most galaxies including our own Milky Way is a massive black hole. Material falling into the environment of the black hole heats up, and can radiate dramatically, sometimes also powering the ejection ...
Astronomy
Aug 10, 2012
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