News tagged with anomalies
SBU researchers discover significant water anomaly
(Phys.org) -- A team of researchers from the Stony Brook University Department of Physics & Astronomy along with colleagues from the Department of Condensed Matter Physics at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid ...
May 10, 2012 |
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With climate and vegetation data, geographers closer to predicting droughts in Africa
What might happen if droughts were predicted months ahead of time? Food aid and other humanitarian efforts could be put together sooner and executed better, say UC Santa Barbara geographers Chris Funk, Greg ...
May 01, 2012 |
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Research team appears to solve the Pioneer anomaly
(Phys.org) -- Back in the early 70’s NASA launched two exploratory spacecraft, Pioneer 10 and 11. Their missions were to gather information about the solar system as they made their way through it by ...
Apr 18, 2012 |
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Deep science drove discovery of Titanic
Today, anyone with a wad of cash and a sense of adventure can dive to the Titanic's deepsea grave, but behind these tourist jaunts lies a long and daunting tale of scientific endeavour.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 09, 2012 |
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Researchers suggest magnetic anomalies on the Moon are the result of asteroid collision
In the nearly five decades since the first lunar surveys were conducted as part of NASA's Apollo program, scientists have advanced a number of increasingly complex theories to explain the vast swaths of highly ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 08, 2012 |
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Researchers find strange new nanoregion can form in quasicrystals
A team of international researchers has discovered a new type of structural anomaly, or defect, that can appear in quasicrystals, a unique material with some crystal-like properties but a more complex structure.
Feb 16, 2012 |
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MARSIS completes measurement campaign over Martian North Pole
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding (MARSIS) instrument on board Mars Express has recently completed a subsurface sounding campaign over the planet's North Pole. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 20, 2011 |
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New system will detect insider threats from massive data sets
When a soldier in good mental health becomes homicidal or a government employee abuses access privileges to share classified information, we often wonder why no one saw it coming. When looking through the ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Tiny new tool to track heart rate in real time on a smartphone (w/ video)
Thanks to an invention from two EPFL laboratories, patients and their doctors can now immediately be made aware of heart rate anomalies and can thus quickly take any necessary medical measures. The device is very small, non-invasive ...
Oct 19, 2011 |
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US looks for answers after hypersonic plane fails
Pentagon scientists on Friday acknowledged they were puzzled by the failed flight test of an experimental hypersonic plane and said they were trying to understand what went wrong. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 12, 2011 |
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How the mole got its 12 fingers
Polydactyly is a hereditary anomaly that is relatively common in both humans and animals. Moles also have additional fingers. In their case, however, the irregularity compared to the five-finger formula of ...
Jul 14, 2011 |
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Evolutionary reasons for believing in luck
How far will you go to avoid bad luck? Do you avoid walking under ladders, carry lucky charms, or perhaps instead perform special rituals before important meetings or sporting events?
Jun 07, 2011 |
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Mystery force may be due to mirrors
Portuguese physicists report that they have identified the unknown force whose influence on outward bound interplanetary space probes has puzzled scientists since 1998. ...
May 05, 2011 |
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New theory proposed to explain Pioneer probe gravitational anomaly
(PhysOrg.com) -- Portuguese physicists might have finally solved the decades old mystery of why the Pioneer probes, launched in the early 70’s, haven’t been decelerating from the Sun’s gravitational ...
Apr 27, 2011 |
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Marine methane reservoirs much larger 550 million years ago
Massive methane reservoirs in the ancient ocean could account for an unexplained hiccup in Earth's carbon cycle.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 22, 2011 |
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