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A supernova cocoon breakthrough

(Phys.org) -- Observations with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have provided the first X-ray evidence of a supernova shock wave breaking through a cocoon of gas surrounding the star that exploded. This discovery ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Effects of solar flares arriving on Earth

(AP) -- The impact of a series of eruptions on the sun began arriving at Earth on Friday and could affect some communications for a day or so.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 06, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 45

Hubble spots a celestial bauble (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The delicate shell, photographed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, appears to float serenely in the depths of space, but this apparent calm hides an inner turmoil. The gaseous envelope ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Sneak Attacks from the Sun

(PhysOrg.com) -- Our Sun can be a menace when it sends out powerful solar blasts of radiation towards the Earth. Astronomers keenly watch the Sun to learn more about what powers these solar eruptions, in hopes ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 08, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Color-changing 'blast badge' detects exposure to explosive shock waves

Mimicking the reflective iridescence of a butterfly's wing, investigators at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have developed a color-changing ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 29, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Adding face shields to helmets could help avoid blast-induced brain injuries

(PhysOrg.com) -- More than half of all combat-related injuries sustained by U.S. troops are the result of explosions, and many of those involve injuries to the head. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Military experts provide civilian surgeons with guidance on handling bomb blast injuries

Hospitals all over the world need to be aware of how to treat emergency blast injuries and military surgeons can provide valuable knowledge and advice to their civilian counterparts based on their experience of battlefield ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Battling rice blast disease with underground microbes

Rice is the most important grain consumed by humans, providing more than one-fifth of the calories sustaining the world's population. By some estimates, however, global production of rice could feed an additional ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Purdue unveils 'Impact: Earth!' asteroid impact effects calculator

(PhysOrg.com) -- Purdue University on Wednesday (Nov. 3) unveiled ''Impact: Earth!'' a new website that allows anyone to calculate the potential damage a comet or asteroid would cause if it hit the Earth.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 03, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (14) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Pushing the envelope

(PhysOrg.com) -- G327.1-1.1 is the aftermath of a massive star that exploded as a supernova in the Milky Way galaxy.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Antibacterial peptide could aid in treating soldiers' burn wound infections

An antibacterial peptide developed by Laszlo Otvos, a research professor of biology in Temple's College of Science and Technology, looks to be a highly-effective therapy against infections in burn or blast wounds suffered ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Noble gas detection system reaches maturity

The Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization certified the first noble gas detection system at its radionuclide station in Charlottesville, Va., United States, on Aug. 19, 2010. The ...

Technology / Other

created Aug 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists try to harness super-winds that once carried bombs

The man from the Forest Service burst into the switchboard room with orders for the young operator. Keep quiet, he told Cora Conner, 16. Stay put.

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 20, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Image: In the Constellation Cassiopeia

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tycho's Supernova, the red circle visible in the upper left part of the image, is SN 1572 is a remnant of a star explosion is named after the astronomer Tycho Brahe, although he was not the ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jul 14, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 2

NIST's blast resistance standards keep the boom from the room

With summer travel season hard upon us, specialists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have helped create two new standards designed to increase safety as we rush from gate to gate in crowded ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 24, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0