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GPM satellite takes a spin on the high capacity centrifuge

In the clean room at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt Md., the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission's Core satellite is steadily taking shape. Set to measure rainfall worldwide after ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Shake, rattle and ... power up? A new MEMS device generates energy from small vibrations

Today's wireless-sensor networks can do everything from supervising factory machinery to tracking environmental pollution to measuring the movement of buildings and bridges. Working together, distributed sensors ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New Sony Blu-Ray Player Integrates Streaming Internet Video

Offering the best of full HD 1080p and streaming Internet video, Sony today introduced the BDP-N460 networked Blu-ray Disc player.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Orangutans unique in movement through tree tops

Movement through a complex meshwork of small branches at the heights of tropical forests presents a unique challenge to animals wanting to forage for food safely. It can be particularly dangerous for large ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Why did the London Millennium Bridge 'wobble'?

(PhysOrg.com) -- On its opening day, the London Millennium Bridge experienced unexpected swaying due to the large number of people crossing it. A new study finally explains the Millennium Bridge 'wobble' ...

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 17, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (21) | comments 0

Explaining Why the Millennium Bridge Wobbled

Steve Strogatz has a penchant for things that happen in unison. So when the Cornell University professor of theoretical and applied mechanics (and author of the 2003 book "Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous ...

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created Nov 02, 2005 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (22) | comments 0


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