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Cars may one day mimic fish to avoid collisions
Engineers in Japan say they are a step closer to developing technology they hope will cut the risk of car crashes -- by mimicking the behaviour of fish.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Physicists work to understand atomic collisions important to ultracold quantum gasses
A Kansas State University physicist is continuing his study of atomic collisions with the help of a National Science Foundation grant awarded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Spacecraft Could Save Earth from Asteroids
(PhysOrg.com) -- British space engineers working for a space company in Stevenage in England, have designed a "gravity tractor" spacecraft to deflect any asteroids threatening to collide with Earth. The announcement ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 04, 2009 |
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Older drivers unaware of risks from medications and driving
Most older drivers are unaware of the potential impact on driving performance associated with taking medications, according to new research from the Center for Injury Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Aug 11, 2009 |
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LHC to run at 3.5 TeV for early part of 2009-2010 run rising later
CERN 's Large Hadron Collider will initially run at an energy of 3.5 TeV per beam when it starts up in November this year. This news comes after all tests on the machine's high-current electrical connections ...
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Crashing comets not likely the cause of Earth's mass extinctions: new research
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have debated how many mass extinction events in Earth's history were triggered by a space body crashing into the planet's surface. Most agree that an asteroid collision 65 million ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 30, 2009 |
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Jade sheds light on Guatemala's geologic history
The shifting of tectonic plates in Central America has been poorly understood -- until now. New research on jade found along fault lines in Guatemala is helping geologists piece the puzzle of the past 130 million years.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 27, 2009 |
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Blue whales found near NY, off their usual path
(AP) -- There's a monster lurking off the coast of New York. Experts in a Cornell University acoustics program said Thursday that blue whales have been positively identified in the area for the first time.
May 28, 2009 |
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Risk of facial fractures in motor vehicle crashes decreasing
Facial fractures from motor vehicle crashes appear to be decreasing, most likely due to design improvements in newer vehicles, according to a report in the May/June issue of Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery.
May 18, 2009 |
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Space junk raises risks for Hubble repair mission
(AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis is now in a rough orbital neighborhood - a place littered with thousands of pieces of space junk zipping around the Earth at nearly 20,000 mph. There are more pieces of shattered ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 12, 2009 |
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Scientists develop method for verifying safety of computer-controlled devices
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science have developed a new method for systematically identifying bugs in aircraft collision avoidance systems, high-speed train controls and other complex, ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Earth's crust melts easier than previously thought
A University of Missouri study published in Nature this week has found that the Earth's crust melts easier than previously thought. In the study, researchers measured how well rocks conduct heat at differ ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 18, 2009 |
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Galaxy Cores to Crash in a Few Million Years
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope offers a rare view of an imminent collision between the cores of two merging galaxies, each powered by a black hole with millions of times the ...
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Fermilab collider experiments discover rare single top quark
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists of the CDF and DZero collaborations at the Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have observed particle collisions that produce single top quarks. The discovery ...
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Expert: Satellite collision shows need for more regulation of 'space debris'
Last week's collision between U.S. and Russian space satellites has prompted questions over who is at fault while highlighting the need for stronger international regulation of space debris, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 17, 2009 |
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