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STEREO sees complete far side of the Sun

(PhysOrg.com) -- The far side unveiled! This is the first complete image of the solar far side, the half of the sun invisible from Earth. Captured on June 1, 2011, the composite image was assembled from NASA's ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Research improves the bolted joints in airplanes

A research project at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid that analyzes the bolted joints used in the aeronautical industry has determined the optimum force that should be applied so that they may better withstand ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

For water researchers, an atmosphere full of questions

A Gulfstream turboprop sits on the McClellan Airport runway under gray, gloomy skies. Kim Prather has waited two weeks for this day.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google doodle pays tribute to guitarist Les Paul

Google paid tribute to US guitar legend Les Paul on Thursday by transforming the celebrated logo on its homepage into a guitar which plays when strummed with a computer mouse.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Going with the flow: Researchers find compaction bands in sandstone are permeable

When geologists survey an area of land for the potential that gas or petroleum deposits could exist there, they must take into account the composition of rocks that lie below the surface. Take, for instance, ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Google, shareholders to meet

(AP) -- Google Inc. will hold its first shareholders meeting since co-founder Larry Page took over as the Internet search leader's CEO.

Technology / Business

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Making materials to order: Fine-tuning mechanical, electrical, thermal, other properties of composites

A team of researchers at MIT has found a way to make complex composite materials whose attributes can be fine-tuned to give various desirable combinations of properties such as stiffness, strength, resistance ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Novel man-made material could facilitate wireless power

Electrical engineers at Duke University have determined that unique man-made materials should theoretically make it possible to improve the power transfer to small devices, such as laptops or cell phones, or ultimately to ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 23, 2011 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

NASA selects SwRI mass spectrometer for technology development funding

NASA has selected Southwest Research Institute's MAss Spectrometer for Planetary EXploration (MASPEX) for technology development funding. Originally offered as part of the Primitive Material Explorer (PriME) mission proposal, ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Clues to Neanderthal hunting tactics hidden in reindeer teeth

Scientists have found that our cousins the Neanderthal employed sophisticated hunting strategies similar to the tactics used much later by modern humans. The new findings come from the analysis of subtle chemical ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 16, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Lasers take the lead

Conserving energy is a top priority for auto manufacturers today. Laser technology can help. Lasers can be used to process thin light-weight components made of fiber-composite materials, as well as to manufacture ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 13, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google braces to pay at least $500M in ad probe

Google Inc.'s lucrative online advertising system is facing a U.S. Justice Department investigation that is expected to cost the Internet search leader at least $500 million.

Technology / Business

created May 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Nano-FTIR-nanoscale infrared spectroscopy with a thermal source

Researchers from the Basque nanoscience research center CIC nanoGUNE and Neaspec GmbH (Germany) have developed an instrument that allows for recording infrared spectra with a thermal source at a resolution ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Louisiana Tech researcher presents on eco-friendly nanotechnology at national conference

Dr. Yuri Lvov, professor of chemistry and T.C. Pipes endowed chair in micro and nanosystems at Louisiana Tech University, recently led a symposium at the 241st Conference of the American Chemical Society (ACS), discussing ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fossil sirenians give scientists new look at ancient climate

(PhysOrg.com) -- What tales they tell of their former lives, these old bones of sirenians, relatives of today's dugongs and manatees.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 21, 2011 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast