News tagged with elemental composition

Dawn gets extra time to explore Vesta

(Phys.org) -- NASA's Dawn mission has received official confirmation that 40 extra days have been added to its exploration of the giant asteroid Vesta, the second most massive object in the main asteroid belt. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Glass sponge as a living climate archive

(PhysOrg.com) -- Climate scientists have discovered a new archive of historical sea temperatures. With the help of the skeleton of a sponge that belongs to the Monorhaphis chuni species and that lived in the ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Swiss researchers present breakthrough in semiconductor structuring

(PhysOrg.com) -- ETH Zurich physicists, in collaboration with colleagues at universities in Switzerland and abroad, have made a breakthrough in the manufacture of monolithic semiconductor structures on silicon. ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists refine Earth's clock

New research has revealed that some events in Earth's history happened more recently than previously thought.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Chondritic hypothesis: New discovery shakes beliefs of Earth to the core

(PhysOrg.com) -- For a century, scientists have assumed that the Earth has same chemical make-up as the sun. But this belief has been challenged by scientists at The Australian National University.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Fingerprinting uranium: X-rays identify mobile, stationary forms of atomic pollutant

(PhysOrg.com) -- Determining if uranium will zip through the soil or not is easier now, thanks to scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of North Texas. Dr. Eugene Ilton and ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | 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

New analyzers to unlock mineral value

Scientists are working on a new range of materials characterisation analysers and techniques that could help unlock the value contained in Australia's mineral deposits and improve processing performance, according ...

Space & Earth / Environment

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