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NASA considering space station for Mars dry run

The International Space Station may provide the setting for a 500-day pretend trip to Mars in another few years.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Ion Tiger fuel cell unmanned air vehicle completes 23-hour flight

The Naval Research Laboratory's Ion Tiger, a hydrogen-powered fuel cell unmanned air vehicle (UAV), has flown 23 hours and 17 minutes, setting an unofficial flight endurance record for a fuel-cell powered ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Seaglider sets new underwater endurance and range records

(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Washington Seaglider operated for 9 months and 5 days in the Pacific Ocean, an endurance record more than double what any other autonomous underwater vehicle has accomplished ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1




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Tiny 'spherules' reveal details about Earth's asteroid impacts

(Phys.org) -- Researchers are learning details about asteroid impacts going back to the Earth's early history by using a new method for extracting precise information from tiny "spherules" embedded in layers ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Duck-billed dinosaurs endured long, dark polar winters

Duck-billed dinosaurs that lived within Arctic latitudes approximately 70 million years ago likely endured long, dark polar winters instead of migrating to more southern latitudes, a recent study by researchers ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Space astronomy archive, distant supernova, named in honor of U.S. Senator

(Phys.org) -- One of the world's largest astronomy archives, containing a treasure trove of information about myriad stars, planets, and galaxies, has been named in honor of the United States Senator from ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Archaeologists reconstruct diet of Nelson's Navy with new chemical analysis of excavated bones

Salt beef, sea biscuits and the occasional weevil; the food endured by sailors during the Napoleonic wars is seldom imagined to be appealing. Now a new chemical analysis technique has allowed archaeologists ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The rise and fall of Kodak's moment

On a shelf in his office in Cambridge Judge Business School, Dr Kamal Munir keeps a Kodak Brownie 127. Manufactured in the 1950s, the small Bakelite camera is a powerful reminder of the rise and fall of a ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Smart work clothing for sub-zero temperatures

Working outside in a cold environment for any length of time is difficult with the protective clothing currently available. Innovative, warmer garments must be developed for those taking part in drilling operations ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New Fujitsu V series FRAMs deliver optimal design flexibility

Fujitsu Semiconductor America (FSA) today extended its growing portfolio of Ferroelectric memory products with the introduction of a new Ferroelectric Random Access Memory (FRAM) product series that features a wide voltage ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

No such thing as a typical criminal career

(PhysOrg.com) -- Is there such a thing as a typical criminal career? This was the question addressed by criminologist Volker Grundies from the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Wildlife and cows can be partners, not enemies, in search for food

(PhysOrg.com) -- Princeton University researchers are leading an effort to put to pasture the long-held convention of cattle ranching that wild animals compete with cows for food.

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Talking dictionaries' document vanishing languages

Digital technology is coming to the rescue of some of the world's most endangered languages. Linguists from National Geographic's Enduring Voices project who are racing to document and revitalize struggling languages are ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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