News tagged with explosion
Scientist says nuclear weapons may be best bet for saving Earth from asteroids
(PhysOrg.com) -- If scientists detect an asteroid headed directly for Earth - one that was large enough to pose a serious threat to life on our planet - would it be wise to bring out nuclear weapons to prevent ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 28, 2010 |
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Humans will be extinct in 100 years says eminent scientist
(PhysOrg.com) -- Eminent Australian scientist Professor Frank Fenner, who helped to wipe out smallpox, predicts humans will probably be extinct within 100 years, because of overpopulation, environmental destruction ...
Jun 23, 2010 |
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Plastic laser detects tiny amounts of explosives
(PhysOrg.com) -- Detecting hidden explosives is a difficult task but now researchers in the UK have developed a completely new way of detecting them, with a laser sensor capable of detecting molecules of explosives ...
Jun 08, 2010 |
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Researchers pursue plasmonics and photonics technology for optical improvements
Professors Mark L. Brongersma of Stanford University and Stefan A. Maier of Imperial College London are investigating new applications for terahertz sensors.
Jun 02, 2010 |
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Astronomers discover 'defiant' new supernova
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of astronomers has uncovered a supernova whose origin cannot be explained by any previously known mechanism and which promises exciting new insights into stellar explosions.
May 26, 2010 |
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New type of supernova may shed light on some universal mysteries
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the past decade, robotic telescopes have turned astronomers' attention to scads of strange exploding stars, one-offs that may or may not point to new and unusual physics.
May 19, 2010 |
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Hubble Catches Heavyweight Runaway Star Speeding from 30 Doradus
(PhysOrg.com) -- A heavy runaway star rushing away from a nearby stellar nursery at more than 400 000 kilometres per hour, a speed that would get you to the Moon and back in two hours. The runaway is the most ...
May 11, 2010 |
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Death of a star in 3D
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching have for the first time managed to reproduce the asymmetries and fast-moving iron clumps of observed supernovae by complex ...
May 11, 2010 |
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Research: US terror concentrated in New York City; bombs weapon of choice
Terrorist attacks in the United States, over the past four decades, have centered on New York City, the vast majority of them involving bombs or explosives, says a new report from the University of Maryland-based ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 04, 2010 |
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Young and getting cooler -- the early life of a neutron star
(PhysOrg.com) -- Observations of how the youngest-known neutron star has cooled over the past decade are giving astronomers new insights into the interior of these super-dense dead stars. Dr Wynn Ho will present ...
Apr 15, 2010 |
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Mystery object in Starburst Galaxy M82 possible micro-quasar
(PhysOrg.com) -- Radio astronomers at the University of Manchester’s Jodrell Bank Observatory have discovered a strange new object in a nearby galaxy. The object, which appeared very suddenly in radio wavelengths ...
Apr 14, 2010 |
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Bomb scares: An ODD solution
For anyone who has spent a significant amount of time in an urban setting, the scene of a bomb squad responding to a report of a suspicious package might be all too familiar. But just how is it determined ...
Apr 09, 2010 |
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Hubble snaps heavyweight of the Leo Triplet
Hubble has snapped a spectacular view of the largest "player" in the Leo Triplet, a galaxy with an unusual anatomy: it displays asymmetric spiral arms and an apparently displaced core. The peculiar anatomy ...
Apr 08, 2010 |
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Fossils show earliest animal trails
(PhysOrg.com) -- Trails found in rocks dating back 565 million years are thought to be the earliest evidence of animal locomotion ever found, Oxford University scientists report.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 04, 2010 |
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The Moon may have formed in a nuclear explosion
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new theory suggests the Moon was formed after a natural nuclear explosion in the Earth's mantle rather than after the impact of a massive object with the Earth, as previously thought.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 28, 2010 |
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