News tagged with force
New method detects emerging sunspots deep inside the sun, provides warning of dangerous solar flares
Viewed from the technological perspective of modern humans, the sun is a seething cauldron of disruptive influences that can wreak havoc on communication systems, air travel, power grids and satellites – ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 18, 2011 |
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Are those liquids explosive?
A team of researchers from the University of the Basque Country (Spain) has developed a method to determine the chemical composition of liquids seized by police and suspected to be explosive. Some of the samples ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Aug 18, 2011 |
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Jodie Foster helps keep search for aliens alive
"Contact" star Jodie Foster was among donors helping to revive the 42 radio telescope dishes at a key California institute searching for extraterrestrial life, the group said Tuesday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 17, 2011 |
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Researchers observe nanoscale charge transport in bulk heterojunction solar cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in the CNST have used photoconductive atomic force microscopy (PCAFM) to characterize the nanoscale structure of organic photovoltaic (OPV) materials, and have performed a careful assessment of ...
Aug 11, 2011 |
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Contact lost with hypersonic glider after launch (Update)
An unmanned hypersonic glider developed for U.S. defense research into super-fast global strike capability was launched atop a rocket early Thursday but contact was lost after the experimental craft began ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 11, 2011 |
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German police force looks to Facebook to solve crimes
German police officers in the northern city of Hanover are using Facebook to catch criminals in an experiment that might be expanded to other forces in the country.
Aug 11, 2011 |
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New study shows how to eliminate motion sickness on tilting trains
An international team of researchers led by scientists at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that motion sickness on tilting trains can be essentially eliminated by adjusting the timing of when the cars tilt as they ...
Aug 04, 2011 |
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Gentle nudges towards Vesta
The Dawn space probe entered into an orbit around the planetoid Vesta. The planetoid is 2.3 times further from the Sun than the Earth. Dawn used the force of gravity to get there. And an ion engine.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 02, 2011 |
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Chemists make first molecular binding measurement of radon
Even in trace quantities, the radioactive gas radon is very dangerous; it is second only to cigarette smoking as a cause of lung cancer deaths in the United States. The expense and precautions necessary to study it safely ...
Jul 30, 2011 |
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GOES-13 satellite movie shows formation of Tropical Storm Don
Tropical Storm Don formed at 5 p.m. EDT last night, July 27, in the southern Gulf of Mexico and appears to be a small storm on GOES-13 satellite imagery. NASA compiled two days of GOES-13 imagery in a 30 second ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 28, 2011 |
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Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft mated to its rocket
NASA's Juno spacecraft completed its last significant terrestrial journey today, July 27, with a 15-mile (25-kilometer) trip from Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., to its launch pad at the Cape ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 28, 2011 |
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GAO: Blocked fuel line hampered military satellite
(AP) -- A small piece of cloth stuck in a fuel line may be the reason a military communications satellite hasn't reached its planned orbit since it was launched in August, government auditors said Thursday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 22, 2011 |
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Researchers stumble on colorful discovery
Modified metals that change colour in the presence of particular gases could warn consumers if packaged food has been exposed to air or if there's a carbon monoxide leak at home. This finding could potentially ...
Jul 21, 2011 |
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Hackers claim to breach NATO security
A group of computer hackers on Thursday claimed to have breached NATO security and accessed hoards of restricted material.
Jul 21, 2011 |
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Team develops test for classifying force used in bottle stabbings
Engineers at the University of Leicester have for the first time created a way of measuring how much force is used during a stabbing using a broken bottle. The advance is expected to have significant implications ...
Jul 21, 2011 |
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