News tagged with gaseous hydrogen

NASA Gives 'Go' for Space Shuttle Launch on March 11

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA managers completed a review Friday of space shuttle Discovery's readiness for flight and selected the official launch date for the STS-119 mission. Commander Lee Archambault and his six ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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The Sun's crowning glory

(Phys.org) -- Those who experience a total solar eclipse are overwhelmed as they look at the circle of light that surrounds our Sun. Laypeople may find it enchanting, but researchers have been racking their ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Black hole caught red-handed in a stellar homicide

(Phys.org) -- Astronomers have gathered the most direct evidence yet of a supermassive black hole shredding a star that wandered too close.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Hubble's panoramic view of a turbulent star-making region

(Phys.org) -- Several million stars are vying for attention in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of a raucous stellar breeding ground in 30 Doradus, located in the heart of the Tarantula nebula.

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created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Cosmic 'leaf blower' robs galaxy of star-making fuel

(PhysOrg.com) -- Supernova explosions and the jets of a monstrous black hole are scattering a galaxy's star-making gas like a cosmic leaf blower, a new study finds. The findings, which relied on ultraviolet ...

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created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Novel filter metal-organic framework material could cut natural gas refining costs

A new type of hybrid material developed at the University of California, Berkeley, could help oil and chemical companies save energy and money – and lower their environmental impacts – by eliminating ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists discover a surprising new way that protons can move among molecules

When a proton – the bare nucleus of a hydrogen atom – transfers from one molecule to another, or moves within a molecule, the result is a hydrogen bond, in which the proton and another atom like ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 18, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Stars with dusty disks should harbor Earth-like worlds

Stars with disks of debris around them might be good targets to search for Earth-like planets, researchers say.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hubble views grand star-forming region

(PhysOrg.com) -- This massive, young stellar grouping, called R136, is only a few million years old and resides in the 30 Doradus Nebula, a turbulent star-birth region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite ...

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created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Fukushima lesson: Prepare for unanticipated nuclear accidents

A year after the crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, scientists and engineers remain largely in the dark when it comes to fundamental knowledge about how nuclear fuels behave under extreme conditions, ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 6 | with audio podcast

From cancer research to energy storage, Berkeley Lab scientist takes on big challenges

On a typical day, Rizia Bardhan walks through the doors of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Molecular Foundry and immerses herself in the tricky business of tweaking optical spectroscopy equipment ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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