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Hella Good: Scientists Petition to Name a Very Large Number

(PhysOrg.com) -- As science becomes increasing precise, and as computers provide the ability to crunch ever larger (and smaller) numbers, scientists are looking to name numbers with lots of zeroes. You've ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Mar 03, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (26) | comments 41 | with audio podcast weblog




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Did ancient Mars have a runaway greenhouse?

Cosmic impacts that once bombed Mars might have sent temperatures skyrocketing upward on the Red Planet in ancient times, enough to set warming of the surface on a runaway course, researchers say.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Seeking signs of life at the glacier's edge

Microbes living at the edges of Arctic ice sheets could help researchers pinpoint evidence for similar microorganisms that could have evolved on Mars, the Jovian moon Europa, or Saturn's moon Enceladus.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ice sculptures fill the deepest parts of Mars

One of the “weirdest and least understood” areas of Mars, the enormous Hellas Impact Basin contains strange flowing landforms that bespeak of some specialized and large-scale geologic process having ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

New EU project targets first 100GHz optical RAM silicon chips

A new EU project that aims to develop a 100 gigabits per second (Gbps) optical random access memory (RAM) chip has just kicked off. This chip will be the first of its kind.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

ASU Mars camera keeps a watchful eye for dust

(PhysOrg.com) -- Summertime is coming to the south of Mars, and days are growing longer and warmer. This is not good news, however — and the reason why can be given in a single word: dust.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Twitter is full of regional 'accents,' study finds

Tweeting about what club "y'all" are going to tonight? Must be from the South. Looking forward to "suttin" special? Then you probably live in New York. Think that new movie was "koo?" Northern California.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Regional dialects are alive and well on Twitter, research finds

Microbloggers may think they're interacting in one big Twitterverse, but researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science find that regional slang and dialects are as evident in tweets as they are in ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Physicist developing, improving designer optical materials

Advancements in fabrication technologies may lead to superlenses and other designer optical materials, according to an Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory physicist.

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Dec 16, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nanocatalyst is a gas: New formula could make fuel production better, greener

A nanoparticle-based catalyst developed at Rice University may give that tiger in your tank a little more roar.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 20, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mars's mysterious elongated crater

(PhysOrg.com) -- Orcus Patera is an enigmatic elliptical depression near Mars's equator, in the eastern hemisphere of the planet. Located between the volcanoes of Elysium Mons and Olympus Mons, its formation ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 27, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (24) | comments 6 | with audio podcast


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