News tagged with horizontal position

Did dinosaurs hold their heads up?

Some dinosaurs may have held their heads up, like a giraffe, rather than in a more horizontal position, University of Portsmouth scientists report today.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Mysterious 'monster' discovered by amateur paleontologist

(Phys.org) -- Around 450 million years ago, shallow seas covered the Cincinnati region and harbored one very large and now very mysterious organism. Despite its size, no one has ever found a fossil of this ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (25) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Physicists continue work to abolish time as fourth dimension of space

(Phys.org) -- Philosophers have debated the nature of time long before Einstein and modern physics. But in the 106 years since Einstein, the prevailing view in physics has been that time serves as the fourth ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 14, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (78) | comments 717 | with audio podcast report

Volcanic plumbing provides clues on eruptions and earthquakes

Two new studies into the "plumbing systems" that lie under volcanoes could bring scientists closer to understanding plate ruptures and predicting eruptions—both of which are important steps for protecting ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Space tourist is just one way to describe Simonyi

(AP) -- Charles Simonyi may still be described as a space tourist even though the Microsoft billionaire has no plans to take a third vacation on the International Space Station and hasn't hung out in outer ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Detecting material defects in ship propellers

Ship propellers are as large as a single-family home – and manufacturing them is quite a challenge. During the casting process, pores and miniscule cracks can form that in the worst case may cause a blade ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Volcanic plumbing exposed

Two new studies into the "plumbing systems" that lie under volcanoes could bring scientists closer to predicting large eruptions.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers validate simplified lateral force calibration technique for atomic force microscopy

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory have demonstrated that a simpler technique for calibrating lateral sensitivity ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Storms from the sun

(PhysOrg.com) -- Space weather starts at the sun. It begins with an eruption such as a huge burst of light and radiation called a solar flare or a gigantic cloud of solar material called a coronal mass ejection ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Plate tectonics modelled realistically

Swiss scientists have for the first time succeeded in realistically simulating how an oceanic plate sinks of its own accord under an adjacent plate. At the same time they showed why only one of the plates ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

'Duet of 1' possible with hand-controlled voice synthesizer

New technology at the University of British Columbia makes it possible for a person to speak or sing just by using their hands to control a speech synthesizer.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Feb 19, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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