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Cosmic rays alter chemistry of lunar ice

Space scientists from the University of New Hampshire and multi-institutional colleagues report they have quantified levels of radiation on the moon's surface from galactic cosmic ray (GCR) bombardment that ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Smart work clothing for sub-zero temperatures

Working outside in a cold environment for any length of time is difficult with the protective clothing currently available. Innovative, warmer garments must be developed for those taking part in drilling operations ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New software that configures access policy automatically developed by NEC

NEC Corporation announced today the development of technology that collectively distributes and configures access policy to a variety of computing resources in a cloud computing environment. The newly developed technology ...

Technology / Software

created Jan 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

G-Speak will make the keyboard and mouse obsolete (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The mouse may soon become obsolete, with interfaces that interpret gestures rapidly approaching a stage at which they can be released for general consumers.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Mar 01, 2010 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (20) | comments 27 | with audio podcast report




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Winds of change for pollution sensing

(Phys.org) -- The Great Smog of London is often upheld as a time when pollution reached appalling levels: over a four-day period in December 1952, the capital came to a standstill, cars were abandoned, airports ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

High-tech tools may help small grains breeders 'see' valuable plant traits faster

Two tools from industry are being applied to the small grains breeding program by a Texas AgriLife Research team to help identify valuable drought-resistance traits in wheat faster and less intrusively than ...

Biology / Other

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Expedition studies acid impacts on Arctic

The effects of ocean acidification on Arctic seas will be studied by a team of 30 researchers, including Dr Toby Tyrrell from the University of Southampton, who set sail from the UK today (1 June), venturing ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA mission sending unmanned aircraft over hurricanes this year

Beginning this summer and over the next several years, NASA will be sending unmanned aircraft dubbed "severe storm sentinels" above stormy skies to help researchers and forecasters uncover information about ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Facebook underwriter Morgan Stanley defends IPO

The chief executive of Morgan Stanley on Wednesday defended his company's lead role in the disastrous IPO of Facebook, which has lost investors billions of dollars.

Technology / Business

created May 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Earthquakes without frontiers

Understanding the threat posed by unanticipated earthquakes in continental interiors is the focus of a new study led by the University of Cambridge.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

7 scientists share $1 million prizes for research

(AP) — Seven scientists won prizes Thursday for discoveries that involve the furthest reaches of the solar system, vanishingly tiny materials and the complexities of the brain. One finding helped end Pluto's status as ...

Other Sciences / Other

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

UNH to analyze 'bellwether' solar event data from European satellite

When the sun launched a moderate, or M-class, solar flare May 17, 2012, it was still one of the largest eruptions seen since late January when our star began to rouse from an anomalously long quiet period. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A 'B12 shot' for marine algae? Scientists find key protein for algae growth in the ocean

Scientists have revealed a key cog in the biochemical machinery that allows marine algae at the base of the oceanic food chain to thrive. They have discovered a previously unknown protein in algae that grabs an essential ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

More companies turning to universities to educate workforce, study shows

(Phys.org) -- The partnership of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. with American Public University to provide online college degree programs to Walmart’s U.S. workforce has generated skepticism among some in academia.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1


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