News tagged with probe
China to launch second lunar probe: state media
China will launch its second moon orbiter next October, state media reported Friday, as it powers ahead with a space programme that has sparked concerns abroad.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 27, 2009 |
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Researchers to develop probes to study cellular GPS
An international group of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, Goettingen Medical School in Germany and the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom have received a Human Frontiers Science Program (HFSP) grant ...
Nov 10, 2009 |
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EU objects to Oracle's takeover of Sun
(AP) -- European antitrust regulators have formally objected to Sun Microsystems Inc.'s planned $7.4 billion sale to Oracle Corp., escalating a battle over a deal that has already been cleared in the U.S.
Nov 09, 2009 |
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SMOS, Proba-2: Two new ESA satellites successfully lofted into orbit (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The second satellite in ESA's Earth Explorer series - the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission - and the second demonstration satellite under ESA's Project for Onboard Autonomy ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Nanoparticles Detect and Purge Metastases in Lymph Nodes
Colonoscopy represents one of the great weapons against cancer. In one step, a physician can find precancerous lesions in the colon and then cut them out, an on-the-spot intervention that prevents cancer from developing. ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 30, 2009 |
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Researchers can precisely manipulate polarization in nanostructures
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology at the University of Twente, The Netherlands, working with American researchers, have succeeded in using an electrical signal to control ...
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Improved Electric Propulsion Could Boost Satellite Lifetimes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have won a $6.5 million grant to develop improved components that will boost the efficiency of electric propulsion systems used to control ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 21, 2009 |
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China says completes 3D moon map
China has completed a high-resolution, three-dimensional map of the entire surface of the moon, in an important step towards a future lunar landing, an expert involved in the project said Tuesday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Deep Impact, Moon Mineralogy Mapper find clear evidence of water on moon
New data from the Deep Impact spacecraft and the Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3), an instrument aboard India's recently ended Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, provide, for the first time, clear evidence that water exists ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 23, 2009 |
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UA developing network to improve weather forecasting
An interdisciplinary team of University of Arizona researchers is building a network of soil moisture probes to improve short-term and seasonal weather forecasting.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 22, 2009 |
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Russia delays Mars probe launch until 2012: report
Russia will pushed back its flagship satellite mission to Mars' moon until 2011 in a move which will delay the joint launch of China's first Mars probe, space sources were cited as saying Wednesday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 16, 2009 |
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A New Glance on Microscopic Images
A doctoral student at the research center Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Germany) suggests interpreting the images generated by Kelvin probe force microscopy in a new way. She recently published her ...
Sep 16, 2009 |
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New method monitors early sign of oxidative stress in cancer
(PhysOrg.com) -- The growth of cancerous tumors is fueled, at least in part, by the buildup of free radicals -- highly reactive oxygen-containing molecules.
Sep 08, 2009 |
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EU delays Oracle-Sun deal, probing database market
(AP) -- Oracle Corp. figured its $7.4 billion buyout for Sun Microsystems Inc. could skate through antitrust scrutiny, folding Sun into a technology powerhouse when Sun badly needs the lifeline. Both companies will have ...
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Japan to use deep-sea probes to search for minerals
Japan plans to deploy unmanned probes to scour the sea-floor around the resource-poor island nation for mineral deposits, a government-backed scientific organisation said Thursday.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 06, 2009 |
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