News tagged with quadruple transit

Spectacular Photo-op on Saturn

Something is about to happen on Saturn that's so pretty, even Hubble will pause to take a look.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 19, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0




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Economic growth in China has not meant greater life satisfaction for Chinese people: long-term study

Despite an unprecedented rate of economic growth, Chinese people are less happy overall than they were two decades ago, reveals timely new research from economist Richard Easterlin, one of the founders of the field of "happiness ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

NTT researchers develop breakthrough optical memory device

(PhysOrg.com) -- To improve transmission speeds, the Internet has transitioned over the years from one using copper to fiber optic cabling. Unfortunately, this has caused a bottleneck to occur where the light ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Huge Apple store opening at NYC's Grand Central

(AP) -- One of the world's largest Apple stores is opening at the landmark Grand Central Terminal.

Technology / Business

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Crystallizing the switch to hydrogen

Hydrogen gas is an almost infinitely inexhaustible fuel source that emits only clean water during combustion. Switching from hydrocarbon-based transportation to systems powered by state-of-the-art fuel cells ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Dec 02, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Saving soldiers' lives with Norwegian technology

What at first glance looks like a road grader is actually a sophisticated piece of equipment that is saving the lives of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan by detecting roadside bombs and land mines.

Technology / Engineering

created May 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Climate change poses major risks for unprepared cities

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cities worldwide are failing to take necessary steps to protect residents from the likely impacts of climate change, even though billions of urban dwellers are vulnerable to heat waves, sea ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

French introduced farming to Britain: study

(PhysOrg.com) -- Simon Fraser University archeologists Mark Collard and Kevan Edinborough and colleagues from University College London have uncovered evidence that French farmers introduced agriculture to Britain some 60 ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (7) | comments 7

Don't change that channel: DTV woes still abound

(AP) -- Think the digital TV transition is over? Not quite. Many viewers have found that they can't pick up certain stations after the switch, even with the right TVs or converter boxes. The stations are still trying to ...

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Math professor discovers chaos on a 'fluid trampoline'

(PhysOrg.com) -- A water drop placed on a soap film that vibrates up and down may bounce as if on a trampoline -- but it's much more than that, according to MIT mathematicians who say the "fluid trampoline" ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 22, 2008 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (11) | comments 1

Call for network to monitor Southern Ocean current

The senior science advisor to the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) has called for the establishment of a Southern Hemisphere network of deep ocean moorings to detect any change in ocean circulation ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 17, 2007 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0


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