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Describing soils: Calibration tool for teaching soil rupture resistance

A new calibration tool was recently developed to help students and soil scientists calibrate their thumb and forefinger for the correct amount of pressure.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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A debate: Should you jump in on Facebook debut?

(AP) -- Facebook begins selling stock to the public Friday in the most talked-about market debut in years. Two Associated Press business writers are debating whether the stock is a smart buy.

Technology / Business

created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Australia warning over smouldering iPhone incident

Australia's air safety watchdog warned Friday of the potential dangers of lithium battery-powered devices after an iPhone that had undergone unauthorised repairs started smouldering on a flight to Sydney.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New coating for hip implants could prevent premature failure

Every year, more than a million Americans receive an artificial hip or knee prosthesis. Such implants are designed to last many years, but in about 17 percent of patients who receive a total joint replacement, ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Newfangled space-propulsion technology could help clean up Earth orbit

(Phys.org) -- Some of the most valuable “real estate” for humans isn’t on Earth at all but rather above the planet’s atmosphere, where all manner of human-made objects orbit. The problem ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (18) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Man vs. Shark: Australia's battle for the deep

Rolling from his surfboard, blood gushing from the wound where a shark had just ripped a big chunk of flesh from his thigh, Australian Glen Folkard had just one thought: "I'm alive."

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Direct measurement of the formation length of photons

How long does it take an electron to form a photon? The answer would normally be: so short a time that it cannot be measured. However, the international CERN team responsible for experiment NA63 -- mainly staffed by physicists ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Researchers create 'tornados' inside electron microscopes

Researchers from the University of York are pioneering the development of electron microscopes which will allow scientists to examine a greater variety of materials in new revolutionary ways.

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ultrafast magnetic processes observed 'live' using X-ray laser

In first-of-their-kind experiments performed at the American X-ray laser LCLS, a collaboration led by researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute has been able to precisely follow how the magnetic structure ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Singapore supermarket to stop selling shark fin

Singapore's largest supermarket chain will stop selling shark fin products from April after an inflammatory comment by one of its suppliers triggered calls for a boycott from activists and the public.

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 5

Fuel for fusion

Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Fusion Pellet Fueling Lab has been at the center of design and testing of plasma fueling systems for tokamak research applications for decades. Since the mid-1970s, lab researchers ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3


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