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High-tech nuke detectors check Puget Sound small vessels for WMD

More than 300 trained maritime law enforcement and first responder personnel from federal, state, local and tribal agencies participated in an operational maritime exercise in Puget Sound this week. Maritime law enforcement ...

Technology / Other

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Venus, the planet of broken dreams

When Venus next week eclipses Earth, an event that will not occur again for more than a century, millions of skygazers may have romantic thoughts about our closest neighbour and its twilight beauty.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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SpaceX cargo vessel prepares to leave space station (Update 2)

US company SpaceX's Dragon cargo ship is preparing to make its return journey to Earth after a landmark mission to the International Space Station, NASA and SpaceX representatives said Wednesday.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 0

The need for speed

Coherent Raman scattering methods have one key advantage over spontaneous Raman microscopy: speed. The (sub-)microsecond pixel dwell times offered by narrowband CRS imaging methods have initiated a new era ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Greek experts find Roman wrecks nearly a mile deep

(AP) — Two Roman-era shipwrecks have been found in deep water off a western Greek island, challenging the conventional theory that ancient shipmasters stuck to coastal routes rather than risking the open ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Dragon arrives at space station in historic 1st (Update 2)

The privately bankrolled Dragon capsule made a historic arrival at the International Space Station on Friday, triumphantly captured by astronauts wielding a giant robot arm.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 20

Geology student drills into Tohoku quake source

(Phys.org) -- For the past eight weeks, geoscience graduate student Tamara Jeppson has traded her usual commute, from her Madison apartment to Weeks Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, for ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Lying in wait for WIMPs: Researchers seek to dramatically increase sensitivity of Large Underground Xenon detector

Although it's invisible, dark matter accounts for at least 80 percent of the matter in the universe. No one knows what it is, but most scientists would bet on weakly interacting massive particles, or WIMPs.

Physics / General Physics

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 19 | with audio podcast

New microscope uses rainbow of light to image the flow of individual blood cells

Blood tests convey vital medical information, but the sight of a needle often causes anxiety and results take time. A new device developed by a team of researchers in Israel, however, can reveal much the same ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New research offers roadmap towards sustainable pole-and-line-caught tuna

Research conducted at the University of York offers a blueprint for the long-term sustainability of tuna caught using the pole-and-line method.

Biology / Ecology

created May 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Archaeologist finds first evidence of cult in Judah at time of King David

Prof. Yosef Garfinkel, the Yigal Yadin Professor of Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, announced today the discovery of objects that for the first time shed ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 8


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