News tagged with telltale instrument
Telltale tells story of winds at Phoenix landing site
Wind speeds and directions were measured for the first time in the Mars polar region using the Phoenix lander’s Telltale instrument. Astronomers recorded Easterly winds of approximately 15-20 kilometres per ...
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Sep 16, 2009 |
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Detecting malaria early to save lives: New optical technique promises rapid and accurate diagnosis
Correctly and quickly diagnosing malaria is essential for effective and life-saving treatment. But rapid detection, particularly in remote areas, is not always possible because current methods are time-consuming ...
Apr 18, 2012 |
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Hyperspectral imaging: Shedding new light on wound healing
(Phys.org) -- Clinicians who treat severe wounds may soon have powerful new diagnostic tools in the form of hyperspectral imaging (HSI) devices, calibrated to new NIST standard reference spectra, which will ...
Apr 09, 2012 |
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'Mount Sharp' on Mars links geology's past and future
(PhysOrg.com) -- One particular mountain on Mars, bigger than Colorado's grandest, has been beckoning would-be explorers since it was first sighted from orbit in the 1970s. Scientists have ideas about how ...
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Mar 29, 2012 |
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Space weather: Explosions on Venus
In the grand scheme of the solar system, Venus and Earth are almost the same distance from the sun. Yet the planets differ dramatically: Venus is some 100 times hotter than Earth and its days more than 200 ...
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Mar 05, 2012 |
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Europe's 'Big Bang' observatory completes cosmic survey
A 900-million-dollar orbital observatory has completed the biggest-ever search for remnants of the "Big Bang" that created the Universe, the European Space Agency said on Monday.
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Jan 16, 2012 |
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Study shows even professional musicians can't tell old master violins from new
(PhysOrg.com) -- It’s been a known fact in the musical world for at least a couple of centuries; violins made by two old Italian masters, Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesu, and especially Antonio Stradivari ...
Jan 03, 2012 |
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Is the 'dead planet' full of life?
(PhysOrg.com) -- David Bowie asked it best in his 1971 song “Life on Mars?” But when it comes to the question of whether there’s currently life on the Red Planet, USC Dornsife professor Kenneth ...
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Nov 23, 2011 |
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New views of the cosmos
Though it won’t be completed until 2013, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), a radio telescope observatory under construction in northern Chile, is already the most powerful and complex ...
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Epic volcanic activity flooded Mercury's north polar region
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since the Mariner 10 mission in 1974 snapped the first pictures of Mercury, planetary scientists have been intrigued by smooth plains covering parts of the surface. Some suspected past ...
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Sep 29, 2011 |
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How hummingbirds produce fluttering sounds during courtship
Though famous for their mid-air hovering during hunting, tiny hummingbirds have another trait that is literally telltale: males of some hummingbird species generate loud sounds with their tail feathers while ...
Sep 08, 2011 |
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