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Chang'E-1 has blazed a new trail in China's deep space exploration

A huge amount of scientific data have been accumulated by the CE-1 lunar orbiter. Using laser altimeter data, Jinsong Ping and Qian Huang et al obtained improved 3D lunar topography, and based on this, they ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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NRL scientists optimize arctic sea ice data products

Scientists from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Marine Geosciences Division are assisting NASA, the US Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) and the European Space Agency (ESA) ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mercury's surprising core and landscape curiosities

(PhysOrg.com) -- On March 17, the tiny MESSENGER spacecraft completed its primary mission to orbit and observe the planet Mercury for one Earth-year. The bounty of surprises from the mission has completely ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

New study predicts risk of wetland habitat loss in southern United States

Baylor University, in collaboration with the U.S Forest Service (USFS) Rocky Mountain Research Station, has developed a model that predicts the risk of wetland habitat loss based on local wetland features and characteristics ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Wheels up for extensive survey of Arctic ice

Researchers and flight crew arrived in Thule, Greenland, on Monday, March 14, for the start of NASA's 2011 Operation IceBridge, an airborne mission to study changes in Arctic polar ice. This year's plans include ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Investigating sickle cell disease

Until recently, the pairing of molecular biology and mechanical engineering would have been viewed as highly unusual. But thanks to an explosion of imaging and simulation techniques over the past few decades, ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Early investigations promising for detecting metastatic breast cancer cells

Research by engineers and cancer biologists at Virginia Tech indicate that using specific silicon microdevices might provide a new way to screen breast cancer cells' ability to metastasize.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Now in broadband: Acoustic imaging of the ocean

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have developed two advanced broadband acoustic systems that they believe could represent the acoustic equivalent of the leap from ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 01, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop fast methods for making 3D city models

There is a growing demand for three-dimensional city models, but creating these models is expensive and labour-intensive. Shi Pu and Sander Oude Elberink of the University of Twente, The Netherlands, have ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 29, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

NASA IceBridge Mission Prepares for Study of Arctic Glaciers

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Operation IceBridge mission, the largest airborne survey ever flown of Earth's polar ice, kicks off its second year of study when NASA aircraft arrive in Greenland March 22.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The effect of landscape position on biomass crop yield

The emergence of biofuels into agricultural systems presents new opportunities for farmers to improve economic return while providing critical ecosystem services. Integrating perennial crops can help meet food, fuel and fiber ...

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created Mar 16, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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