As the Six Nations Cup reached its patriotic climax, two University of Sheffield engineers were keeping a closely scientific eye on the ball. Experts in tribology—the science of friction—Drs Roger Lewis and Matt Carré ...

Technology - Engineering

Mar 18, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —An analysis of a rock sample collected by NASA's Curiosity rover shows ancient Mars could have supported living microbes.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Mar 12, 2013 4.9 / 5 (17) 8 |

Getting "pruney fingers" from soaking in the bath is an evolutionary advantage, for it helps us get a better grip on objects under water, scientists suggest.

Biology - Other

Jan 09, 2013 5 / 5 (5) 11

Growing strawberry plants in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region beneath canopy-like structures called low tunnels can allow the season to start earlier and continue through the summer and fall, according to U.S. ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Oct 25, 2012 not rated yet 0

An abrupt cooling in Europe together with an increase in humidity and particularly in windiness coincided with a sustained reduction in solar activity 2800 years ago. Scientists from the German Research Centre for Geosciences ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

May 06, 2012 4.5 / 5 (13) 92 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new NASA study suggests if life ever existed on Mars, the longest lasting habitats were most likely below the Red Planet's surface.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Nov 02, 2011 5 / 5 (6) 88 |

A team of scientists from Italy and Germany has recently developed a model to predict the friction occurring when a rough surface in wet conditions (such as a road on a rainy day) is in sliding contact with a rubber material ...

Physics - General Physics

Oct 19, 2011 5 / 5 (3) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The weather in Pennsylvania this year won't soon be forgotten -- one of the wettest springs ever, followed by a record-breaking dry heat wave in July, followed by the remnants of a hurricane ...

Biology - Ecology

Sep 29, 2011 4 / 5 (1) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The initial work of NASA's Mars rover Opportunity at its new location on Mars shows surface compositional differences from anything the robot has studied in its first 7.5 years of exploration.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Sep 02, 2011 4.7 / 5 (13) 28 |

Unusually wet conditions in many parts of South Dakota during the wheat growing season in 2011 have resulted in visible scab damage in at least half of the winter wheat samples tested thus far at South Dakota State University.

Biology - Other

Aug 15, 2011 not rated yet 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- After a journey of almost three years, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has reached the Red Planet's Endeavour crater to study rocks never seen before.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Aug 10, 2011 5 / 5 (10) 0 |

Tourists crowded into central Florida on Thursday as NASA forged ahead with plans to launch Atlantis on the final mission of the US shuttle program despite stormy weather.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Jul 07, 2011 3 / 5 (2) 0

Noxious weeds are often found growing along roads and trails and vehicles have long been suspected of picking up weed seeds and dispersing them to new locations. A new Montana State University Extension publication describes ...

Biology - Ecology

Jun 24, 2011 not rated yet 0

NASA's newest Mars rover - or a replica of it, anyway - sat expectantly at the bottom of a hill. After years in design and construction, the grandly named Mars Science Laboratory was ready to test its wheels ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Jun 10, 2011 4.9 / 5 (12) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of scientists has undertaken a study, the results of which have been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, to better understand the link b ...

Biology - Ecology

Jun 08, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0 |