06/05/2011

Mars Express sees deep fractures on Mars

Newly released images from ESA's Mars Express show Nili Fossae, a system of deep fractures around the giant Isidis impact basin. Some of these incisions into the martian crust are up to 500 m deep and probably formed at the ...

New water-filter factory in Ghana

In northern Ghana, that nation’s poorest and most rural region, most families get their drinking water from rivers or large, shallow ponds. The water in these bodies, which are also used by livestock, is clouded with ...

Unveiling the behavior of hydrogen molecules

Dr. William Yim had the opportunity to collaborate with Toshiaki Iitaka from Riken Advanced Science Institute and Prof John Tse from Canada’s University of Saskatchewan last year. The team of researchers discovered the ...

Finger on the pulse of the pulsars

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of astronomers including German scientists has succeeded in recording the most sensitive observations to date of pulsars at low frequency. The measurement was undertaken with the European ...

Taming nature, then man

The short version of human history might go something like this: First we were prey, then we were hunter-gatherers, then farmers — and from that came civilization.

NASA administrator visits jupiter-Bound spacecraft

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden visited NASA's Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft on Thursday, May 5, 2011, at the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla. The solar-powered Juno spacecraft ...

Youth not that environmentally engaged, study shows

(PhysOrg.com) -- They’re socially engaged and represent the next generation. But young people aren’t necessarily leading guardians of the environment, a University of Alberta study shows.

Four planets huddle up before dawn next week

Four of the five planets visible to the unaided eye huddle quite close together in the pre-dawn sky next week, according to the editors of StarDate magazine.

Roots of consumerism may lie in Disney cartoons

The capacity of media to profoundly shape society is the focus of study by University of Cincinnati scholar Eric Jenkins. He will present an examination of the impact of Disney animation at an upcoming conference.

Live Nation trims 1Q losses, ticket sales up

(AP) -- Live Nation Entertainment Inc.'s losses narrowed in the first three months of the year as the concert promoter boosted sales of concert tickets through price cuts.

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